According to Wikipedia, the Tea Party movement is an American conservative movement within the Republican Party calling for a reduction of the national debt of
In late March, I attended a law and accounting conference sponsored by a major real estate trade association. The conference provided updates of legal accounting,
About twenty-five years ago, my wife accompanied me on a business trip to Atlanta. We stayed a couple of days to go sightseeing. One of
Every year, around April 15th, I write a column about a tax matter that is important but under most reader’s radar. In the past year,
“Right is right—even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong—even if everyone is doing it.” — Saint Augustine Our society has become increasingly
Since retiring I have taken up the hobby of studying the genealogy of my family and my wife’s family. Several of my wife’s cousins wanted
In my last column, “Examining our national debt,” I discussed the history of our national debt and how inflation and economic growth help the government
One of the more interesting issues we face is coming to terms with our national debt. This is the first of two columns discussing our
One of the great misconceptions is that the president controls the economic conditions during his presidency. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress
Since President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Administration has trumpeted the job creation aspects of the tax cuts. Opponents of the
I hope that everyone is experiencing a joyous holiday season. When I exchanged holiday greetings, many people wanted my thoughts about whether tax reform was
Tax professionals are the ones getting involved in the trenches of tax reform. Virtually every tax professional I know has remarked about how they cannot
For generations, the tax laws provided an incentive for taxpayers to own their own home by allowing them to deduct the interest expense on their
I read a lot about many local issues. One issue that I really have difficulty getting my arms around is Santa Clarita Valley water. There
This column is not about reducing your sodium intake. Rather, it is about the deduction for state and local taxes, which tax practitioners affectionately
By Jim de Bree SCV Voices The GOP is heralding middle class tax cuts. For example, U.S. Rep. Steve Knight is running television advertisements promising
This past week, the Trump administration issued its tax proposals. While I haven’t had an opportunity to evaluate the proposed changes to individual taxation, the
Senator John McCain, who is free of any constraints caused by re-election concerns, continues to serve his country by objectively looking at health care legislation.
Many of my former business partners moved to Florida when they retired. The most popular community for those partners is Naples. When Hurricane Irma devastated
About twenty-five years ago, one of my clients was going public. They were the first real estate investment trust to have operations solely in southern
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