- 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,…
- March 24, 2014This post was updated March 31, 2017. Original text can be found here. Claiming a home office can help reduce…
- March 23, 2014Age and wisdom, it is said, triumphs over youth and enthusiasm. With every passing day, I hope that is true! My…
- March 22, 2014"It says the husband gets to retire when he wants and the wife should just go along." That was the…
- March 21, 2014It's been one of those days. OK, one of those weeks. And I don't even do taxes as a living,…
- March 20, 2014Many taxpayers are wondering if this filing season is their last shot at some tax breaks they regularly claim. These…
- March 19, 2014I know you're concentrating on your 2013 tax return right now, but you also might want to check your files…
- March 18, 2014How often do you think of moving? I do when Austin's weather is too hot or too cold or too…
- March 17, 2014Happy St. Patrick's Day! Almost 40 million Americans (including me!) claim Irish heritage. That's almost seven times Ireland's population. And…
- March 16, 2014South by Southwest is over. The thousands of attendees are gone or heading home. Downtown Austin streets are reopened. Cranky…
- March 15, 2014Any business owner, regardless of what industry, will tell you that a phone is crucial to a company's success. Today's…
- March 14, 2014No one is safe from identity theft, not even the United States' top law enforcement official. Two men filed fraudulent…
- March 13, 2014Tax professionals have been a hot topic this filing season. The bulk of the coverage has come from the federal…
- March 12, 2014The Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act on May 6, 2013. The chairman of the House committee that oversees the…
- March 11, 2014We've all heard the pitch. This tax break will cut your tax bill. Sometimes, though, great-sounding tax breaks aren't always…
- March 11, 2014Edward Snowden, former National Security Agency (NSA) hacker and data leaker, appeared via video at the South by Southwest Interactive…
- March 10, 2014Everyone knows Ben Franklin's oft-quoted remark about death and taxes. That pair showed up again in a recent poll from…
- March 9, 2014Are you as groggy as I am today? Twice a year I feel out of sorts as most of us…
- March 8, 2014Yes, that was a real pizza delivery guy at the Oscars last Sunday. Yes, host Ellen DeGeneres did pass Pharrell's…
- March 7, 2014We didn't learn anything new about how the Internal Revenue Service used to handle 501(c)(4) applications at the contentious Congressional…
- March 6, 2014There's no IRSCI television show yet, but the Treasury's criminal investigation division is definitely getting more attention for the enforcement…
- March 5, 2014A couple of U.S. Representatives have stumbled across a way for Uncle Sam to raise more revenue without worrying about…
- March 4, 2014The recent harsh winter weather has been tough on everyone. But parents are feeling special heat. Sorry. I mean special…
- March 3, 2014And so it has happened again. Another month arrives and I am totally unprepared. Regular readers of the ol' blog…
- March 3, 2014I confess. I just don't get the fascination with Bitcoin. I don't get people investing real money in made-up money.…
- March 2, 2014Updated Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 It's National Margarita Day! Plus, the Academy Awards will be handed out this weekend. So our…
- March 2, 2014The Oscars will be handed out tonight, but thanks to state tax credits some movies already are big winners. Economics21,…