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18 Jan 2013, 3:15 pm
[Photo of Former Mayor Ray Nagin from wikipedia]Did you hear the news? According to various news reports, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was reportedly indicted today by a federal grand jury for allegedly using his former office for private gain. According to the reports, the federal charges include, among other things, $160,000 in bribes to Nagin and truckloads of granite for his private business in exchange for allegedly giving millions of dollars in city contracts -- post Hurricane… [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 6:31 am
After most of us stopped paying attention Friday afternoon, a federal judge in Washington D.C. stunned the tax world by striking down the IRS effort to regulate tax preparers. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasburg ruled that the IRS lacks the legal authority to impose the RTRP program.
So now what?
I expect the IRS to appeal the ruling to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, but that would take months. It seems unlikely that Judge Boasburg would stay his own ruling in the meantime,… [read post]