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On taxes and collective betterment

Rob Fitzpatrick blasts British pop star Adele in a recent blog post for complaining about her high tax rate on the millions she’s recently earned. Fitzpatrick reiterates the cliched argument that: Tax needn’t be taxing, the advert simpers, and while…

Tax Day surprise. Baby goats

DJ, who posts here sometimes, raises goats, makes goat cheese, and also does taxes. As usual, several baby goats have shown extraordinarily bad timing and decided to be born right before the tax deadline, further adding to the last minute…

Making cheese and the tax code

DJ delves into the convoluted, complicated US tax code as he attempts to determine how to value the cheese he makes for tax purposes. It turns out that we will be valuing our cheese at cost this year. We need…

Google pays 2.4% in taxes via loopholes

Gimme a “Double Irish” and a “Dutch Sandwich” please, says Google and other tech companies. These tax ploys allow them to pay tiny amounts of tax as they shuttle profits around the world, sometimes through companies that have no employees.…