Month: May 2015

  • Effect of Google’s new mobile friendly algorithm

    I kept a close eye on the internet traffic to my web sites this month due to reports of Google’s modified ranking that favors sites that are more usable on mobile devices. I don’t really want anyone using a mobile device to attempt to use my web sites and modifying my pages would be of no practical…

  • No double taxation for dual state residents

    Can a state or local government tax your income that was earned and already taxed in another state? That was the question before the U.S. Supreme Court over the past few years and an opinion was finally issued this week. “NO” says SCOTUS in a 5-4 decision. The surprise to me was that it was such a close…

  • Lessons to be learned from Manco and Manco tax evasion case

    Philadelphia area newspapers have been following a high-profile tax evasion prosecution of the owners of South Jersey’s most successful pizza shops. The owners of Manco and Manco pizza are accused of failing to report almost a million dollars of cash receipts over a period of years. I have no intent to comment on the details of…

  • Pennsylvania Unreimbursed Expenses (UE) Tax Audits

    I noticed that all of my Pennsylvania tax clients who took a deduction for unreimbursed expenses (UE) received an audit response letter from the PA Department of Revenue. The problem is that the cost of responding to the audit exceeds the economic value of the deduction. In that case, the most reasonable economic response is…