Tag: taxes

  • Legendary Adjustments

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    Brendan Barry
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    The other day I was reading an article about the coming property tax rises in Philadelphia. After three years—has anything happened in those three years?—the city has reassessed properties and rates are scheduled to go up. In some neighbourhoods by significant amounts. I went down the related story link rabbit hole and wound up on…

  • Franklin’s Certainties

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    This week was tax week for my American readers—hopefully you all filed or received an extension. And with it comes to my mind the quote by that guy who did a lot of stuff in and for Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin. Nothing in life is certain, he said, but for death and taxes. Enter Indexed, who…

  • Whom the Tax Reforms Will Benefit Most

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    Yesterday the New York Times published a piece looking at the potential impacts of the proposed tax reforms on Americans. Big caveat, not a lot has been detailed about what the reforms entail. Instead, much remains vague. But using the bits that are clear, the Tax Policy Centre has explored some possible impacts and the…

  • Tax Day

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    So one of the posts I had intended to post was on 18 April, Tax Day. It was just a bar chart from FiveThirtyEight, but it accurately described yours truly. Yep, I filed that last week. Credit for the piece goes to Ben Casselman.