Long-term capital gains tax is applied to investments that have been held for over a year before being sold for a profit.

Federal income tax is a necessary evil, but residents in some parts of the country don't have to pay state income tax. In 32 states and Washington, D.C., residents are subject to a progressive income ...

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The second annual Donald M. Ephraim Lecture on Law and Economics will be delivered by Jacob Goldin, Richard M. Lipton Professor of Tax Law at the University of Chicago Law School and Awardee of the ...

The United States has long enjoyed a vibrant, pluralistic, and independent charitable sector, with minimal government interference in the missions and goals of private organizations that serve the ...

The rich are different from other people — and that also applies to the share of their income they pay in taxes, according to a new study from University of California, Berkeley, economists. The ...

Liberty Consultant Group, a local investment brokerage, is holding lectures to provide tax advice to owners of home businesses. The lectures, "How to Get Gas For $1 Per Gallon," will be presented by ...

When the value of premiums paid by an employer for group life insurance becomes too great, it's treated as income for tax purposes. Imputed income is the term used to describe this excess value, which ...

If you have not looked thoroughly at our website lately, you might be surprised to know that it has links to the Hellwig update and rewrite of the volume on the history of the Tax Court, as well as a ...

Debates about income inequality are everywhere. Yet the conventional wisdom in Law and Economics is that legal rules should be designed exclusively to promote efficiency, with income redistribution ...

Wayne Otchis, a retired CPA who specializes in tax preparation and retirement planning, will give an educational lecture to an audience of older adults from Del Mar Community Connections (DMCC) on ...