- April 24, 2014Your federal income tax refund finally arrived and it was less than you expected. What's the deal? It could be…
- April 23, 2014The Internal Revenue Service's policy that allows it to award bonuses to employees who haven't paid their taxes is wrong.…
- April 22, 2014Since my mom moved to the Austin area three years ago, I've been driving the 100 or so round-trip miles…
- April 21, 2014Just days before the April 15 filing deadline, the Internal Revenue Service reported that most taxpayers had already submitted their…
- April 20, 2014Many folks spent Easter, either the full weekend starting on Good Friday and ending on this important Christian holiday, going…
- April 19, 2014Almost 40 million people age 65 or older currently collect Social Security benefits. Vice President Joe Biden is one of…
- April 19, 2014Last week, millions of us filed our 2013 income taxes. So what are Uncle Sam's plans for our money? Several…
- April 18, 2014Missouri knows how to celebrate Earth Day, April 22. It's smack-dab in the middle of the state's annual Show-Me Green…
- April 17, 2014April 15 came and went without you. Maybe you had a good excuse for not filing. Much better, I hope,…
- April 16, 2014I've occasionally jotted a note on a 1040. Usually it was to bring Internal Revenue Service attention to an attachment…
- April 16, 2014For most of us, tax filing season 2014 is over. Around 10 million of us, however, asked the Internal Revenue…
- April 16, 2014Tax Day 2014 has passed. Thank goodness! While it was a pretty tame tax season -- enough so that the…
- April 15, 2014April 15 is finally here! You can celebrate after you file something. As today's final 2014 filing season Daily Tax…
- April 14, 2014John Paul Pinette, the portly comic who is probably most recognized as the carjacking victim who set in motion the…
- April 14, 2014It's one day until the tax filing deadline. Are you panicking yet? Don't. You've got time. Technically, we have a…
- April 14, 2014Despite shutting down its system completely for most of last week after the Heartbleed bug was revealed, the Canada Revenue…
- April 13, 2014Good news, Canadian taxpayers. Canada Revenue is back! Canada's taxpayers normally don't have to file their annual tax returns until…
- April 13, 2014The hubby and I typically owe Uncle Sam every April 15. Usually not much, but some. We also tend to…
- April 12, 2014Thank you, thank you very much. OK, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen didn't exactly do his best Elvis Presley impersonation.…
- April 11, 2014This old clip from The Simpsons highlights why most of us nowadays, even after the Heartbleed bug online security scare,…
- April 11, 2014As of the end of March, more than 90 percent of taxpayers who had submitted their 2013 federal returns -- around…
- April 10, 2014Every tax filing season we hear the stories. Folks claim, often successfully, a variety of wacky tax deductions. There's the…
- April 9, 2014Just when you thought tax season couldn't get any crazier, computer problems are plaguing the U.S. and Canadian tax agencies.…
- April 8, 2014We're a week away from Tax Day 2014. Some folks, however, are dreading the months, and possibly years, after the…
- April 7, 2014What do you remember more about ABBA? The 1970s Swedish pop quartet's outrageous outfits or the catchy songs? If you…
- April 5, 2014It's that brief time of year here in Central Texas when there's a bit of chill in the evening air,…
- April 4, 2014If you are putting money into a retirement savings plan at your office or into an IRA, then make sure…
- April 3, 2014The adage that the more things change the more they stay the same definitely applies to Congress in general and…
- April 3, 2014And so it has begun. The countdown to the annual tax filing deadline. There are lots of tax moves to…
- April 2, 2014It's finally here. April. The month that you must file your 1040 or Form 4868 to get six more months…
- April 2, 2014If you've already filed your 2013 tax return, chances are you're getting a refund. Most taxpayers do, either serendipitously as…
- April 2, 2014The only constant in life is change. That's also the case with taxes. Just ask anyone/everyone who's ever had to…
- April 1, 2014This is not an April Fools' Day joke. Some investors will not owe the Internal Revenue Service a cent of…
- March 31, 2014It's spring and young couples' fancy lightly turn to thoughts of love. And if they're like the hubby and me,…
- March 30, 2014The Internal Revenue Service and state tax offices have for years accepted digital documentation when it comes to tax claims.…
- March 28, 2014As regular readers of the ol' blog know, I'm fixated on retirement. Maybe it's just because every year about this…
- March 28, 2014George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, passed away on Nov. 30, 2018. He will be…
- March 26, 2014What did we learn during IRS Commissioner John Koskinen's appearance today before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee? First,…
- March 26, 20142013 was not a good year for rich folks. That's when tax laws designed to get more money from the…
- March 25, 2014Sin taxes are problematic. If they work as many advocates hope, people will be priced out of their bad habits,…