- September 28, 2014Smokers are an easy and popular target for state tax collectors. Whenever they want to raise some added revenue, they…
- September 27, 2014UPDATE, April 7, 2017: Michael Sorrentino is in tax trouble. Again. Mike, or "The Situation" as he was known when he…
- September 26, 2014Kansas' rapidly diminishing state treasury is about to get a boost from an unlikely and decidedly adult source. The Sunflower…
- September 25, 2014Taxes and politics are inextricably linked. Raising them, or even saying you might think about doing so, generally dooms campaigns. Lowering…
- September 24, 2014Attention Amazon customers in Maryland a Minnesota. You might want to get your orders in now. On Oct. 1, those two…
- September 23, 2014I was a novice reporter back in February 1979 when thousands of American farmers converged on Washington, D.C. That 18-day…
- September 22, 2014The good news is that in 2013 the Internal Revenue Service was able to stop $24.2 billion worth of fraudulent tax…
- September 21, 2014I am a firm believer in the cliché adage truth that you're as young as you feel. Age is an…
- September 20, 2014The kids are finally back in class. Thanks to a variety of summer sales tax holidays across the country, their…
- September 19, 2014UPDATED Sept. 19, 2017 Yo ho, all ye salty sea dogs and scalawags. Just a quick reminder on this annual…
- September 18, 2014Yes, we know you love your pet as a family member. And yes, we know your animal is the smartest…
- September 17, 2014It's a crazy day. I'm trying to get a lot of stuff done before I head off to New Orleans…
- September 16, 2014He who controls the purse strings makes the rules. Although this popular quote uses "he" in the general, universal sense…
- September 15, 2014It's deadline day for payers of estimated tax. The third installment of these four extra tax filings/payments each each year…
- September 13, 2014Count me among those who were around for the first Saturday Night Live, or SNL as it's known in this…
- September 12, 2014Our beloved cat Zeke was part of our family for 19 years. He's been gone for 15 now and we…
- September 11, 2014This still painful anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on U.S. soil is underscored today by the recent killings…
- September 10, 2014Last week I signed onto the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, known in acronym-speak as EFTPS (eff-tips), and authorized our…
- September 9, 2014Tax collectors on opposite sides of the United States are hoping that a bit of public shaming will help them…
- September 8, 2014It's Monday. That mean millions of workers have spent way too much time slogging through email that piled up over…
- September 7, 2014The thing I find most interesting about the much talked about map of NFL team fandom across the country is that…
- September 5, 2014It's a great weekend for Louisiana and Mississippi hunters and gun enthusiasts. Both states are holding Second Amendment sales tax…
- September 4, 2014Are you ready for some football!? Nothing personal soccer fans, it was a great World Cup and all. But this,…
- September 3, 2014This post reviewed and some links updated August 16, 2019. Apparently the work gods think I need time off this…
- September 1, 2014Happy Labor Day, my fellow workers. Labor Day's first observance is generally thought to be Sept. 5, 1882. On that…
- August 31, 2014The ALS Association's Ice Bucket Challenge has been an astounding success. As of Aug. 29, the nonprofit has received $100.9 million…
- August 30, 2014What do college football and professional auto racing have in common this Labor Day holiday weekend? Taxes. But not like…
- August 29, 2014Well that was fun. Nineteen tax seminars in a little more than two and a half days. I've parceled out…
- August 28, 2014A friend called me last week, freaking out about a telephone voice mail message she had received. An Internal Revenue…
- August 27, 2014Hello New Orleans! I mean, hello Orlando! That geographic confusion reminiscent of Spinal Tap happened at day two of the…
- August 27, 2014I'm on a business trip this week in Orlando, attending the Internal Revenue Service's final Nationwide Tax Forum of 2014.…
- August 26, 2014I'm back in Florida this week for the Internal Revenue Service Nationwide Tax Forum in Orlando. It's a bit of…
- August 26, 2014This work week, I'm in Florida, a place the hubby and I lived for six years and one of the…
- August 25, 2014Ways to pay for college get lots of attention. But if your kids are younger, there's also a tax-saving way…
- August 21, 2014Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen are on trial, facing charges of taking $177,000 in gifts and…
- August 20, 2014Companies turn to tax inversions to take advantage of lower rates elsewhere. Exactly where and how much lower? You can…
- August 19, 2014The biggest complaint about the U.S. tax system is that it gives Uncle Sam too much of our money. There are…
- August 17, 2014Thirty-seven years ago the musical world was in shocked mourning. Just a day earlier, Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Aaron Presley…
- August 16, 2014August is half over. You know what that means. The final late-summer sales tax holidays are here. It once again took…
- August 15, 2014Most of the folks who participated in Pew Research Center's 2014 Future of the Internet canvass said they expect robotics…