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Articles by M. Blair Hlinka

Sugar, Soda, and Excise Taxes: Lessons from Parks and Recreation

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By M. Blair Hlinka, Warren Mostrom
| American Bar Association Verified
Summary In the recurring ABA Tax Times column, Lights, Camera, Tax!, by M. Blair Hlinka, we explore the intersection of tax law and popular culture, using films, television shows, books, and other fictional works to unpack real-world tax concepts. Each installment examines a tax scenario portrayed in Hollywood movies and TV and the legal principles, planning opportunities, ethical dilemmas, and costly mistakes behind it.
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When Manufacturing a Broadway Flop Becomes Fraud: Tax Lessons from Mel Brooks’s The Producers

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By M. Blair Hlinka
| American Bar Association Verified
Summary In the recurring ABA Tax Times column, Lights, Camera, Tax!, by M. Blair Hlinka, we explore the intersection of tax law and popular culture, using films, television shows, books, and other fictional works to unpack real-world tax concepts. Each installment examines a tax scenario portrayed in Hollywood movies and TV and the legal principles, planning opportunities, ethical dilemmas, and costly mistakes behind it. In this column, Blair analyzes tax issues in the 1967 film, The Producers.
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