Tax Attorney. Contributing Editor at @TaxNotes. Subpart F is my guilty pleasure. Education: Michigan/GWU/Georgetown/Columbia.
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Robert Goulder retweeted
"The idea there is that the major questions doctrine shouldn't apply to President Trump when it comes to IEEPA tariffs because he's not really in it for the tax," @RobertGoulder explains. "He's in it for the pressure." taxnotes.co/4dvMkJJ
Robert Goulder retweeted
"Both parties increasingly treat the income tax as a threat to be avoided rather than an obligation to share."
Opinion: @jthorndike argues that the movement toward implementing an income tax paid by fewer Americans is a bad idea. taxnotes.co/4rT6b98
Robert Goulder retweeted
Who gets to see your taxes?
@RobertGoulder and @jthorndike discuss how public opinion has shaped taxpayer privacy laws from the early days of the income tax to immigration enforcement today. youtu.be/ZJvuos0wMUU?si=pAsl…
Robert Goulder retweeted
As @jthorndike sees it, "nobody likes somebody else failing to pay their taxes."
Robert Goulder and Joseph Thorndike explore tax collection throughout U.S. history, from tariffs to tax returns, and how the past has shaped Americans’ perception of tax. 👇
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Robert Goulder retweeted
You did it MAGA Republicans! You raised taxes even more than Obama or Biden! And don't let Trump take ALL the credit - Congressional Republicans helped by sitting idly by and not overruling the tariffs.
Great job, Republican taxers, you really showed those RINOs and liberals! 🤪
Robert Goulder retweeted
Whenever Trumpists rail against "big govt socialists" note their own:
- Huge tariffs - which are taxes & regulations
- Bailout of Argentina
- Bailout of farmers
- Spending up $285B
- Deficits of $1.8T
- Partial nationalization of Intel
- Business shakedowns under threat of taxes and regs
- Price control push for drugs, credit cards
- Lectures on buying fewer pencils, dolls.
The call is coming from inside the house.
Robert Goulder retweeted
By my count, today's $12B farmer bailout is the FIFTH thing that Trump's tariffs were gonna pay for:
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Which president presided over two major drops in U.S. soybean exports to China?
Leavitt: "President Trump convinced President Xi to continue purchasing again American soybeans, which is something China wasn't doing under the last administration because they had no respect for President Biden or the country at the time."
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According to an article published in Farm Bureau in October of this year, tariffs hugely impacted not only soybean exports but also “ China has not purchased any U.S. corn, wheat or sorghum this year, and pork and cotton exports continue only at reduced levels“
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Robert Goulder retweeted
Blatant lie alert.
Trump takes tariff money from abroad and puts $12B of it into American agriculture. That’s how you put farmers first.
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Tariffs are duties imposed on imported goods, which importers typically pass on to buyers through higher prices on items like clothing, electronics, and food. This makes tariffs function like a consumption tax, as they effectively tax spending rather than income.
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Robert Goulder retweeted
🧵 (1/8) My new working paper with Maurice Obstfeld, “Tariffs as Fiscal Policy”, was just posted today @PIIE. Within, we evaluate the new role that tariffs are playing in the US economy.
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"If the Court were to overrule the IEEPA tariffs on the grounds that delegations related to taxes and tariffs must be more specific than other types of powers, the consequences for tax could be extensive," @mariesapirie writes. forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/20…
Robert Goulder retweeted
The trade deficit/capital inflow contradiction has been core to Trump economic policymaking since the beginning.
In 2016, he complained about trade deficits while proposing a $12 trillion tax cut.
Robert Goulder retweeted
"Based on the fact that they're 0 and 3 in other federal courts, including decisions that have been issued by judges that Trump himself appointed, you'd think maybe it's not looking good for them," @RobertGoulder said. taxnotes.co/3L7UuM0
Robert Goulder retweeted
"Americans of almost every political stripe tend to think of governmental tax revenue as an aggregation of dollars paid by individuals," @jthorndike writes. "That gives taxpayers a claim on those dollars — and a moral responsibility for how they're spent." forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/20…
Robert Goulder retweeted
New @TaxNotes @ElodieLamer article summarises state of play on G7 deal. Time is working against the deal and it’s looking unlikely that the deal can be implemented in EU / UK before 2027.
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NEW: Tax Notes reporter @PaezWrites breaks down the biggest international tax developments from the annual Congress of the International Fiscal Association in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Robert Goulder retweeted
"On balance it seems unlikely that Reagan would have supported Trump’s tariff policies," @jthorndike writes. "And it seems more than likely that he would have been suspicious of Trump himself." forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/20…
