Theirs

Posted on April 15, 2024March 31, 2024 by Simon

When you put the 2 words ‘The’ and ‘IRS’ together it spells: “Theirs…” It is time to file for your extension. The view from our lovely rental house in the Sonom... Read More

Pay Your Taxes

Posted on December 17, 2020December 15, 2020 by Simon

Simon’s five excellent tax proposals summary: A “Sin Tax” on video games and apps. A Graduated Excise Tax on second homes. A Property Tax on all Assets. An Extra Bathroom Tax. Sell F... Read More

Tax Thursday Five

Posted on December 10, 2020November 13, 2020 by Simon

Freeway Access Rights Click the link above to read the details on this tax revenue idea. I was working on solving freeway congestion and making controlled access politically acceptable but it is also ... Read More

Tax Thursday Four

Posted on December 3, 2020November 13, 2020 by Simon

The Extra Bathroom Tax Before I arrived at the second home tax I was thinking about an extra bathroom tax. In fact I was even a bit more radical than that. We have lots of spare bedrooms and spare bat... Read More

Tax Thursday Three

Posted on November 26, 2020November 10, 2020 by Simon

This is the big one. Two hundred years ago peoples main assets were in farms, land and homes. Now because of our new economy most of our assets are in stocks, bonds and bank deposits. They should be t... Read More

Tax Thursday Two

Posted on November 19, 2020November 10, 2020 by Simon

There are nine million families in the United States with second homes. How about an excise tax on all of them. Starting at $100 on a cabin in the woods of Wisconsin to $10,000 on a big second home in... Read More

Tax Thursday

Posted on November 12, 2020November 10, 2020 by Simon

The Federal Government is spending far more than its revenue. It doesn’t seem likely that they are going to stop the spending so we are going to need some new revenue. Over the next few weeks I&... Read More

The Lottery

Posted on June 19, 2018May 29, 2018 by Simon

“The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.”... Read More

Eliminate the Income Tax

Posted on May 2, 2018April 25, 2018 by Simon

It is Time to Eliminate the Income Tax. The Federal Government needs lots of money and they get most of it through income taxes. Unfortunately income taxes distort behavior, are volatile and are ext... Read More

Tax Effects

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Simon

There is talk about taxing financial transactions as a way to punish those in the finance business and to raise revenue. Without taking sides I discovered today that this idea has been tried before ... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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