- February 9, 2015The official name of the politically volatile health care reform law is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. That's…
February 8, 2015Alexander Hamilton, the United States' first Treasury Secretary, has moved from the $10 bill to the stage. Rumors are the…- February 7, 2015If you can afford to hire a tax professional to help you file your returns, good for you. A lot…
- February 6, 2015After being in limbo for about a day, TurboTax this afternoon resumed its state e-filing services. TurboTax, the popular tax…
- February 6, 2015Did you win your Super Bowl bets? Or was you wallet (and heart) crushed by that game-ending, goal line interception?…
- February 5, 2015Tax time is doubly annoying for most U.S. taxpayers. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia collect taxes on wage…
- February 4, 2015Call it Camp 2.0. Today the House Ways and Means Committee, now under the chairmanship of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.),…
- February 4, 2015Three days of the shortest month of the year -- and tax-filing season -- have already passed. I guess it's…
- February 3, 2015We're into the heart of the 2015 tax filing season, with tax statements finally arriving and folks filling out their…
- February 3, 2015U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew was on the hot seat today, spending three full hours being grilled by Ways and…
- February 2, 2015It's a dual Groundhog Day this year. There's the traditional meteorological news, which, by the way, is bad. Punxsutawney Phil…
- February 1, 2015Taxes and sports are inextricably linked. There are the tax breaks for teams (and rich owners) who want to build…
- February 1, 2015Super Bowl XLIX kickoff is just a few hours away, and bettors are going crazy. Yes, despite most major league…
- January 31, 2015Getting a ticket to the Super Bowl is just part of an NFL fan's ultimate quest. You also have to…
- 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.…
