Audit Notes: Tribune gets results, Buffett’s sweet deal, China March 18, 2014 By Ryan Chittum An investigation of the flame-retardant industry snares a doctor
AxisPhilly makes a splash. Can it last? October 17, 2013 By Anna Clark The young site made tax reporting engaging, even beautiful. For its next trick, it’s seeking a business model for local public-interest news
How billionaires get around the estate tax September 17, 2013 By David Cay Johnston A stellar Bloomberg article uses the Waltons as a case study
Invasion of the Job Snatcher September 6, 2013 By Deron Lee As the Missouri media takes up arms against Rick Perry, some facts and context get lost in the fray
The WSJ short-arms a promising Amazon piece August 22, 2013 By Ryan Chittum On how physical retailers are getting more competitive on prices
Audit Notes: Noonan and Morris on the IRS, free Internet, Guardian gains July 22, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Woodward and Bernstein of the bogus Tea Party tax scandal
High Noon for film incentives July 19, 2013 By Joel Campbell The states are trying to outgun each other to lure movie production–a chance for reporters to analyze the returns on these big investments
Fortune goes long on Amazon and taxes May 24, 2013 By Ryan Chittum How the retailer manipulated a broken government system to get an unfair advantage
Just passing through May 10, 2013 By Deron Lee As major tax-cut plans zoom through Midwest statehouses, reporters scramble to stay ahead of the story
Honey, I shrank the IRS April 30, 2013 By David Cay Johnston The administration wants more money for tax-law enforcement. Let’s ask why
Audit Notes: Not so scammy, engineer world, Americans’ low taxes April 10, 2013 By Ryan Chittum A Bloomberg View column’s alleged scamming of the FDIC looks perfectly legal
Covering an Obamacare clawback: better late than never April 5, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman The Associated Press discovers an overlooked story
Behind The Detroit News‘s deep dive on property taxes February 28, 2013 By Anna Clark Lead reporter Christine MacDonald discusses how the investigation came together
At The Plain Dealer, a shrinking staff delivers some solid work February 8, 2013 By Anna Clark But how will statehouse and politics coverage hold up once layoffs take effect?
The state tax shift January 25, 2013 By Greg Marx As GOP states swap income for sales taxes, can reporters stay ahead of the story?
Amazon takes a tax hit, finally January 18, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Reuters reports early signs that collecting sales taxes affected the company’s sales
Audit Notes: Amazon’s shell company, The Lens, Plain Dealer cuts December 14, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Reuters unwinds how the online retail giant avoided taxes via Luxembourg
Audit Notes: marginal taxes, a redesign for core readers, Murdoch November 20, 2012 By Ryan Chittum An NYT’s anecdote’s confusion goes uncorrected
Bloomberg digs up more on Romney’s tax avoidance October 31, 2012 By Ryan Chittum This loophole used the Mormon church’s tax-exempt status to defer bills
Audit Notes: advising Obama, the leverage incentive, Jack Welch October 22, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The NYT looks at the insider/outsider roles of Anita Dunn
Audit Notes: Romney and taxes, prison phone racket, WSJ October 5, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The Atlantic eyes the Republican’s corporate tax plan
Forbes‘s myth of the Reagan boom October 3, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A columnist’s misleading economic history
Romney’s gift to reporters October 2, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A Bloomberg investigation details yet another aspect of the candidate’s tax avoidance
The capital gains preference September 26, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Why Mitt Romney’s taxes are so low and whether economics justifies it
Audit Notes: ‘makers and takers’ edition September 19, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Romney’s "47 percent" comment continues to reverberate
Audit Notes: News Corp.’s board, Romney’s taxes, NBC’s Olympics August 1, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The paper reports prosecutors are examining whether to charge Murdoch’s directors
Bloomberg blows the whistle on the IRS June 22, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The agency hamstrings a program designed to bring in tips on tax evasion
David Cay Johnston’s excellent corporate-welfare column June 5, 2012 By Ryan Chittum What a proposed mall project illustrates about subsidizing developers
Amazon’s California tax squeeze May 31, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A WSJ follow story waters down an LAT scoop from two weeks ago