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ABA Journal: The Rules Change With Age

The following is an excerpt from the 2009 ABA Connection, authored by Sam Braunstein.  The full article is available as a PDF file here. As if the other drawbacks of aging weren’t already bad enough, doing income taxes gets harder, too. The intuitive conclusion would seem to go in the other direction—that computing taxes should […]

ABA Journal: Taxpayer Savings Time

The following is an excerpt from the 2009 ABA Connection, authored by Sam Braunstein.  The full article is available as a PDF file here. We all know that saving money is essential to a sound financial plan. But alas, when it comes to saving, as with so many other endeavors, knowing the right thing to […]

ABA Tax Section: Careers in Tax Law

The following is an excerpt from the 2008 ABA Tax Section, authored by Sam Braunstein.  The full article is available as a PDF file here. Once the decision has been made to practice either as a sole practitioner or as the “tax guru” within a smaller firm (both of which I refer to as “solo”), […]

ABA Journal: Tax Law to the Rescue

The following is an excerpt from the article “Tax Law to The Rescue“, by Sam Braunstein and Carol F. Burger.  It was published in the ABA Journal, November 2008. Concerns about the state of the U.S. economy can be illustrated in many ways: financial charts depicting the wild swings of the stock market, gloomy data coming out of the housing […]

ABA Journal: IRS Gets Less Charitable

The following is an excerpt from the article “IRS Gets Less Charitable“, by Sam Braunstein and Carol F. Burger. It was published in the ABA Journal, December 2007. Generosity is a noble trait shared by many Americans. Just ask the Internal Revenue Service. Traditionally, this generosity has been rewarded with favorable tax treatment by the […]

ABA Journal: Taxing Consequences

The following is an excerpt from the article “Taxing Consequences“, by Sam Braunstein and Carol F. Burger. It was published in the ABA Journal, November 2006. Perhaps the best explanation of tax delinquency is human nature. Put yourself in the place of a taxpayer facing an all-too-common dilemma, and fastforward to, say, April 10. You […]

ABA Journal: Tax Issues from a Tough Year

The following is an excerpt from the ABA Journal article “Tax Issues from a Tough Year” authored by Sam Braunstein, published in November 2002. Not even tax law was immune from the troubles of the past year. Throughout that period, the economic climate has been unstable and the stock market has resembled a roller coaster […]

ABA Journal: Tax Issues from a Tough Year

The following is an excerpt from the article “Tax Issues from a Tough Year“, by Sam Braunstein and Carol F. Burger. It was published in the ABA Journal, November 2002. Not even tax law was immune from the troubles of the past year. The past 12 months or so were not lacking for difficulties. Throughout […]

ABA Journal: Tax Relief at Every Milestone

The following is an excerpt from the ABA Journal article “Tax Relief at Every Milestone“, authored by Sam Braunstein and published in November 2001. Changes in the federal tax laws are usually greeted with trepidation rather than anticipation. All too often, the changes result in higher tax bills for individuals and  businesses. And sometimes even […]