I’m in Las Vegas (I have an audit here tomorrow morning), and it’s definitely a good locale given the fight over the Obama/GOP compromise on the Bush Tax Cuts. The 111th Congress has but a couple of weeks left, but one major issue still exists: Will the compromise pass as is, will it be modified in some manner, or will it fail and tax rates rise for everyone?
I haven’t a clue which whey this will end, and it’s very hard for me to give good tax advice when the tax rate could be x or y. Will certain items be extended or not?
Las Vegas is a perfect place to discuss this as it’s definitely the location for any discussion of betting odds. But I don’t know what those odds are, and I think it will be much wiser for me to just see the results in a week.
The same is true for poker aficionados who are waiting to see if Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) will insert into the compromise or some other piece of ‘must-pass’ legislation a measure that would clearly legalize and regulate online poker in the United States.
I’ll let you know when we have facts rather than speculation.