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  • City and other local taxes add to overall sales tax takes

    August 15, 2015
    New England shoppers this weekend are enjoying the final two back-to-school sales tax holidays of 2015. Massachusetts shoppers are taking…
  • IRS says free identity theft protection services are tax-free
    That’s very good news for me, since I was part of the huge OPM hack

    August 14, 2015
    Earlier this year when the Internal Revenue Service revealed that its online Get Transcript tool was hacked, I joked that…
  • PBS needs your tax-deductible donations more than ever now that the children’s TV classic ‘Sesame Street’ is moving to HBO

    August 13, 2015
    PBS is losing a beloved resident. Sesame Street, which debuted on public television in 1969, now will be seen on HBO, the…
  • Don’t miss the tax break for college textbooks

    August 12, 2015
    It's almost time for school to start. For college students, or their parents, that means it's also almost time to start…
  • Is Obamacare headed back to the Supreme Court yet again?

    August 11, 2015
    Could the U.S. Supreme Court hear yet another Affordable Care Act, or ACA, case? If opponents of Obamacare, as the…
  • Cleveland to take Ohio jock tax ruling to U.S. Supreme Court

    August 10, 2015
    If you thought the legal wrangling surrounding Obamacare was fun, hang on. The U.S. Supreme Court soon could consider another…
  • Major Greek archaeological site target of tax probe

    August 9, 2015
    As Greece continues its efforts to get its finances in order, the country still is struggling with tax collection. Many businesses…
  • Bush brothers’ barbecue and tax banter

    August 9, 2015
    The only thing we Texans take more seriously than our football (high school, college and pro) and politics (equally crazy…
  • 1.8 million must file 1040s ASAP to get ACA APTC benefits

    August 8, 2015
    If you thought the Supreme Court's OK back in June of all Obamacare tax subsidies, whether issued by the federal…
  • 13 state sales tax holidays on tap this weekend

    August 7, 2015
    This weekend is prime sales tax holiday season. Shoppers in 13 states will get a chance to trade beach bags…
  • GOP debate(s) and drinking games tonight!

    August 6, 2015
    The Republicans who want to sit in the Oval Office in 2017 and beyond are gathered in Cleveland, Ohio, for…
  • Former IRS chief left out of GOP debates, files FEC complaint

    August 6, 2015
    Mark Everson served as Internal Revenue Service commissioner from 2003 to 2007. Before that appointment by George W. Bush, he…
  • Latest tax scam arrives as fake snail-mailed IRS letters

    August 5, 2015
    Tax identity thieves are quick studies. They've been listening to the Internal Revenue Service warn us that the tax agency…
  • Form 1098-T will be needed to claim education tax breaks
    Third-party verification is part of new trade bills’ tax law changes

    August 4, 2015
    2015 was supposed to be the year of tax reform, specifically simplification of our complicated tax code. Instead, Congress has been…
  • Cool tax moves to make during August’s hot Dog Days

    August 3, 2015
    And here we are, into August. School will start in some places this month. Elsewhere, folks are sneaking in one final…
  • FairTax petition fails to get White House meeting

    August 2, 2015
    More than 32,000 people petitioned the White House asking the president to take an hour to talk with conservative talk-show host…
  • More Alaskan cities are taxing cigarettes

    August 1, 2015
    From a tax standpoint, Alaska is a pretty cool location. The Last Frontier doesn't collect any individual income tax. It also…
  • Highway bill drives home some new tax laws

    July 31, 2015
    The highway funding bill that President Obama signed today may be short-term (money runs out again on Oct. 29) when…
  • U.S. telephone tax scam crosses border into Canada

    July 30, 2015
    Americans and Canadians share a lot of things. There's the coast-to-coast border. There are National Hockey League teams. There's even…
  • 18 states hold sales tax holidays in summer of 2015

    July 29, 2015
    Hello, Cleveland and the rest of the Buckeye State. Welcome to the state sales tax holiday fraternity. Ohio will hold…
  • IRS commissioner ready to take on those who want him fired

    July 28, 2015
    "I apologize for not being able to take all your questions, but I have a flight to catch. I have…
  • House Oversight panel wants IRS commissioner fired

    July 28, 2015
    Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen apparently was a bit too optimistic a few months ago when he declared his…
  • Sloshing through swimming pool tax deduction rules

    July 27, 2015
    Reviewed and updated Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 It's summer. Not to overstate the obvious, that means it's hot, hot, hot. …
  • Star scientists prefer low-tax states

    July 26, 2015
    Those of us who constructed nine-planet models of our solar system for grade school science projects have been in space…
  • Cross-border tax inspectors give tax cheats no place to hide

    July 25, 2015
    You can't blame tax cheats if one of Martha and the Vandellas' biggest hits has been playing on a loop…
  • Court says travel websites must pay D.C. $61 million in taxes

    July 24, 2015
    A tax battle between the nation's capital and seven online travel companies has ended with the websites being ordered to…
  • Private tax debt collectors are Highway Trust Fund passengers

    July 23, 2015
    Look out. Some hitchhiking private tax debt collectors could stall the Highway Trust Fund, which already is running on fumes.…
  • Rand Paul ‘kills’ tax code with chainsaw, fire & woodchipper

    July 22, 2015
    The hubby and I have a deal. Klutzy Kay doesn't get on a ladder when he's not home and he…
  • No tax surprises in Senate Finance’s approval of extenders bill

    July 22, 2015
    There were no big surprises -- heck, no surprises of any size -- from the Senate Finance Committee's mark-up Tuesday…
  • Senate Finance today considers very long list of tax extenders

    July 21, 2015
    Stop me if you're heard this before. And before. And before. Yep, I'm talking, again, about tax extenders legislation. These…
  • Ashley Madison clients might need some divorce tax tips

    July 20, 2015
    It seems that the "SSL Secure Site" notation on AshleyMadison.com was as dependable as the promise of its clients' wedding…
  • Texas congressman proposes tax relief for wrongly convicted

    July 20, 2015
    President Barack Obama made history last week when he became the first sitting commander in chief to a federal prison.…
  • Early tax payment ends up costing company

    July 19, 2015
    CoreLogic made its required June tax payment to the upstate New York village of South Glens Falls, but it made…
  • Most millennials want houses like their parents, eventually

    July 18, 2015
    Millennials continue to get a lot of attention, and not just from their parents. This group of 18-to-34-year-olds are shaping…
  • House drives Highway Trust Fund partial refill down the road, but Senate could apply the brakes before the July 31 deadline

    July 16, 2015
    The federal fund that supplies money to build and repair road and other U.S. infrastructure runs out of money on…
  • Best, but mostly worst, of tax times during 2015 filing season
    National Taxpayer Advocate points out problems for IRS, taxpayers

    July 15, 2015
    "The 2015 filing season was akin to A Tale of Two Cities. For the majority of taxpayers who filed their returns and…
  • Alabama’s governor proposes a soda tax more for his state’s fiscal rather than physical benefits

    July 14, 2015
    A couple of years ago I made some lifestyle changes to improve my overall health. I started exercising more and…
  • Disney gets 30-year tax exemption deal from Anaheim
    Should cities, states give businesses tax deals to lure, keep them?

    July 13, 2015
    Disney is known for its princesses. That's fitting, because from a corporate tax position, the entertainment behemoth is a king.…
  • Poor tax collection contributed to Greece’s debt woes

    July 12, 2015
    Greece's future, both financially and as part of the Eurozone, remains unclear as the Mediterranean country and its creditors struggle…
  • Congress looks at letting banks do business with pot sellers

    July 11, 2015
    Five U.S. Senators who represent states that have legalized recreational use of marijuana have introduced legislation to make it easier…
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