Tag: taxes
It’s high time someone studied marijuana taxes – so we did
Muhammad Salar Khan, George Mason University
Consumers don’t seem to mind paying sales taxes on things like food and clothing. Marijuana may be a different...
Opioid epidemic may have cost states at least $130 billion in...
Joel Segel, Pennsylvania State University; Douglas L. Leslie, Pennsylvania State University; Gary Zajac, Pennsylvania State University; Max Crowley, Pennsylvania State University, and Paul L....
In divided Alaska, the choice is between paying for government or...
Paola Banchero, University of Alaska Anchorage
Alaskans will soon confront the dramatic effects of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes of US$444 million from the state...
Why the IRS is legally required to give Congress Trump’s tax...
Philip Hackney, University of Pittsburgh
Is the IRS required to hand over the president’s tax returns if Congress asks?
According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the...
How to stay honest this tax season
Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University
As Americans begrudgingly work through their taxes this year, many could be facing a moral struggle about whether to...
People who win big prizes shouldn’t get taxed when they give...
Ellen P. Aprill, Loyola Law School Los Angeles
When former President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he didn’t keep the approximately...
New York gets serious about traffic with the first citywide US...
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
After years of debate, New York state has adopted congestion pricing to deal with traffic problems in...
Is doing your taxes making you crazy? Here’s why it shouldn’t
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
It’s tax time in the U.S., which means Americans and residents are hurriedly poring over paperwork, filling in forms and...
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...
