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How to stay honest when filing taxes in a pandemic year

  • Written by Christian B. Miller, A.C. Reid Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University
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Many in the U.S. will be filing their personal income tax returns in the next few days, as the deadline to do so was pushed from April 15 to July 15 due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

With almost half of those in the U.S. having lost at least some employment income due to the virus, the...

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