- August 14, 2014The NBA is done with Donald Sterling. The California tax collector, however, might still have an interest in some of…
- August 13, 2014If school hasn't started in your area yet, it soon will. For many families, classes resume at college. And with…
- August 12, 2014Today I'm spending the day with my mother. It's a rare weekday visit, which allows us to take care of…
- August 11, 2014Cleveland sports fans were jazzed this weekend as Johnny "Football" Manziel had a quite promising debut in the Browns-Lions preseason…
- August 10, 2014Forty years ago yesterday, Aug. 9, President Richard M. Nixon resigned his office. I remember that event. I also remember…
- August 9, 2014Within hours of each other on July 22, two federal appeals panels issued opposing rulings on who is eligible for…
- August 8, 2014Shoppers are on alert in Texas and Maryland this weekend. Back-to-school sales tax holidays are on tap in these two states.…
- August 7, 2014Back in February 2013, the Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement under with a Beverly Hills, California, company accused of…
- August 6, 2014Walgreens, the Deerfield, Illinois-based drugstore chain that's been around for more than a century, is buying the remaining 55 percent…
- August 5, 2014Not surprisingly, voters have rejected a proposed tax hike. The loser this time is the ballot question in today's Missouri…
- August 5, 2014As we head toward the late summer peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, three storm systems are churning on opposite…
- August 5, 2014Before members of Congress left D.C. for their annual August vacation district work periods, they did pass a short-term funding…
- August 4, 2014Welcome to August. Summer is winding down, but that doesn't mean you get to slow down. In some locations school…
- August 3, 2014As a former cigarette smoker, electronic cigarettes fascinate me. I smoked not because I was addicted. I quit cold turkey…
- August 2, 2014And they're gone. After delaying their annual August recess for a day to complete some politically motivated votes, Representatives and…
- August 1, 2014Your highway tax dollars are back at work, at least through May 2015. The Senate approved a stopgap $11 billion transportation…
- July 31, 2014Senators are taking a shot at fashion bipartisanship today. After a two-year absence, Seersucker Thursday returned to the upper chamber.…
- July 30, 2014A dozen states welcome August with sales tax holidays. Three more will hold similar events deeper into the month. Massachusetts…
- July 30, 2014I know I alluded to kids and day camp not too long ago when our driveway was ground zero for…
- July 29, 2014The summer started with a Congressional effort to make it easier for travelers to see just how much taxes add…
- July 28, 2014The raw numbers are bad enough. Approximately 83,000 Department of Defense (DOD) employees and contractors had unpaid federal tax debt…
- July 27, 2014$16 million. That's how much in tax breaks CBS is eligible for by keeping The Late Show in the Big Apple.…
- July 26, 2014The Senate is expected to vote next week on a bill to refill the funding tank that fuels the nation's…
- July 25, 2014The debate on the use offshore tax havens has been heating up. On the individual side, the Internal Revenue Service…
- July 24, 2014Mississippi gets a lot of grief for being at the bottom of some national lists. But when it comes to…
- July 23, 2014On the heels of the conflicting Obamacare tax subsidy rulings by two federal appeals courts, we today had Affordable Care…
- July 22, 2014"You don't need a fancy legal degree to understand that Congress intended for every eligible American to have access to…
- July 21, 2014And the bit-by-bit approval of expired tax extenders continues in the House. Representatives last week approved five charitable giving tax…
- July 21, 2014KISS sure knows something about putting on a good rock and roll show, but apparently the band's bassist Gene Simmons…
- July 20, 2014The hubby and I prefer take-and-bake pizzas to the done-and-delivered variety. While that means one of us has to go…
- July 19, 2014Patrons of Club Risqué, Cheerleaders and Delilah's or any other adults-only clubs in Philadelphia won't have to pay added taxes…
- July 18, 2014It's tough being a small business owner. It's especially tough when no financial institution will handle your accounts or provide you…
- July 17, 2014The current filing season isn't officially over until the Oct. 15 extension deadline, but a legal battle over paid tax…
- July 16, 2014Every summer our neighborhood newsletter looks like a mini Craig's List. All the kids are looking to make some money.…
- July 15, 2014The debate among hardcore sports fans and the occasional and newbies that teams always want to attract is whether what…
- July 14, 2014The Internal Revenue Service has been encouraging, and in some cases forcing, taxpayers to use electronic options for years. But one…
- July 13, 2014I spent part of today shopping with my mom. It wasn't her preferred shopping trip; that would be searching for…
- July 11, 2014When LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat in 2010, many tax watchers speculated that Florida's lack…
- July 10, 2014With the United States out of World Cup competition, American sports fans' collective attention has turned to another round ball.…
- July 9, 2014July's a big month for the Internal Revenue Service. On July 1, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln and Congress created the…