Many taxpayers are claiming the new overtime pay tax deduction for all their overtime income, not just the extra one-half premium pay. Also, no surprise, ineligible workers are also claiming the deduction. According to the WSJ, so far this tax season 22 million returns or more than 20% of tax filers have claimed the deduction, a rate more than twice what was predicted at the time of enactment of The Big Beautiful Bill last year. Some of those taxpayers are going to need a FLSA expert to help defend them from IRS audits and resulting interest and penalties.

Around age 65 the American Bar Association (“ABA”) automatically enrolls you in the so-called Senior Law Section. They also send you a magazine with all kinds of articles with headings urging you to “Stop Practicing Law You Fool Before You Malpractice or Get Sick.”

This blog is a call for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to follow up and issue new rulemaking on the click to cancel issue. This isn’t a partisan issue. It is a question of farness and corporate responsibility. Without some new regulations, corporate America is allowing roguish policy to govern the renewal of its software and publication practices.