"[The Tax Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible - and unlike the Bible, contains no good news."
- Don Nickles
"A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right."
- Anonymous
"If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead - if you strike oil."
- J. Paul Getty
"I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
General Tax Resources
Tax Topics provides a variety of resources for many different tax topics.
Authored by Charles Hartsock, Professor at University of Cincinnati College of Law, this blog updates the tax community on a regular basis with ongoing stories and links to articles.
This page lists links to various tax topics that the IRS has addressed on its web site.
This page provides links to access the Tax Code, Regulations, and Official Guidance. The site allows searches of Official Guidance, such as revenue rulings, but sends visitors to Cornell Law's Legal Information Institute for the Tax Code, and the National Archives and Records Administration for Treasury's Regulations.
Andrew Mitchell LLC Tax Charts
This web site provides a great many charts on important tax taxes and rulings, helping to break down their complexity and meaning.
Personal Injury Resources
Rob Wood, of Wood & Porter (San Francisco), is the author of Taxation of Damage Awards and Settlement Payments. His web site offers many articles on the taxation of damages.
Beyond Structured Settlements Blog
Patrick Hindert, Managing Director of The Settlement Services Group (TSSG), is a co-author of Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments. His blog provides information and analysis relating to structured settlements.
Settlement Professionals, Inc.
Jack Meligan, President of SPI, is a founding member of the Society of Settlement Planners. His web site contains insight and guidance on the personal injury settlement process, and why engaging a settlement planner may be prudent.
Richard Risk, Jr., of the Risk Law Firm, is also a founding member of the Society of Settlement Planners. His web site lists a number of his articles on structured settlements and qualified settlement funds, as well as related guides and explanatory charts.
Medivest Benefit Advisors, Inc.
Doug Brand, CEO of Medivest, is a frequent speaker on Medicare issues in the personal injury context. The company's web site features articles and blog posts offering guidance on how best to maintain plaintiff clients' Medicare eligibility, and compliance with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
Miscellaneous Tax Resources
The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments
The IRS' list of tax-protester arguments, along with explanations of why they fail.
Tax Returns of Presidential Candidates
The Tax Analysts Tax History Project provides PDFs to those presidential candidates that released their IRS returns.
Pillsbury law partner Jeffrey Yablon has compiled a list of interesting quotes on taxation, such as "I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government won't let me try it." - Bob Thaves ("Frank & Ernest").
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