Tag: taxes
What’s a capital gain and how is it taxed?
Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan
President Joe Biden plans to propose doubling the tax wealthy people pay on their...
An advantage of the government’s new payments for families: Not humiliating...
Wendy Bach, University of Tennessee
The US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package President Joe Biden signed in March 2021 will...
Why can’t the IRS just send Americans a refund – or...
Beverly Moran, Vanderbilt University
The Internal Revenue Service has postponed the April 15 tax filing deadline to May 17....
The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax –...
Richard Schmalensee, MIT Sloan School of Management and David Schoenbrod, New York Law School
The oil industry’s lobbying arm,...
Mega Millions jackpot is $750 million – where does all the...
Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis
The Mega Millions jackpot drawing for Jan. 15 has soared to US$750 million and counting. This makes it...
Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they bragged...
Thomas Martin, College of the Holy Cross
In ancient Athens, only the very wealthiest people paid direct taxes, and these went to fund the city-state’s...
Not all candy is candy – at least for tax purposes
Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond
Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
