- March 24, 2015As a homeowner who every year thinks that my local tax assessor has a much too inflated opinion of my…
- March 23, 2015When Downton Abbey showed up on PBS back in 2011, the hubby and I were avid viewers. We're both Anglophiles,…
- March 22, 2015Allgreens, a medical marijuana dispensary in Denver, has won its cash payment battle with the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS demands…
- March 20, 2015This blog post was updated March 7, 2017 March has been a medical month for me. There is one good…
- March 19, 2015Uncle Sam is the biggest basketball fan for the next few weeks. He might not care that much which college…
- March 18, 2015Everybody in the official tax world apparently wants to know what we regular taxpayers think about our tax system and…
- March 17, 2015Everybody puts on the dog for St. Patrick's Day, even sartorially conscious and/or wannabe Irish pooches. Dog dolled up for…
- March 16, 2015Not only is it a Monday -- and a freakin' crazy one, at least for me! -- it is exactly…
- March 15, 2015I can't imagine leaving my tax refund in Uncle Sam's hands for years. But then, I usually don't get a…
- March 13, 2015This second Friday the 13th of 2015 is pretty scary for folks with money in the stock market. With just…
- March 12, 2015One of the benefits of a do-nothing Congress, at least from lawmakers' perspective, is that all the uncompleted work offers…
- March 11, 2015Comprehensive, complete tax code rewrite? Not a good idea. It simply puts off the possible when it comes to improving our…
- March 10, 2015About this time every tax season, I start wanting to take a vacation. Maybe this year I should take a…
- March 8, 2015Next week should be fun. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says that unless Congress increases the federal debt ceiling, the…
- March 7, 2015Life. It just keeps keeping on (if we're lucky!). For most of us, our day-to-day activities fall into a predictable…
- March 6, 2015Who do people dislike more than politicians? Internal Revenue Service employees. So what the heck is former IRS Commissioner Mark…
- March 5, 2015Tax filing can be confusing and frustrating for most of us. Even criminals. Take the crook who stole Seth Rouse's…
- March 4, 2015I'm a native Texan who returned home almost 10 years ago and is still re-acclimating to the wackiness that is…
- March 3, 2015It's not unusual that the big news this filing season is the growing concern about tax identity theft as a…
- March 2, 2015Conventional political wisdom is that no candidate can win by supporting new or higher taxes. In fact, office seekers tend…
- March 2, 2015The arrival of March means we've got six short weeks until the April 15 filing deadline. The March 2015 Daily Tax…
- March 1, 2015Are you a tax lion, aggressively hunting down tax breaks? Or are you a tax lamb, cowering before the complicated…
- February 28, 2015In an effort to speed up things for folks visiting some Internal Revenue Service Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs), the agency…
- February 27, 2015February sure lived up to its status as the shortest month of the year. We got to the end of…
- February 26, 2015Who loves tax season more than the Internal Revenue Service? Retailers. Flush with cash that Uncle Sam has been collecting…
- February 25, 2015A kinder, gentler Internal Revenue Service was born back in 1998 when the IRS Restructuring & Reform Act was enacted. Now…
- February 24, 2015Two months ago lots of families got pets as Christmas gifts. Now, many of those puppies and kittens and other…
- February 23, 2015Sunday's Daytona 500 was great. Well, it was until a late-race wreck forced a contrived green-white-checkers finish and the dreaded…
- February 22, 2015We'll learn tonight which of eight films -- American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma,…
- February 20, 2015The U.S. economy finally appears to be on an upward track. That's good news for the millions of folks who…
- February 19, 2015While the Internal Revenue Service has long been on high alert for fake tax filings, fraudulent returns now are a…
- February 18, 2015Tax scammers don't just go after average taxpayers. They also are looking to hook tax professionals. The latest criminal effort…
- February 17, 2015I have an old-school answering machine on my home office telephone line, primarily as a receptacle for all the robo-…
- February 16, 2015This post was updated Feb. 15, 2018. The long Presidents Day holiday is this weekend and chances are you will…
- February 15, 2015The only thing worse than messing up your own taxes is paying someone who can't do the job. If you're looking…
- February 14, 2015Just in time for Valentine's Day, many gay and lesbian couples in Alabama late last week were taking the ultimate…
- February 13, 2015Taxes and Friday the 13th are perfect partners. I mean, really, there's not much that's scarier than taxes. Today's Daily…
- February 12, 2015Attention smartphone addicted taxpayers, the 2015 version of the Internal Revenue Service's app is now available. That's good news for…
- February 11, 2015No tax season ever runs without any hitches. 2015 is no different. So far this year we've seen some early…
- February 10, 2015The Internet has made the world a much easier place, especially at tax time. E-filing, for example, continues to set…