This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on October 27, 2015. Dear Mr. Premack Historically, Congress has maintained several different tax classifications (all found in the Internal Revenue Code and administered by the IRS). For instance, the income tax is very different from the gift tax or the estate tax or excise taxes (like the taxes we pay on gasoline, alcohol or cell phones). When you are due an inheritance, it may be subject to two taxes before you re

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on October 12, 2015. Dear Mr. Premack: My father and I have been discussing his illness. He has been diagnosed with cancer; the progress will be slow but unstoppable. He is 90, does not want to be put on artificial life support, and wishes that he could (when the time gets nearer) end his own life in a physician assisted suicide. It is possible and legal in Texas for his wishes to be carried out? – RS In America, an a