- 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…
- December 23, 2014If you celebrate Christmas, you've probably had your tree up for a while. And if you got a real tree,…
- December 22, 2014The stock market has been on a crazy run in 2014. When its wild swings up and down ultimately shake…
- December 21, 2014Now this is more like what I expected. I was shocked when a Gallup poll showed that the public perception…
- December 20, 2014It's the time of year when most folks are on their best behavior. After all, Santa Claus is coming to town…
- December 19, 2014Yes, it's the holiday season. Christmas is less than a week away, and you've got a house to clean, meals…
- December 18, 2014Well, well, well. I'm going to pull my crystal ball (yes, that's it pictured there) out of storage and dust…
- December 18, 2014Even if the IRS can get the 2015 filing season started on time, which despite my optimism* is still questionable…
- December 16, 2014Maybe it's just me, but I haven't heard much this year about the so-called war on Christmas. In case you've…
- December 15, 2014Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid plans this week to handle some presidential nominations (thanks showboating Texas senator Ted Cruz), then…
- December 13, 2014Have you filled up your car lately? If so, you were probably like me. Very pleasantly surprised. Gas prices have…
- December 12, 2014The tax reform 2014 train has another passenger, this one boarding at the U.S. Senate's tax-writing station. Sen. Orrin Hatch…
- December 11, 2014Almost two full years after the 113th Congress clocked in, its first bill has been filed just as the legislative…
- December 10, 2014Back in 2008 when the housing bubble burst and the financial crisis began, homeowners were literally walking away from their residences.…
- December 9, 2014Sen. Tom Coburn, the Republican who's served Oklahomans in Congress' upper chamber since 2005 and for six years in the…
- December 8, 2014For the last few years, my mother has lived just up the road from me. So not only do I…
- December 7, 2014The 2015 filing season is less than two months away (we hope!), but the Internal Revenue Service still is holding…
- December 6, 2014The hubby and I performed our annual holiday ritual today. We bought some toys for Austin area kids who might…
- December 4, 2014The New York City police restraint that led to the death of Eric Garner got the tax world's attention immediately…
- December 3, 2014December brings a special kind of crazy. There's shopping, travel, more shopping, tax moves to make, family and friend get-togethers,…
- December 2, 2014In an effort to get out of town before Christmas and mollify taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service and the White…
- December 1, 2014Ho! Ho! Ho! Holy Moly! It's December already! The song is wrong, or at least incomplete. It may well be…
- November 30, 2014The Internal Revenue Service's problems are far from over. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) is poring over…
- November 29, 2014It's day three -- or more for some -- of the Thanksgiving holiday. Are you tired of your relatives yet?…
- November 27, 2014President Abraham Lincoln is famous for so many wonderful, impressive, inspiring actions and words. He gave us stirring arguments in…
- November 26, 2014Just when it looked like things were going so well with the tax extenders negotiations, the Washington we all know…
- November 25, 2014Major League Baseball fans on opposite sides of the United States are going to have very different Thanksgivings this year.…