Walter Pickhardt

Retired Tax litigator

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@vincempls We have had them replace the wicker in our dining room chairs. They do good work.

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@mattyglesias IRS agents are prohibited from horse trading. Not sure if that is statutory but it is policy. This would be the biggest horse trade in history.

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@damintoell If you were wondering why no Republican has won statewide office in many years, this is why. They keep running candidates that no sane person could vote for.

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@kyledcheney @politico @joshgerstein I was in practice, many years ago, with the judge and I had a case front of him, which we lost. I don’t always agree with him, but he is as solid a jurist as you will find. Conservative, but fair. And he doesn’t put up with crap, even DOJ crap. Perfect for this case.

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@GoldenAgeUnfold D

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@atrupar Wow. She must have trained under Goebbels.

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@VikingurMusic @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds I listened to it yesterday on Apple Music, USA. But today it’s not available. What’s up??? It was wonderful.

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@RichardRubinDC Of course there was no ongoing audit. Why would the under staffed IRS waste time on 501(c)(3) audits of universities? Trump has violated a criminal statute but, of course, nothing will be done about it.

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@mattyglesias I read Silas Marner in 10th grade and while I am generally in favor of reading classics in high school, marner bored me to tears. I later read Middlemarch and Doronda and loved them, so maybe I should give Marner another try.

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@Midwest_ern @JimNagy_SB How about Joey Browner?

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@Richard_Primus I saw him live in Master Harold and the boys maybe 25 years ago. Probably the greatest acting I have ever seen. Also saw him on Broadway. If you only know him from the movies you have missed out. FYI he is Michigan grad.

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@mattyglesias Yes that is true. I’m a Minnesota resident. The Twin Cities have enough population to carry the state races.

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@BarbMcQuade Following up, the donor should have filled a gift tax return, but he might not have owed any tax. I don’t think you can blame Thomas if the donor failed to file. The issue is factually intensive. Of course, Thomas might have had a disclosure duty.

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@BarbMcQuade To be clear, loan forgiveness might be taxable income, but there are cases in which it isn’t. See IRC 108. Most likely these exceptions don’t apply. But there seems to be a strong argument that this was a gift. A gift is not income. See Diberstein for the relevant idea.

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@BarbMcQuade Think of it as 785 million apologies. It’s a good settlement.

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@harrylitman It’s a big win for Dominion.

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@MushtaqBilalPhD Docalysis is better. Try it.

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@espinsegall In fact this article shows that MoA posts the sign

One dead in shooting at Mall of America. https://t.co/lZGZPOHo9M

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@espinsegall Minnesota allows owners to prohibit guns on private property by posting a notice. Most retailers post the notice. Hard to enforce though.