I have relatives from Georgia. I worked for a Member of Congress from the Peach State. I have friends there. So I am well acquainted with the state's fine Southern hospitality. The Georgia Department of Revenue also is very welcoming -- to all types of income earned by residents ... Read the f ... Read more

The IRS has issued one of its occasional summaries of the tax lives of the 400 taxpayers with the highest adjusted gross income. As usual it shows that they have lower tax rates, which is no surprise - most people only show up on the top 400 list once, when they have a big capital gain ... Read ... Read more

Ed Brown, the tax protester who held federal marshals at bay for months while holed up in his New Hampshire house, yesterday received a 37-year prison sentence on weapons charges arising from the holdout. This will be served after he finishes his 63-month tax sentence. Mr. Brown can now expect to c ... Read more

The Iowa Fiscal Partnership has generated some headlines by passing around their take on a new study by The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Study says Iowa tax system unfair to poor Report: Iowa tax code favors wealthiest residents Report: Iowa tax system hurts low an ... Rea ... Read more