Stay updated with breaking news from Tom Block. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The President of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers and National Publicity Secretary (South) of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Wole Adedoyin, has been appointed as member of the International Human Rights Art Festival Advisory Council For African Literary Projects and Nigerian Outreach Coordinator.
For the sake of eliminating complexity would result in a system less equitable, less fair. mr. block, do you see a way of making it fair but a whole lot less complex? >> no. i really don't think you can because you need to make it fair for all the individuals in the united states. that covers just a tremendous variety of incomes. if you have a very simple tax return which i agree with tom, they should strive to make it as simple as possible, but the main thing is fairness and to have a fairer tax return, you must have complexity. >> gregg: tom, you, as i understand it, think the tax rates for ...
If they leave them alone, it wouldn't be so complicated. >> gregg: but greg, if john white had come to the brothers two weeks earlier and suggested running that ad, it would have probably been a complete flop because folks weren't ready to do their taxes. they didn't have their w-2 forms yet. so it was serendipity. dad calls it luck, but i think it was being at the right place at the right time. >> gregg: even as h & r block expanded and passed the 1 million mark in 1961, your dad was very worried that congress could really put them out of business by simplifying the tax code. i read that on p...
Forth, that person will win, and it will essentially be mubarak with another name. >> heather: he did say he is a potential candidate for president as well. thank you very much, jamie. >> thank you. >> gregg: tax day is coming up. who would know more about that than h and r block, co-founder henry block and former h & r block ceo tom block. there they are. they're going to tell us what congress can do to make the tax code far less confusing. >> heather: plus, an announcement in the wake of the power shift in egypt. here is greg burke. >> how will events in egypt affect palestinians and israeli...
Lot less and if the tax forms weren't so complicated, what can congress do to make tax time less of a headache? henry block is the co-founder of h & r block and hisspahn, -- his son, tom, is the author of a book. tom is also the former ceo of h & r block. gentlemen, thank you for being with us. it is a wonderful book. best one i've read in a long, long time. let me start with the author, tom, your dad, lieutenant henry block flew 31 missions, world with war two, came home, decided to start a business. and he his brother rent rented a cubicle and you talk about how it became a great american su...