Alan Joel

Alan Joel has been a practicing CPA in NYC for more than 40 years. He loves liberty and writes on the politics of taxes at his popular blog, AlanJoelNY.com

Most Recent Articles by Alan Joel:

The Rise of Prosecutorial Abuses March 5, 2015
The conduct of Schneiderman and Lynch is unacceptable. The fact that Schneiderman is and will remain the Attorney General for NY and Loretta Lynch may very well become the next Attorney General for the United States is disconcerting
A Letter to the Senate February 27, 2015
The nomination of Loretta Lynch to the position of Attorney General and Civil Asset Forfeiture
Obama’s Budget Contains a Federal Student Loan Bailout February 10, 2015
How did the federal student loan program rack up such massive debt so quickly? Let's take a look at Obama's recent reform efforts and programs to help provide relief to student borrowers.
Obama’s Policy Proposals are the Opposite of “Tax Reform” January 29, 2015
Obama’s version of “tax reform” is unrealistic and firmly rooted in his vision of middle class economics, wealth redistribution
Obama’s Proposed Capital Gains Rate Hikes Will Hurt the Economy January 28, 2015
Raising the capital gains rate will put a stranglehold on risk taking and available capital
Is Executive Amnesty inexplicably tied to ObamaCare? November 19, 2014
So stay tuned for Friday, and pay attention to how the Executive action affects immigration and ObamaCare
Thomas Perez, the “Disparate Impact” Man October 29, 2014
The White House in general, and Perez in particular, like disparate impact theory because it "sets a very low bar for proving discrimination"
Thomas Perez Calls for Shared Prosperity 20 Times in Speech October 26, 2014
"President Obama has demonstrated that he'll use his executive, regulatory and convening authorities--his pen and his phone, as he says--to provide that leadership."
Michelle Nunn Doesn’t Understand Basic Economics October 24, 2014
Businesses must be willing to adapt or risk going out of business. Someone as ignorant as Michelle Nunn about basic economics should not be elected to the Senate
How has Liberia’s President Responded to Ebola? By Taking Extra Powers October 19, 2014
Powers to amend seven different articles under the constitution, including freedom of movement, speech, religion, confiscation of private property, and elections
The CBO has not actually scored ObamaCare’s deficit impact since 2012 October 18, 2014
ObamaCare is now projected to get $262 billion less in (non-coverage-related) revenue
Feds Celebrate $3 Trillion Tax Haul; Wallets Weep October 17, 2014
Government overspending, gleefully celebrated by record tax collections of your hard earned dollars. The rapacious government needs to be fed.
Anti-business Policies and the Liberty of Risk October 5, 2014
Obama Administration has decided to wage war on business inversions, by declaring companies who wish to move their headquarters abroad to be "unpatriotic", and "tax dodgers"
High Taxes and Demographic Shift Affect Congressional Representation October 4, 2014
Northeast States: For an area that used to be a political powerhouse, it is becoming increasingly marginalized due to excessive taxes and the ensuing population shift
The Internet Tax is an “Unfair” Revenue Grabber September 29, 2014
This is no "Marketplace Fairness Act". It is an atrocity.
Chuck Todd is Officially Irrelevant September 27, 2014
Eulogizes Eric Holder as "a non-political person"
New Inversion Rules Seek to Punish Businesses, Not Raise Revenue September 23, 2014
U.S. companies face a kind of double taxation--taxing both domestic and foreign earned corporate income--and we are the only major industrial nation to do this to our businesses
More Abject Failure from Koskinen’s IRS September 22, 2014
His leadership has been derelict; his attitude abysmal. America deserves better
United States Ranks 32 out of 34 Countries in New Global Tax Index September 17, 2014
Our tax code is byzantine, our businesses are over-taxed, and our economy is continuing to suffer. We can do better. We have done better. We deserve better
Bernie Sanders Wants Rich People To Die September 10, 2014
$17 trillion government debt and spending problem that Sanders is purporting to “fix” by his punitive tax proposal
The Fed: Economy is Gloomy because Americans are “Hoarding Money” September 4, 2014
Investing money in or starting small businesses-- Backbone of America
US Jacks Up Exit Fee For Those Renouncing Citizenship August 31, 2014
Current administration would rather squeeze U.S. citizens for more revenue
Government Inspectors Generals Describe Atmosphere of Restricted Access August 11, 2014
Majority of the Inspectors General find themselves unable to perform their duties to audit the federal government
Audit Reveals Government-Run Website is Inaccurate and Inconsistent August 9, 2014
USASpending.gov: Inability of our government to be both accurate and transparent
Obama’s Inversion Crusade Is Just Another Attack on Businesses July 27, 2014
“Needing to reform inversion” is merely creating another tax grab for Obama — masquerading as fighting against “bad corporations” in order to pander to the rhetoric of the left
The Immigration Surge has nothing to do with immigration July 24, 2014
The immigration surge is less about immigration than it is about calculated deflection
Federal Court Says Obamacare Subsidies Illegal—what next? July 22, 2014
Case perfectly highlights the stupidity, utter contempt Democrats have of procedure and law, entire ObamaCare bill
Government Worker’s Union Ends Ties with United Negro College Fund after Koch Gift July 11, 2014
The libertarian-leaning Koch Brothers have been routinely vilifiedon the Left
A renewed appeal for Keystone July 7, 2014
Canada gets antsy, gas prices are high, the Highway Trust fund is being depleted.
Chuck Todd Should Resign At NBC June 26, 2014
Chuck Todd is flat-out wrong