Income & Wealth Taxes The Iron Algebra of Diminishing Returns AUSTIN, TX. I have a confession to make. When I first listened to Lacy Hunt By Scott Burns / February 22, 2019
Social Security Taxes Senator McConnell: Looking for Cash in All the Wrong Places The federal deficit for fiscal 2017 rose to $779 billion. That’s up from $620 billion By Scott Burns / October 21, 2018
Income & Wealth Social Security Taxes How Does Your Social Security Benefit Compare To Others? How would you like a $4,000 monthly Social Security check? I thought that would get By Scott Burns / October 18, 2018
Couch Potato Investing Taxes Couch Potato Investing versus Texas State Pension Funds Should we all be concerned about public pension funds in Texas? Yes. Everyone. But some By Scott Burns / October 6, 2018
Income & Wealth Taxes Home Ownership Tax Deductions Haven’t Been Worth Much For A Really Long Time The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was a real blow to home ownership By Scott Burns / October 5, 2018
Better Spending Taxes Texas and Home Ownership Tax Benefits Tax deductions have a mythical quality. They are treasured. They are beloved. Some have legions of By Scott Burns / September 28, 2018
Social Security Taxes Avoid the Tax Torpedo— Defer Taking Social Security Benefits Do you want to avoid---or at least defer--- taxation of your Social Security benefits? William By Scott Burns / September 2, 2018
Income & Wealth Still At Large Taxes The Pizza Delivery Driver’s Dilemma Let’s tackle a really big problem. I call it the Pizza Delivery Driver’s Dilemma. Silicon By Scott Burns / August 5, 2018
Income & Wealth Retirement Social Security Taxes Social Security: A Tale of Two Menus Recent columns brought lots of reader mail. The columns criticized proposed legislation from Rep. Sam By Scott Burns / February 28, 2017
Social Security Taxes To See the Problem, Turn to Appendix F, page 212 The Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports, released last month, came and went faster than By Scott Burns / July 24, 2016