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Mar 03 10 - Dangerous entity scams targeting traders, part 3: Education expenses are a problem in dual-entity schemes
Feb 27 10 - Dangerous entity scams targeting traders, part 2: Are trading education, seminars and travel expenses tax deductible?
Feb 15 10 - Dangerous entity scams targeting traders, part 1: Dual-entity schemes don’t deliver business treatment without qualification for trader tax status
Feb 09 10 - UK charities team up with UK celebrities, economists to promote Robin Hood tax on banks
Feb 03 10 - Scrap the US bank tax, Volcker Rule and get back to a G-20 global solution
Feb 01 10 - 2011 Budget - first quick comments
Jan 31 10 - The financial-transaction tax and traders’ constitutional rights
Jan 27 10 - Journalist asks thoughts on FTT
Jan 23 10 - Is the Volcker Rule a good or bad idea at this time?
Jan 21 10 - Volcker Rule and opportunities for traders in banks
Jan 14 10 - Will Congress pass the bank tax?
Jan 14 10 - President's big-bank fee saves online traders from a wider financial-transaction tax
Jan 13 10 - Levy is insurance premium for banks
Jan 12 10 - President Obama supports a bank levy over FT tax
Jan 09 10 - Latest press release
Dec 22 09 - Year-end tax planning, part 3 - compensation in entities
Dec 14 09 - Carried-interest tax hike back in the news
Dec 10 09 - U.S. regime change our best hope?
Dec 08 09 - Reply to The Hill's opinion piece
Dec 08 09 - EliteTrader thread "1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today"
Dec 04 09 - Paying for jobs with TARP: Good idea or bad idea?
Dec 04 09 - FT tax will hinder technology innovation, manufacturing
Dec 03 09 - Response to economists' support of FT tax
Dec 01 09 - Response to op-ed articles supporting the financial-transaction tax
Nov 25 09 - Financial-transaction tax: Not dead globally
Nov 24 09 - Save traders' jobs: Do not enact a financial-transaction tax
Nov 20 09 - Financial-transaction tax update 2: Global consensus needed
Nov 19 09 - Financial-transaction tax update 1 (11/19)
Nov 18 09 - More thoughts on the financial-transaction tax (Nov. 17, 2008)
Nov 09 09 - Financial-transaction tax maybe dead on arrival globally, which is good news locally
Oct 21 09 - Financial-transaction tax remains a hot button issue
Oct 02 09 - State tax update: CA, NYS and other states are planning tax increases
Sep 25 09 - Year-end tax planning, part 2
Sep 23 09 - Year-end tax planning, part 1
Sep 03 09 - AFL-CIO lends support to a dreaded financial-transaction tax
Aug 06 09 - Traders Association
Jul 31 09 - Offshore account IRS voluntary disclosure program deadline is 09/23/09 (now 10/15/09)
Jul 15 09 - Retirement-plan strategies - Important Update
May 29 09 - GreenTrader self-directed retirement-plan strategies and services
May 14 09 - 2010 Obama Budget Tax Proposals: Some Clarifications
May 12 09 - New potential attack on 60/40 treatment for dealers
May 01 09 - Trader tax status review
Apr 30 09 - Recent IRS techniques against traders
Apr 29 09 - Recession ushers in new traders
Apr 28 09 - Trader tax & carried interest updates
Mar 05 09 - SEC raising fees
Mar 04 09 - Rep. Peter DeFazio defends financial-transaction tax on CNBC
Feb 27 09 - Did Chairman Frank say the financial-transaction tax is on hold pending Wall Street payback of TARP funds?
Feb 19 09 - Financial-transaction Tax Reintroduced in House as H.R. 1068
Feb 18 09 - Forex and Tax Treatment
Jan 16 09 - Foreign futures exchange given 60/40 treatment
Jan 14 09 - Potential Financial-Transaction Tax of 0.25% on proceeds and purchases
Nov 19 08 - Private-Equity Active Investor Tax Breaks
Oct 30 08 - Expected Tax Changes In 2009
Oct 16 08 - Market Turmoil Effect on Hedge Funds & Traders, and Tax Losses
Sep 18 08 - Protect your client's and your own money in the financial crisis.
Sep 03 08 - Holsinger case: IRS denies trader tax status and MTM
Jan 10 08 - “Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007” (H.R. 3970)
Dec 19 07 - AMT patch for 2007
Nov 03 07 - Year-end tax planning & the proposed repeal of AMT.
Aug 26 07 - How to deduct a loss on the sale of your home, avoid debt extinguishment income in foreclosure and deal with abusive mortgages