tax vs. penalty

Can the IRS Can Use Liens and Incarceration to Enforce ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate?0
- July 23, 2012
“But, money being fungible, the IRS may simply deem my first $1,000 of income-tax withholding to be payment of that penalty,” & use all its intimidation power to collect the $1000 or real tax owed. Continue reading →
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Kopel on Other Possible Legal Challenges to ObamaCare 0
- July 16, 2012
The constitutionality of the “individual mandate” was at issue in the recent Supreme Court ruling. But other legal challenges are likely, argues Dave Kopel. Continue reading →
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Rob Natelson on Supreme Court’s sophistry, why mandatory insurance is not a tax 0
- July 6, 2012
The rampant sophistry of the SCOTUS decision. Why mandatory insurance is not a tax, and if it is, it’s unconstitutional because it’s a direct tax that is not apportioned among the states. Continue reading →
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Kopel: Neither Constitution or tax law justifies excise tax for not buying a product 0
- July 4, 2012
Kopel: “There is literally no constitutional or tax-law precedent for the notion that an individual can be subject to an excise tax merely for choosing not to buy a product.” Continue reading →
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