- January 28, 2014In his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama is expected to discuss income inequality and the problems facing…
- January 27, 2014Updated Feb. 21, 2018 Taxes are all about the numbers. But when it comes to Form W-2, the alphabet also…
- January 26, 2014Your annual tax statements are trickling in, so now it's time to make sure you have all the other info…
- January 25, 2014Last year was tough for lots of folks. The good news is that people were more generous than ever. In…
- January 24, 2014I spent most of this morning at my personal computer downloading statements necessary to file our annual tax return. Most…
- January 23, 2014Do you know what today is? No, annoying camel. It's definitely not hump day. It's beware of tax scam artists…
- January 22, 2014Well, that tax audit didn't go as the Internal Revenue Service had planned. William Berroyer was in the IRS' Hauppauge,…
- January 21, 2014The full 2014 tax filing season officially opens in 10 days. Are you ready? If this is the year that…
- January 21, 2014Will the handouts to Boeing ever stop? Apparently not. Washington State leaders reportedly are ready to push through $4 billion in…
- January 20, 2014The hubbub over the Internal Revenue Service's inept and ill-advised vetting process for groups seeking nonprofit status no longer dominates…
- January 19, 2014It's one of my most favorite times of the year. Girl Scout cookies are on sale! I'm a Thin Mints…
- January 17, 2014This post was reviewed/updated Monday, April 9, 2017 Are you filing a federal tax return for the first time? Welcome…
- January 17, 2014Welcome to the official start of the 2014 tax filing season, part one. Although some software companies and tax professionals…
- January 16, 2014It's a done financial deal. This evening (Jan. 16), the Senate approved the $1.1 trillion spending bill that was OK'ed…
- January 16, 2014You'd think we'd be used to a late filing season by now. It's happened several times, including last year. But…
- January 15, 2014Maybe the National Taxpayer Advocate's recommendations came too late in the budgeting process. Or maybe members of Congress just like…
- January 14, 2014If you're a Californian, forget about your current federal tax return for a minute. You need to check on your…
- January 14, 2014The Internal Revenue Service has apparently dodged a major bullet in the controversy over how it mishandled applications for nonprofit…
- January 13, 2014The U.S. tax system is based on the pay-as-you-earn concept. Every worker who gets a paycheck knows this by the…
- January 12, 2014This morning I logged on to EFTPS, pronounced eff-tips and officially known as the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, to…
- January 11, 2014Personal exemptions are one way for taxpayers to reduce their adjusted gross income to a lower taxable income amount. Remember,…
- January 10, 2014I'm a big believer in you get what you pay for. Apparently, so is National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson. Olson…
- January 9, 2014Colorado tax collectors appear to be the big winners in the state's sale of recreational marijuana. Owners of the 37…
- January 8, 2014Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered his war on poverty speech. It was LBJ's first State of…
- January 7, 2014Regardless of whether you file a 1040EZ or a long 1040 with a dozen schedules attached, some planning before you…
- January 5, 2014Can it already be another New Year? Yes. And that means a new tax-filing season. 2014 arrived with much less…
- January 5, 2014Happy 2014! Another year has arrived and that means it's also time for a whole new set of By the…
- January 5, 2014It's that time again. Another new tax year has rolled around. 2014 came in with less fanfare than 2013's fiscal…
- January 5, 2014In addition to the many dollar amounts that the Internal Revenue Service adjusts annually for inflation, a key figure that…
- January 3, 2014Lorraine Yaleni Begazo and her younger brother Brandon Ferdinando Begazo have no idea of the tax benefits they've provided their…
- January 2, 2014Wow! Has your first work day of 2014 been as crazy as mine? If this is what the new year…
- January 1, 2014For good or ill, 2013 is gone. Welcome 2014! On the tax front, 2013 was quite an eventful year. So before…
- January 1, 2014Welcome to 2014 with its new and fun tax times! We'll get to those shortly. For now, simply enjoy the…
- December 31, 2013East Coast taxpayers have about half a day of 2013 left. West Coasters get a few more hours. But regardless…
- December 30, 2013Whenever you're tempted to curse traffic as you head to and from work next year, aim some of your epithets…
- December 29, 2013The St. Louis Rams don't have anything to fight for on this last weekend of the National Football League 2013…
- December 28, 2013Did you pay your real estate taxes this month so you can deduct the payment on your 2013 taxes? How…
- December 27, 2013I have a cold. One with coughing. Coughing so much last night that my throat is sore and I have,…
- December 26, 2013Happy Boxing Day. No, dear television news reader, Boxing Day has nothing to do with people in a ring punching…
- December 25, 2013With Mary so close to delivering her child, why did she and Joseph risk traveling to Bethlehem? Taxes. A census…