- January 30, 2015What do Super Bowl bets and missing tax forms have in common? They're all part of this week's Daily Tax…
- January 30, 2015Political wonks are distraught today. Mitt Romney will not seek the presidency in 2016. He told a small group of…
- January 29, 2015Tax software was supposed to put an end to the tax professional business. Right. Congress, unwittingly (insert your own joke)…
- January 28, 2015Attention Illinois online shoppers. You only have a few days left before Amazon starts tacking your state's 6.25 percent sales…
- January 27, 2015Around eight million individuals got health coverage in 2014 through an Affordable Care Act exchange. If you're among that group,…
- January 26, 2015The Federal Trade Commission gets more consumer complaints about identity theft than any other topic and tax identity theft has…
- January 24, 2015If you used TurboTax Deluxe software last year, check your email box. The maker of the leading tax preparation software…
- January 23, 2015We made it through the first official week of tax filing season 2015! A lot of folks were champing at…
- January 22, 2015Super Bowl XLIX is just 10 days away. On top of the normal National Football Championship game hoopla, we've also…
- January 21, 2015Did you watch President Obama's sixth State of the Union address last night? If not, you can catch up today.…
- January 20, 2015It's Tuesday, but to borrow a phrase and concept popular on the Internet, it sure feels like Throwback Tax Thursday.…
- January 20, 2015Do you hear that? It's the rustle of tens of thousands of taxpayers sending in their 2014 tax returns. That's…
- January 19, 2015It's always been a challenge to teach kids history. They truly live in the moment. History is what happened to…
- January 18, 2015What the most important policy issue to you this year? According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, it's defense…
- January 17, 2015Remember the warning from the Internal Revenue Service that we taxpayers shouldn't expect much help from the agency this filing…
- January 16, 2015Today's big tax news is that Free File is now open to qualifying taxpayers. Fourteen tax software companies are offering…
- January 14, 2015I had a great time today talking with all the wonderful folks at Freelance Austin about taxes. The timing was…
- January 14, 2015About a month ago, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen met with the media and warned that the coming tax-filing…
- January 13, 2015A week from today, on Jan. 20, the Internal Revenue Service will start accepting our 2014 tax returns. I am…
- January 12, 2015The annual tax filing season is here, with the Internal Revenue Service preparing to accept 2014 tax year returns on…
- January 11, 2015St. Louis pro football fans have no team in the current National Football League playoffs, but they are being treated…
- January 10, 2015That's right. Three-hundred-sixty-five days have passed and we're dealing with another tax year. Will 2015 be the year that at…
- January 10, 2015I generally try to stay away from gender stereotyping. Such sweeping observations present, at best, an overly broad, and frequently…
- January 9, 2015In addition to updating tax forms and instructions and getting its computer systems ready for the Jan. 20 start of the…
- January 8, 2015OK, I swear that I'll quit highlighting the Daily Tax Tip soon. But today's advice on 7 ways to get organized…
- January 7, 2015I'm not going to start every day of the 2015 filing season plugging the Daily Tax Tips feature. I promise.…
- January 7, 2015They're baaaaack! Representatives and Senators returned Jan. 6 to Washington, D.C., this time with both chambers under Republican control. Rep.…
- January 6, 2015Here we are yet again, welcoming in a new tax year. The good thing about the 2015 tax year and…
- January 5, 2015In case you missed it as the 113th Congress wrapped up its frantic lame duck days, it did manage to…
- January 4, 2015Did you make New Year's resolutions? I quit doing so long ago, and I am not alone. Apparently fewer than…
- January 4, 2015It's that time again. The passage of 365 days has delivered a spanking new year. Here's hoping your 2015 is…
- January 3, 2015In a few hours, some lucky lottery ticket owner could be a multimillionaire. The Powerball jackpot is $131 million. If…
- January 2, 2015The adage that those who don't know history are destined to repeat it definitely applies to taxes. So that we…
- January 1, 2015Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful celebration last night and are ready to face a brand spanking…
- December 31, 2014This is it. The end of the 2014 tax year. One business day left to make moves that could lower…
- December 29, 2014Dang! I wish I had checked my spam folder before Christmas. I would have had half a million bucks to…
- December 28, 2014I grew up in West Texas, where the wind sweeping down the desert rivals any Oklahoma show tune boast. So…
- December 27, 2014Pope Francis has been in the news recently. There was, of course, his annual Christmas mass and Christmas Day address…
- December 26, 2014This post was updated March 27, 2017. Original text can be found here. Uncle Sam encourages us to save for…
- December 25, 2014It's that time again. Another year, another Christmas Day. The hubby and I and our Christmas cow -- the holidays…