- November 16, 2013Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have officially filed an appeal of their tax evasion conviction. Both men…
- November 15, 2013Who is as upset as the president about the latest round of problems with Obamacare? Ways and Means Committee Chairman…
- November 14, 2013Be on the lookout tax preparers. If you were sloppy in seeking the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for your…
- November 13, 2013Washington State on Monday, Nov. 11, enacted the largest corporate tax break any state has ever given to a single…
- November 12, 2013Today, Nov. 12, 2013, is a big day for all sorts of gamblers. For traditional gamblers, it's MegaMillions drawing day.…
- November 11, 2013Folks receiving federal help buying groceries are making do with a little less. The increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
- November 10, 2013Super Typhoon Haiyan has done its worst, literally, to the Philippines. The archipelago nation took a direct hit from what…
- November 9, 2013After a great 7 and 0 start, my Texas Tech Red Raiders have stumbled a bit. Going into today's game…
- November 8, 2013Super Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Yolanda) slammed into the Philippines this morning. It is too soon to know the…
- November 7, 2013Did you buy Twitter stock today when the Internet company went public? Neither did I. I am hoping, though, that…
- November 6, 2013The last hurdle in Colorado's legalization of small amounts of recreational marijuana passed electoral muster yesterday. Voters in the state…
- November 6, 2013The elections are over. You're coming down from the sugar high of "helping" your kids finish their haul of Halloween…
- November 5, 2013All eyes have been on Colorado since its voters last year legalized recreational use of marijuana. This election day, we…
- November 4, 2013Several members of Congress are applauding Treasury's decision last week to allow a $500 annual rollover of unused medical flexible…
- November 3, 2013Are you still finding timepieces that are wrong this morning? I always miss a clock or two every time we…
- November 2, 2013What with the continuing debate over the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, and the recent easing of the medical flexible…
- November 1, 2013Attention medical flexible spending account (FSA) shoppers. The good news is that Uncle Sam is making it easier for you…
- October 31, 2013Today is Halloween, when kids and adults alike overindulge in candy, enjoy dressing up (more than usual) and generally celebrate…
- October 30, 2013The Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) Foundation says the state's new candy tax is a constitutional trick and is…
- October 29, 2013Whenever my brother and I balked at what was on our plates, our dad told us that if we were…
- October 28, 2013As you get older, you end up at the doctor's office a lot more. Most of the time it's for…
- October 28, 2013What's your favorite search engine? If you're a fan of CBS' legal drama "The Good Wife" it's ChumHum. Since ChumHum…
- October 26, 2013Sophia Loren, Italy's most renowned, honored and for moviegoers of a certain age hottest actress has been cleared of tax…
- October 25, 2013Just like Sen. Ted Cruz, I'm on my spouse's company health care policy. That and a Texas address are the…
- October 24, 2013Did you, like me, think that the Internal Revenue Service's decision to push back the start of the 2014 tax…
- October 23, 2013You remember the Internal Revenue Service's inappropriate targeting of groups seeking tax-exempt status based on the organizations' political leanings, right?…
- October 22, 2013I hate it when I'm right. Cue hubby laughter. OK, I don't. But I do hate that my fear of…
- October 22, 2013I haven't had a piece of tax birthday cake for a while, so I'm cutting into one today to celebrate…
- October 21, 2013The holiday season is approaching. Yes, those were Christmas items Hampton Roads shoppers spotted in local stores last month. And…
- October 19, 2013A friend of mine was slow in making his reservations for FinCon13, the personal finance blogger conference here in St.…
- October 18, 2013If you're of a certain age, you remember what it was like when you got back to work after taking…
- October 17, 2013Benjamin Franklin's famously noted that there are only two sure things: death and taxes. I'd like to add a third:…
- October 16, 2013The adult entertainment nightclub Nite Moves certainly tried. Attorneys for the Latham, N.Y., club have been in courtrooms for more…
- October 15, 2013That's right. The Internal Revenue Service is, for the most part, shut down. But you, tax filing procrastinators, must finish…
- October 14, 2013Will Capitol Hill and the White House come to an agreement on raising the debt ceiling and reopening all federal…
- October 13, 2013The federal government is mostly shut down, including lots of Internal Revenue Service functions, but if you put off filing…
- October 12, 2013There's a lot of talk about the Beltway Bubble, the phenomenon where the nation's capital exists in an atmosphere insulated…
- October 11, 2013What do we like more than Congress. Apparently, just about everything. But there is a silver lining to our disgust…
- October 10, 2013Here's something definitely not worth toasting. Craft beer brewers are now taking a hit in the federal government shutdown. Treasury's…
- October 9, 2013The drop-dead due date for procrastinating tax filers is less than a week away. You have noticed the countdown clock…