- August 31, 2015"Help" is uttered often during tax season. But with one letter change to that plea, taxpayers will be able to…
- August 29, 2015Art and life have intersected once again, this time on Broadway. The hot new show on the Great White Way…
- August 27, 2015Oh, Congress. If we were dating, our relationship would be in Ashley Madison level trouble. The bad is that you…
- August 26, 2015What is it with government employees and emails? Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email account to send some State…
- August 25, 2015Seattle's new tax on guns and ammunition had one unchallenged weekend. The law establishes a tax of $25 for every…
- August 24, 2015Donald Trump has yet to release his tax reform plan, but he dropped a hint during an interview with CBS…
- August 23, 2015Tax fraud has become so profitable that it has replaced drug dealing for many gangs nationwide. Earlier this month, alleged…
- August 22, 2015Puerto Rico has been in the news a lot this year, and not for its attributes as a Caribbean vacation…
- August 21, 2015As the hubby and I cruised around a parking lot this week looking for a relatively close-in place to park,…
- August 20, 2015Summer's almost over, but there's always time for some recreational reading. Tax geeks who enjoy thrillers might want to check…
- August 19, 2015All of us have to deal with the crazy that's the federal Internal Revenue Code. But on top of that,…
- August 18, 2015Everybody's a critic, even the New Jersey's chief economic officer if one state senator's tax credit for performers is enacted. …
- August 17, 2015Television offers a wonderful view of modern superwomen. They're young, brash, tech-savvy and just what we need off screen nowadays…
- August 16, 2015For many international travelers, exploring another country offers a bonus: picking up a few items at the airport's duty-free store.…
- August 15, 2015New England shoppers this weekend are enjoying the final two back-to-school sales tax holidays of 2015. Massachusetts shoppers are taking…
- August 14, 2015Earlier this year when the Internal Revenue Service revealed that its online Get Transcript tool was hacked, I joked that…
- August 13, 2015PBS is losing a beloved resident. Sesame Street, which debuted on public television in 1969, now will be seen on HBO, the…
- August 12, 2015It's almost time for school to start. For college students, or their parents, that means it's also almost time to start…
- August 11, 2015Could the U.S. Supreme Court hear yet another Affordable Care Act, or ACA, case? If opponents of Obamacare, as the…
- August 10, 2015If you thought the legal wrangling surrounding Obamacare was fun, hang on. The U.S. Supreme Court soon could consider another…
- August 9, 2015As Greece continues its efforts to get its finances in order, the country still is struggling with tax collection. Many businesses…
- August 9, 2015The only thing we Texans take more seriously than our football (high school, college and pro) and politics (equally crazy…
- August 8, 2015If you thought the Supreme Court's OK back in June of all Obamacare tax subsidies, whether issued by the federal…
- August 7, 2015This weekend is prime sales tax holiday season. Shoppers in 13 states will get a chance to trade beach bags…
- August 6, 2015The Republicans who want to sit in the Oval Office in 2017 and beyond are gathered in Cleveland, Ohio, for…
- August 6, 2015Mark Everson served as Internal Revenue Service commissioner from 2003 to 2007. Before that appointment by George W. Bush, he…
- August 5, 2015Tax identity thieves are quick studies. They've been listening to the Internal Revenue Service warn us that the tax agency…
- August 4, 20152015 was supposed to be the year of tax reform, specifically simplification of our complicated tax code. Instead, Congress has been…
- August 3, 2015And here we are, into August. School will start in some places this month. Elsewhere, folks are sneaking in one final…
- August 2, 2015More than 32,000 people petitioned the White House asking the president to take an hour to talk with conservative talk-show host…
- August 1, 2015From a tax standpoint, Alaska is a pretty cool location. The Last Frontier doesn't collect any individual income tax. It also…
- July 31, 2015The highway funding bill that President Obama signed today may be short-term (money runs out again on Oct. 29) when…
- July 30, 2015Americans and Canadians share a lot of things. There's the coast-to-coast border. There are National Hockey League teams. There's even…
- July 29, 2015Hello, Cleveland and the rest of the Buckeye State. Welcome to the state sales tax holiday fraternity. Ohio will hold…
- July 28, 2015"I apologize for not being able to take all your questions, but I have a flight to catch. I have…
- July 28, 2015Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen apparently was a bit too optimistic a few months ago when he declared his…
- July 27, 2015Reviewed and updated Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 It's summer. Not to overstate the obvious, that means it's hot, hot, hot. …
- July 26, 2015Those of us who constructed nine-planet models of our solar system for grade school science projects have been in space…
- July 25, 2015You can't blame tax cheats if one of Martha and the Vandellas' biggest hits has been playing on a loop…
- July 24, 2015A tax battle between the nation's capital and seven online travel companies has ended with the websites being ordered to…