Taxes The Only Tax Reform Worth Talking About In Oscar Wilde’s novel, “The Portrait of Dorian Gray ,” the protagonist leads a debauched By Scott Burns / February 1, 2005
Income & Wealth Social Security Taxes Understanding Social Security, the Trust Fund, and Future Benefits For most people it’s TMI--- Too Much Information. In recent weeks, one reader confidently informed By Scott Burns / July 20, 2004
Income & Wealth Taxes Who Pays The Taxes? I always heard that the richest people in the United States do not pay much By Scott Burns / July 13, 2004
Income & Wealth Social Security Taxes Hey, Kid! Got $8.6 Trillion? "It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native By Scott Burns / July 4, 2004
Couch Potato Investing Income & Wealth Taxes The Investment Revolution of 2003 When President George W. Bush muscled the Jobs and Growth Act of 2003 through Congress, By Scott Burns / October 19, 2003
Retirement Social Security Taxes The $43 Trillion Surprise On Friday May 16 the word was out. A $350 billion tax cut was a By Scott Burns / June 1, 2003
Retirement Social Security Taxes Home Ownership Tax Deductions, Examined Make a list of the ten things Americans hold most dear. There is a good By Scott Burns / May 6, 2003
Retirement Social Security Taxes The Monster In The Social Security Report The Devil, they say, is “in the details.” So it is with our government. It By Scott Burns / May 4, 2003
Home Ownership Income & Wealth Taxes Bubble Support 101: A Tale of Two Cities BOSTON. Nearly forty years ago I bought my first house here. I paid a record By Scott Burns / April 29, 2003
Home Ownership Income & Wealth Taxes Home Owner Tax Benefits Depend On Where You Live Location. Location. Location. That famous phase describes the value of real estate. It also describes By Scott Burns / April 27, 2003
Home Ownership Income & Wealth Taxes Single and Over-taxed? Buy a Home. Marriage. Children. Homeownership. They seem to go together. In fact, the largest tax benefits for By Scott Burns / April 22, 2003