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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2019/12/16/entrepreneur-vc-major-company-chairman-and-ceo-tom-bogan-has-done-it-all-in-the-world-of-technology/
Entrepreneur, VC, Major Company Chairman And CEO: Tom Bogan Has Done It All In The World Of Technology
Entrepreneur, VC, Major Company Chairman And CEO: Tom Bogan Has Done It All In The World Of Technology Tom Bogan’s career in technology has been among the more diverse. He began his career on the east coast in Boston in management consulting in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he would take on his first CEO role for a company ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2020/01/06/blackstones-stephen-schwarzman-highlights-what-it-takes-to-succeed-at-the-highest-levels-of-business/
Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman Highlights What It Takes To Succeed At The Highest Levels Of Business
Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman Highlights What It Takes To Succeed At The Highest Levels Of Business Steven Schwarzman is legend of business, famous mostly for his role as co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone. But behind every business legend is a fascinating story of how they go there. Schwarzman has ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2020/04/13/assembling-the-largest-intelligent-building-company-in-the-world/
Assembling The Largest Intelligent Building Company In The World
Assembling The Largest Intelligent Building Company In The World The Building Efficiency headquarters of Johnson Controls in Milwaukee, Wis. Credit: JCI Last October, Johnson Controls, the largest intelligent buildings company in the world, created a new role: the chief digital and customer officer. The company asked ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2020/04/20/11-billion-navistars-cio-helps-drive--world-class-telematics-for-its-customers/
$11 Billion Navistar’s CIO Helps Drive World Class Telematics For Its Customers
$11 Billion Navistar’s CIO Helps Drive World Class Telematics For Its Customers Navistar's corporate headquarters in Lisle, Illinois. Getty Images Julie Ragland is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Navistar, an $11 billion manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, defense vehicles and engine...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2020/05/27/td-ameritrades-cio-has-developed-a-remarkable-innovation-strategy/
TD Ameritrade’s CIO Has Developed A Remarkable Innovation Strategy
TD Ameritrade’s CIO Has Developed A Remarkable Innovation Strategy TD Ameritrade logo SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images When TD Ameritrade CIO Vijay Sankaran joined the company in late 2013, he did so as the Managing Director, Advanced Technology, Analytics, and Architecture. In that role, he led the company’s ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2020/07/23/mars-will-be-100-times-faster-through-its-digital-engine/
Mars Will Be 100 Times Faster Through Its Digital Engine
Mars Will Be 100 Times Faster Through Its Digital Engine Though many Mars products are eaten, the company has developed significant pathways to interact with ... [+] customers digitally. Alexander Ryumin/TASS Sandeep Dadlani is the Chief Digital Officer of Mars, a post he has held for a bit more than three years. As ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2020/07/31/cios-after-pandemic-work-from-home-levels-likely-over-50-percent/
CIOs: After Pandemic Work From Home Levels Likely Over 50%
CIOs: After Pandemic Work From Home Levels Likely Over 50% The means of analyzing the return to the new normal, who will work in the office when it arrives, ... [+] and the technologies CIOs will invest in for the rest of 2020. Lindsey Masterman I recently had a chance to poll about 100 global CIOs, and the majority o...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2020/09/30/mit-research-suggests-companies-with-digitally-savvy-leaders-and-boards-far-outperform-their-peers/?sh=4275042f2ea8
MIT Research Suggests Companies With Digitally Savvy Leaders And Boards Far Outperform Their Peers
MIT Research Suggests Companies With Digitally Savvy Leaders And Boards Far Outperform Their Peers For the past 20 years, Peter Weill has led MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). The center was founded in 1974, and then as now, the mission is to help large companies thrive in the next era of technologi...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2020/10/29/can-mars-save-halloween/?sh=4e1be6bc60d2
Can Mars Save Halloween?
Can Mars Save Halloween? We are within days of Halloween, but the Covid-19 pandemic has dimmed the prospects for many children regarding the holiday. Enter Mars. Halloween is one of the biggest days of the year for the candy behemoth. Necessity is the mother of invention, and in this case, the company’s chief digital o...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2021/04/22/hsbcs-coo-brings-the-magic-of-silicon-valley-to-the-156-year-old-bank/?sh=1b470265a310
HSBC’s COO Brings The Magic Of Silicon Valley To The 156 Year Old Bank
HSBC’s COO Brings The Magic Of Silicon Valley To The 156 Year Old Bank HSBC COO John Hinshaw Charles Best Photography John Hinshaw has held executive positions in technology and operations at a diverse array of companies, from HPE to Boeing to Verizon Wireless. Thus, he has been at high level positions in business-to-...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2012/04/19/the-fake-press-release/
The Fake Press Release
The Fake Press Release As the debate over the form and function of the modern news release presses on, today we learn of one news release that actually succeeded in getting fairly prominent pick up -- by the Dow Jones Newswire, no less. One problem: the release was a hoax perpetrated by a group of as yet unknown mischi...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2012/05/29/should-mark-zuckerberg-apologize/
Should Mark Zuckerberg Apologize?
Should Mark Zuckerberg Apologize? I've been meaning to pen a follow-up to my post from a week ago on Facebook's advertising strategy, but the company's now infamous IPO quickly suffocated any opening for a fresh take from a PR (and personal) POV. Yes, readers, I too believed Mark, Sheryl and the bubblicious hyperbole t...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2012/08/28/on-entrepreneurs-earned-media/
On Entrepreneurs & Earned Media
On Entrepreneurs & Earned Media Penenberg joins PandoDaily (Illustration by Hallie Bateman) Leave it to Jeff Domansky (aka @theprcoach) to draw this blogger's attention to a rant by one of the more astute observers of today's tech scene - Sarah Lacy (aka @sarahcuda). Writing for her thought-leading tech news site P...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2012/12/28/pr-agencies-lost-year/
PR Agencies' Lost Year?
PR Agencies' Lost Year? Who can keep track of the myriad year-ending media and marketing predictions posts? If you're like me and don't have the time to sift through everything the pundits have prognosticated, here it is in one take: We have officially entered the age of mobility wherein smartphones and tablets have ov...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2013/02/12/blogger-vine/
Beyond The Weblog With Twitter And Its Founders
Beyond The Weblog With Twitter And Its Founders It was ten years ago this week that Google acquired Pyra Labs as a means to bolster the company's Blogger software platform (aka Blogspot). By so doing, the search/ad juggernaut helped hasten in the age of consumer-generated media and with it, a seismic shift in how, when...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2013/03/14/the-journalist-the-pr-pro-a-broken-marriage/
The Journalist And The PR Pro: A Broken Marriage?
The Journalist And The PR Pro: A Broken Marriage? Carroll Hall at the Univ. of North Carolina (Photo: Peter Himler) Last week my former Associated Press client Tori Ekstrand invited me to speak at the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After a two–hour snow del...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2013/04/30/a-rare-tumblr-stumblr/
A Rare Tumblr Stumblr
A Rare Tumblr Stumblr Consumers of today's most edge-worthy media have more than their fair share of caustic fodder to digest, what with Gawker and its sibling sites. I mean who doesn't relish Hamilton Nolan's periodic profane-laden posts? Those sites' owner, Mr. Nick Denton, recently resurrected Valley Wag to add some...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2013/12/18/medias-fate-platform-or-publication/
Media's Fate: Platform Or Publication?
Media's Fate: Platform Or Publication? PandoDaily's intrepid New York reporter Erin Griffith set Twitter tongues-a-waggin with her piece outlining a journalistic distinction between news "publications" and content "platforms." She questioned the editorial integrity of news sites that accept or are fueled by content fro...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2013/12/22/in-search-of-justine/
In Search Of Justine
In Search Of Justine Of all the pontificators on Twitter who weighed in on the unfortunate Friday night fiasco featuring one Justine Sacco (in absentia), several of them struck a chord with this PR pro. I personally weighed in to suggest that the ready-to-pounce Twittersphere give Ms. Sacco a break until she resurfaces...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2014/02/13/under-armours-fashion-faux-pas/
Under Armour's Fashion Faux Pas
Under Armour's Fashion Faux Pas Love it or hate it, Polo Ralph Lauren's Team USA Olympics apparel didn't have to do much to gain fans. Its "Made in the USA" label alone thrust the company over the finish line for the gold, especially in comparison to the scandal-plagued Made in China suits Team USA wore last Olympics g...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2014/04/29/20-new-yorkers-over-50-who-get-i-t/
22 New Yorkers Over 50 Who Get I.T.
22 New Yorkers Over 50 Who Get I.T. I recently caught up with an old friend and former client who's steeped in the world of tech startups, digital media and information technology (IT). Neither my friend nor I are coders, but at 50 years+ apiece we can still hold our own when it comes to assessing, articulating and adv...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2014/06/25/look-what-mark-cuban-started/
Look What Mark Cuban Started
Look What Mark Cuban Started I don't know how many times I've shared the tale of how Mark Cuban, in the nascent days of citizen journalism (i.e., blogging, CGM), took to his blog to pointedly refute, line-by-line, a decidedly negative New York Times profile of him by Andrew Ross Sorkin. (The original interview was cond...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2014/07/25/news-you-cant-use/
News You Can't Use
News You Can't Use Last week, we found ourselves at Twitter's New York City offices for an event whose topic couldn't have been more timely in light of the downing of Malaysia Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine the next day. We met for the monthly gathering of the Online News Association's NYC chapter, a vibrant Meetup gro...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2014/08/25/a-fourth-estate-no-more/
A Fourth Estate No More
A Fourth Estate No More Several months ago I presided over a Publicity Club of New York panel featuring a handful of reporters and editors from news orgs that could very well represent the future of journalism. They were there to offer the 120+ NYC PR execs in attendance an overview of their "digitally native" approach...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimler/2015/07/31/greenpeace-1-shell-1/
Greenpeace 1, Shell 1
Greenpeace 1, Shell 1 It was the early nineties and I was headed down to Houston with a video crew in tow. Our task: to capture generic footage of motorists filling up at Shell gas stations for use as part of a satellite news feed for an imminent company news announcement. During the planning and prep session with Shel...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhimmelman/2018/04/16/an-unexpected-reason-people-lack-creativity-and-how-to-overcome-it/
An Unexpected Reason People Lack Creativity: And How To Overcome It
An Unexpected Reason People Lack Creativity: And How To Overcome It On occasion, my wife will help one of her friend's son or daughter with a college essay. She’s a fine writer herself and she can typically coax a good piece out of a kid. Yesterday she was working with Geoff, a seventeen-year-old high school student wh...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhorst/2017/06/19/6-ways-to-master-marketing-in-a-world-of-siri-alexa/
6 Ways To Master Marketing In A World Of Siri And Alexa
6 Ways To Master Marketing In A World Of Siri And Alexa Amazon Echo device (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) A sea-change is coming in how consumers engage with content, commerce and advertising, driven in large part by the rapid growth in AI-enabled home speakers.  This category got another boost with Apple’s announcemen...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterizzo/2021/03/04/the-bitcoin-bubble-myth/?sh=1dfd645837c1
The Bitcoin Bubble Myth
The Bitcoin Bubble Myth Bitcoin bubble. https://www.tommy.studio/ As 2021 begins, Bitcoin’s rising price has brought forth the usual commentary that has dogged the digital cash project for a decade – that it is little more than a “bubble” propelled by market manipulation and euphoria. But for those who have spent year...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterizzo/2021/04/26/10-years-ago-today-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-sent-his-final-message/?sh=4d3db99110dd
10 Years Ago Today, Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Sent His Final Message
10 Years Ago Today, Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Sent His Final Message Satoshi Nakamoto (artist rendering) Tommy Marcheschi On April 26, 2011, Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto sent his final emails to fellow developers in which he made clear he had “moved on to other projects,” at the time handing over a cryptogr...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2011/08/07/from-the-halls-of-montezuma-to-the-jail-of-concord/
From The Halls of Montezuma to The Jail of Concord
From The Halls of Montezuma to The Jail of Concord Cover of On the Duty of Civil Disobedience I recently mentioned the case of William Ruhaak.  Mr. Ruhaak refused to pay his income tax for 2007.  He was willing to pay the amount involved either to an organization that worked for peace or to the federal government as lo...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2011/08/15/warren-buffett-benefits-more-from-deferral-than-a-low-rate/
Warren Buffett Benefits More From Deferral Than a Low Rate
Warren Buffett Benefits More From Deferral Than a Low Rate I have received several comments on my post on Warren Buffett's taxes that indicate that people think I missed the point.  I only "called out" one of them, because it was particularly eloquent: charliemurf 15 minutes ago Are there any editors working the day sh...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2011/08/28/419-reasons-to-like-nigeria-and-nigerians-part-1/
419 Reasons to Like Nigeria and Nigerians - Part 1
419 Reasons to Like Nigeria and Nigerians - Part 1 Image via Wikipedia I cover a pretty wide variety of tax issues.  I am driven by the raw material that the system feeds me.  I try to at least look at most federal original source material and have taken to poking around in the states a bit more, where I find somebody ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2011/10/11/is-income-based-repayment-a-solution-to-crushing-student-debt/?feed=rss_home
Is Income Based Repayment a Solution to Crushing Student Debt ?
Is Income Based Repayment a Solution to Crushing Student Debt ? Image by Michael Prados via Flickr Based on the comments I see that I need to either rework or supplement this piece.  The main point is that there is an existing program Income Based Repayment that might help some people who have overwhelming student debt...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2011/10/23/indiana-property-tax-collection-we-need-jimmy-stewart/
Indiana Property Tax Collection - We Need Jimmy Stewart
Indiana Property Tax Collection - We Need Jimmy Stewart With the trouble due to Sub-Prime Foreclosures there will be great opportunities in the next 24... [+] months. You can buy a property at a tax foreclosure for as little as 2% to 10% of market value, much less than you would get it at a "normal" foreclosure sale. ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/01/23/gingrich-and-medicare-tax-pig-maybe-hog-not-geithner-definitely-not/
Gingrich and Medicare Tax - Pig Maybe - Hog Not - Geithner Definitely Not
Gingrich and Medicare Tax - Pig Maybe - Hog Not - Geithner Definitely Not When I am president my salary will be $400,000 so I figured $250,000 from my corp is about right At Joseph B. Cohan and Associates, the top 20th century public accounting firm in Worcester Mass, we had many expressions.  Quite a few of them would...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/03/11/would-obama-force-jesus-to-hand-out-birth-control-pills/
Would Obama Force Jesus to Hand Out Birth Control Pills ?
Would Obama Force Jesus to Hand Out Birth Control Pills ? Where is the birth control ? The Freedom From Religion Foundation  ran an advertisement in the New York Times Friday challenging liberal and nominal Catholics to leave the Church "En Mass".  The NYT forced FFRF to tone its ad down a bit: The Times required FFRF ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/03/20/the-unconstitutionality-of-the-parsonage-exemption/
The Unconstitutionality of the Parsonage Exemption
The Unconstitutionality of the Parsonage Exemption As noted in the first paragraph, I invited the Freedom From Religion Foundation to submit a guest post on the constitutionality of the parsonage exemption on which I have written several posts.  I appreciate them providing this.  Information on the author  Andrew Seide...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/06/16/pennsylvania-court-denies-property-tax-exemption-to-another-religious-camp/
Pennsylvania Court Denies Property Tax Exemption To Another Religious Camp
Pennsylvania Court Denies Property Tax Exemption To Another Religious Camp A Modern version of the Bnei Akiva Logo (semel) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Being recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization confers several benefits on an organization, including for example the ability of donors to deduct charitable contributions.  ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/07/14/irs-scientology-thirty-years-war-village-voice-legal-expert-argues-treaty-is-unconstitutional/
IRS Scientology "Thirty Years War" - Village Voice Legal Expert Argues "Treaty" Is Unconstitutional
IRS Scientology "Thirty Years War" - Village Voice Legal Expert Argues "Treaty" Is Unconstitutional IMG_5081 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Katie Holmes - Tom Cruise divorce has brought Scientology  into the news.  I read a lot more tax decisions than celebrity profiles, so the question that popped into my mind was why ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/07/20/julian-block-on-cosmetic-surgery-as-a-business-expense/
Julian Block On Cosmetic Surgery As A Business Expense
Julian Block On Cosmetic Surgery As A Business Expense English: Seal of the United States Tax Court. Source: http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/. (Photo credit:... [+] Wikipedia) Julian Block is back with another fascinating tax decision from the past. Exotic Dancer’s Breast Implants Are Deductible Just because you incur expens...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/07/26/is-independent-scientology-the-key-to-unlock-the-church-of-scientologys-secret-agreement-with-the-irs/
Is Independent Scientology The Key To Unlock The Church Of Scientology's Secret Agreement With The IRS?
Is Independent Scientology The Key To Unlock The Church Of Scientology's Secret Agreement With The IRS? English: Church of Scientology of Los Angeles rededicated: The fully renovated Church of Scientology... [+] of Los Angeles, established in 1954 and the largest in North America, was rededicated April 24, 2010, in cer...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/08/01/like-hamilton-burger-blag-loses-on-doma-again-as-glad-plays-perry-mason/
Another Judge Declares DOMA Unconstitutional
Another Judge Declares DOMA Unconstitutional A lesbian couple hold a sign at a protest calling for the right for gays and lesbians to marry... [+] outside the County Clerks Office in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2011. Same-sex couple requested and were rejected for marriage licenses as part of a nationa...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/08/09/julian-block-comments-on-prizes-and-awards-not-putting-his-answer-in-the-form-of-a-question/
Julian Block On Taxation Of Prizes And Awards
Julian Block On Taxation Of Prizes And Awards Description: Front side (obverse) of one of the Nobel Prize medals in Physiology or Medicine awarded... [+] in 1950 to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The proposal to exempt the cash awards of Olympic medal winners from taxa...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/08/15/some-presidential-words-on-federal-income-taxes/
Some Presidential Words On Federal Income Taxes
Some Presidential Words On Federal Income Taxes Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. Julian Block is back, this time with a collection of thoughts by Presidents and Presidential candidates on taxation. Some Presidential Words On Federal Income Taxes Income taxes are such a pervasive and everyd...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/08/20/doma-takes-the-security-out-of-social-security-for-married-gay-seniors/
DOMA Takes the Security Out of Social Security for Married Gay Seniors
DOMA Takes the Security Out of Social Security for Married Gay Seniors Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act denies any benefits of marriage under federal law to same sex couples.  There have been several court decisions declaring DOMA unconstitutional.  Leading much of the litigation has been GLAD - Gay & L...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/10/13/bipolar-disorder-is-insidious/
Bipolar Disorder Is Insidious
Bipolar Disorder Is Insidious Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night. Oil on canvas, 73×92 cm, 28¾×36¼ in. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As the saying going, every dog has its day.  It's not just dogs that have days.  Apparently every disease has its day also.  Something possessed me this morning to see if bipolar disorder had...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/10/15/dont-freak-out-if-you-hear-your-trust-is-defective/
Don't Freak Out If You Hear Your Trust Is Defective
Don't Freak Out If You Hear Your Trust Is Defective (Photo credit: 401(K) 2012) An article I recently read cautioned estate planners about word choice in speaking to clients.  One example they gave was of a planner who was courting the family of a sports star.  The planner peppered his presentation with references to C...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/10/16/arresting-jill-stein-stupidest-idea-i-ever-heard/
Arresting Jill Stein - Stupidest Idea I Ever Heard
Arresting Jill Stein - Stupidest Idea I Ever Heard I am not watching the debates.  Instead I have been entranced by this video of two ladies who are on the ballot in enough states to be elected President and Vice President of the United States. They are being arrested for blocking traffic: Green Party presidential cand...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/02/07/maryland-exempts-residence-for-mormon-temple-workers-as-convent/
Maryland Exempts Residence For Mormon Temple Workers As "Convent"
Maryland Exempts Residence For Mormon Temple Workers As "Convent" English: Photo of Washington D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Photo... [+] credit: Wikipedia) Think of a name for an apartment complex where married and single people who are volunteering their services for two years are c...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/06/13/need-strong-documentation-of-time-spent-to-claim-real-estate-losses/
Need Strong Documentation Of Time Spent To Claim Real Estate Losses
Need Strong Documentation Of Time Spent To Claim Real Estate Losses Seal of the United States Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, a bureau of the... [+] Department of the Treasury which provides oversight to the IRS. The design is the same as the Treasury seal with a TIGTA inscription. (Photo credit: Wik...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/06/15/cathy-brennan-on-radfem-2013/
Cathy Brennan On Radfem 2013
Cathy Brennan On Radfem 2013 Cathy Brennan told me that there was no discussion of taxes at Radfem 2013.  This was disappointing to me, because I really do endeavor to minimize my trips off the tax reservation. What happens is that certain tax issues that I follow are part of much larger things, which will also connect...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/07/04/gettysburg-day-2-heading-into-action/
Gettysburg Day 2 - Heading Into Action
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/08/26/open-atheists-already-collect-tax-free-clergy-housing-allowances/
Open Atheists Already Collect Tax-Free Clergy Housing Allowances
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/11/02/splc-calls-family-research-council-hate-group-should-irs-take-action/
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/11/08/ninth-circuit-rules-against-irwin-schiff-sentence-appeal/
Ninth Circuit Rules 85-Year-Old Tax Protester Should Stay In Jail
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Tatiana's Status As Brighton Beach Icon Hurts Owner In Tax Appeal
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/11/24/clergy-housing-tax-break-declared-unconstitutional-everything-you-want-to-know-and-more/
Clergy Housing Tax Break Declared Unconstitutional - Everything You Want To Know And More
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/12/15/euro-pacific-capitals-peter-schiff-defends-his-tax-protesting-father-irwin-schiff/
Euro Pacific Capital's Peter Schiff Defends His Tax Protesting Father Irwin Schiff
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2014/01/25/obama-administration-weak-on-church-state-separation-clergy-housing-allowance-appeal/
Obama Administration Weak On Church State Separation? Clergy Housing Allowance Appeal
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2014/02/09/benefit-of-clergy-why-special-tax-treatment-for-ministers-needs-to-go/
Benefit Of Clergy - Why Special Tax Treatment For Ministers Needs To Go
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2014/03/26/bitcoins-not-tax-fairy-dust-second-life-still-a-tax-haven/
Bitcoins Not Tax Fairy Dust - Second Life Still A Tax Haven?
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2014/05/14/joint-electronic-returns-check-with-the-ex-before-hitting-send-button/
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2014/08/14/for-property-tax-exemption-culture-not-as-good-as-charity/
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Estate Intended For Charity Depleted By Litigation And Income Tax
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2015/08/23/john-oliver-should-not-blame-irs-for-televangelist-tax-abuse/
John Oliver Should Not Blame IRS For Televangelist Tax Abuse
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Tax Rules Forbid Churches From Endorsing Candidates, Will IRS Take Action?
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NorCal Tea Party Patriots V IRS - Grassroots Or Astroturf?
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Tax Court Denies Amway Losses Due To Lack Of Profit Motive
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Jill Stein Releases 2015 Federal Tax Return
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Donald Trump's Deep Love Of Tax Depreciation - An Affair To Remember
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Billion Dollars In Losses From EY Tax Shelter Knocked Out By Tax Court
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'Taxing The Church': Can't Build That Wall Of Separation
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2017/12/08/tax-court-irs-and-secret-law/
Tax Court IRS And Secret Law
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2017/12/23/tax-free-housing-benefits-for-clergy-will-be-safe-for-the-present/
Tax Free Housing Benefits For Clergy Will Be Safe For The Present
Tax Free Housing Benefits For Clergy Will Be Safe For The Present Tax news of interest to clergy has been drowned out by coverage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Last week on December 13, Judge Barbara Crabb issued her promised ruling on how her earlier decision that Code Section 107(2) - the parsonage exclusion - will b...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2018/11/19/love-of-music-hurts-chance-for-deductions-and-in-tax-court-use-a-lawyer/
Love Of Music Hurts Chance For Deductions And In Tax Court Use A Lawyer
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2019/03/07/tigta-documents-the-wreck-of-tax-compliance/
TIGTA Documents The Wreck Of Tax Compliance
TIGTA Documents The Wreck Of Tax Compliance Expansion of the Gig Economy Warrants Focus on Improving Self-employment Tax Compliance, a recent report from the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) has me demoralized.  I think I have finally come to a major tipping point.  I have always believed that ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2019/03/15/seventh-circuit-blesses-tax-free-housing-payments-to-clergy/
Seventh Circuit Blesses Tax Free Housing Payments To Clergy
Seventh Circuit Blesses Tax Free Housing Payments To Clergy In a long-awaited decision, the Seventh Circuit has ruled that Code Section 107(2) is constitutional overturning Judge Barbara Crabb's 2017 ruling that the section violated the Establishment Clause. Code Sec 107(2)  allows the exclusion from taxable income of ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2019/07/09/florida-man-blows-ira-bankruptcy-protection/
Florida Man Blows IRA Bankruptcy Protection
Florida Man Blows IRA Bankruptcy Protection Even the Florida bankruptcy exemption couldn't shield the owner of an IRA who engaged in... [+] self-dealing. Getty The Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is a great tax vehicle allowing an immediate deduction and tax-deferred growth or (in its deferred-gratification Roth f...
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Paycheck Protection Loan Forgiveness Just Got Easier
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2021/02/19/the-hey-hey-just-dont-pay-tax-strategy/?sh=151eb46739a2
The "Hey Hey Just Don't Pay" Tax Strategy
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New York AG Supports Community Group In Battle With AIG Over Tax Credit Property
New York AG Supports Community Group In Battle With AIG Over Tax Credit Property NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 06: AUGUST 06: New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks ... [+] during a press conference announcing a lawsuit to dissolve the NRA on August 06, 2020 in New York City. New York State Attorney General...
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How Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will Cash In Big By Moving The Betting Line In Conor McGregor's Favor
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterkahn/2017/08/03/wladimir-klitschko-retires-from-boxing-no-anthony-joshua-rematch/
Wladimir Klitschko Retires From Boxing: No Anthony Joshua Rematch
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterkahn/2019/04/13/why-bare-knuckle-fighting-championship-is-the-next-billion-dollar-combat-sport/
Why Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Is Ready To Follow In UFC's Footsteps
Why Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Is Ready To Follow In UFC's Footsteps Artem Lobov in his corner after his victory over Jason Knight on April 6, 2019 at the Mississippi... [+] Coast Coliseum Phil Lambert Three hundred years: That's how long it has been since James Figg of England claimed the first-ever bare-knuc...
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How Combat Sports Are Researching Micro-Dosing Psychedelics To Treat Brain Injuries
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Cash Is King: 3 Ways To Manage It The Right Way
Cash Is King: 3 Ways To Manage It The Right Way People say that cash is king, but they don’t give their cash the royal treatment it deserves. The biggest mistake people make is having too big a cash balance in their primary banking account. Since cash loses its purchasing power over time, efficient use of cash is a cru...
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How To Merge Finances With Your New Spouse
How To Merge Finances With Your New Spouse Photo Credit: Shutterstock It’s wedding season again, which means couples across the country are committing to a happily ever after together. And while I’ve never been to a wedding that mentioned finances in the ceremony or vows, thinking about how to combine money is a crucia...
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How To Protect Your Most Important Asset With Disability Insurance
How To Protect Your Most Important Asset With Disability Insurance Photo Credit: Shutterstock Five years ago when my wife and I were expecting our first child, I was quick to get term life insurance policies in place. It wasn’t until last month, however, that I protected my human capital from disability. I’m not alone,...
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How Effective Is the Flu Shot?
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The Frontiers Of Medical Privacy
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Are We Over-Treating High Blood Pressure?
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Alleged Medical Expert Mike Adams Attacks Respected Cancer Doctor
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2017/07/11/the-inevitable-happens-as-carmakers-opt-for-electric-car-future/
Tesla To Get Serious Competition From Volvo And Porsche In Electric Battle
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Tesla, Porsche And Mercedes Developments Signal Sizeable Switch To Electric
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The Top 7 Car Safety Features You Cannot Do Without
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