- July 10, 2015More teenagers are working this summer. There aren't any jobs out there for young workers. Employers are struggling to find…
- July 9, 2015UPDATE, April 7, 2017: Michael Sorrentino is in tax trouble. Again. Mike, or "The Situation" as he was known when…
- July 8, 2015Trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has been, for the most part, halted. While the situation that the…
- July 7, 2015The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has received, for the second time, the Supreme Court's imprimatur. Following the high court's 6-3…
- July 6, 2015Welcome back from the July 4th break. I hope you had a great Independence Day. Our country's birth was brought…
- July 5, 2015NASCAR fans are gearing up for tonight's night race at Daytona International Speedway. Still referred to as the Firecracker 400…
- July 4, 2015Fireworks wrap up July 4th celebrations in communities across the country. But just why do we Americans celebrate our nation's…
- July 3, 2015Ins explaining the United States to non-Americans, the quirky online comic website The Oatmeal notes that the Fourth of July is…
- July 2, 2015Are you hitting the road this long Independence Day weekend? You are not alone. AAA Travel projects 41 million Americans…
- July 1, 2015Jeb Bush really did have 33 years of tax returns on hand and he opened them up for public inspection…
- June 30, 2015New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is today's entrant into the ever-expanding Republican field to be the party's 2016 nominee for…
- June 29, 2015While most of us were focused on the recent Supreme Court health care and marriage rulings, and I plead guilty…
- June 27, 2015The Internal Revenue Service hasn't always followed the law when it comes to making business deals. Uh oh. Specifically, according…
- June 26, 2015In an historic 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that all couples, regardless of gender, have the right…
- June 26, 2015June 26 could be the day that marriage equality officially arrives in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court is…
- June 25, 2015It's official. The Supreme Court of the United States loves Obamacare. OK. So maybe the justices, or at least a…
- June 24, 2015Update, April 2, 2020: Ohio State Rep. Brigid Kelly (D-Cincinnati) announced the provision she sponsored in Senate Bill (SB) 26…
- June 22, 2015Today's news is that there's no news from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the tax subsidies offered to folks…
- June 21, 2015The annual arrival of Father's Day emphasizes just how much being a dad has changed. When I was a kid,…
- June 20, 2015The wheels of tax justice continue to grind along, with federal law enforcement officials celebrating what is believed to be…
- June 19, 2015My fellow Texan Kinky Friedman, as well-known for his often outrageous comments and political dalliances as for his writings and…
- June 18, 2015Many workers, me among them, enjoy being independent contractors. Businesses also like these arrangements. It relieves them of having to…
- June 17, 2015Gambling is big business. It's also big tax money. But the Internal Revenue Service gets the short end of the…
- June 16, 2015About the only thing that gets people more worked up than the amount tax they pay is the amount of…
- June 14, 2015The hubby says my dream of a rural retreat, miles and miles and miles from other people is BS. I…
- June 13, 2015MTV is still around? And it still has a news department? Apparently so. And it's teamed up with NPR to…
- June 12, 2015Looking for something to do this weekend? The Internal Revenue Service has some suggestions. If you pay estimated taxes or…
- June 11, 2015The Vatican takes scripture seriously, especially Mark 12:17. "Jesus said to them, 'Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and…
- June 10, 2015Taxpayers usually file amended returns to correct mistakes they made on their original tax paperwork. A New York City product…
- June 9, 2015Louisiana is among the states still struggling to come up with a budget. That's always a difficult process, but it's…
- June 8, 2015I was born and spent the first 18 years of my life in the desert terrain of West Texas. That's…
- June 7, 2015H&R Block sees about 13 million people a year in its retail offices across the country. But there is a…
- June 5, 2015Burning Man began as a bonfire on San Francisco's Baker Beach in 1986 where a handful of folks celebrated the summer…
- June 3, 2015The good news for taxpayers is that the Internal Revenue Service recognizes our desire for more do-it-ourselves options and has been…
- June 2, 2015I'm not much of a churchgoer, but if the new First Church of Cannabis opens a sanctuary in Austin, I…
- June 1, 2015Amazon has hit the halfway mark. Today, June 1, the online retailer begins collecting sales tax on products it delivers…
- May 31, 2015Tonight, with little time to spare before the Patriot Act expires at midnight, the Senate will vote on renewal of…
- May 30, 2015Do you do things because other people do? You know, the kind of actions that always prompted my mom to…
- May 29, 2015May 29 is an important if unofficial holiday if you're facing or expect one day to deal with the ever…
- May 28, 2015After learning that cyber criminals had accessed more than 100,000 tax return transcripts, I joked to the hubby that we're…