- February 10, 2025Photo by Pixabay … The Internal Revenue Service says that most taxpayers get refunds. Good for them. But those of…
- February 9, 2025This Bruce the Shark diamond pendant is just one of Tekashi 6ix9ine's pieces of jewelry that's on the tax auction…
- February 8, 2025Tomorrow night, we’ll have a repeat Super Bowl winner. Both the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles have hoisted the…
- February 7, 2025UPDATE, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025: Yes, that's green font in honor of Philadelphia's Super Bowl LIX win last night. I'm…
February 6, 2025Doing your federal taxes for the first time? Sorry. But welcome to the taxpaying club. Here are some tips to…
February 5, 2025When taxes are too overwhelming, you might be able to get free tax help at a local VITA or TCE…
February 4, 2025There are two dozen tax deductions that qualifying taxpayers can claim without having to itemize. Here's a look at these…- February 3, 2025Hello, February! Even though it's the second month of the year, it's the first full month of the annual tax-filing…
- February 2, 2025When severe weather leads to major disaster declarations, the tax obligations of the residents dealing with the aftermath also are…
- February 1, 2025Regular readers of the ol' blog noticed last week that I mentioned tax scams and identity theft in a couple…
- January 31, 2025The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) turns 50 this year. The official date is March 29, in case you want…
- January 30, 2025Taking things a bit more slowly often is a good idea. For many, that applies to filing their annual tax…
January 30, 2025Few people like doing taxes, even when doing so will get them a refund.- January 29, 2025Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich Beating identity thieves to the punch is one reason to file your tax return as soon…
- January 28, 2025Fortune cookie tax filing wisdom (Photo by Kay Bell) We’re into the second official day of the 2025 tax season…
January 28, 2025We’re into the second official day of the 2025 tax season and millions of taxpayers have already filed their returns.…- January 27, 2025Getting something for free is the ultimate bargain. That's true for taxes, too, if you're able to use one the…
January 27, 2025Tax filing season 2025 officially starts today, Jan. 27.- January 26, 2025Meg White via Giphy It's not as entertaining as The Beatles' impromptu rooftop concert*, but the ol' blog's weekly feature…
- January 26, 2025Hello brand spanking new 2025! Why so cordial? Because this year should be a relatively easy one as far as…
- January 26, 2025Broad City image via Giphy.com Another new tax year has arrived. And for the third consecutive year, it comes in on…
- January 26, 2025Agents with Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the tax agency's law enforcement arm, regularly work with other officers to…
- January 25, 2025Who thought back on March 13, 2020, that we'd still be dealing with the coronavirus five years later? Not me,…
- January 25, 2025We're still not sure what will happen with the tax code as we start the second Trump term, but here…
- January 24, 2025Devastation in Asheville, North Carolina, caused by Hurricane Helene last September. (Photo by Bill McMannis, CC by 2.0 Wikimedia) I’ll…
January 24, 2025I’ll pay our home’s property tax next week, just before the Jan. 31 deadline. It’s an annual tax ritual followed,…- January 23, 2025Tropical Storm Ernesto's battering of the U.S. Virgin Islands was one of the major disasters last year that led to…
- January 22, 2025Working from home is a convenience employees don't want to surrender, according to recent poll. Conducting business from your home…
January 21, 2025Your answers to these tax-filing checklist questions can make the process easier, and could save you some tax dollars.- January 20, 2025Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963, © Robert Adelman Estate,…
January 19, 2025Tax crooks cost all of us. Keep up with the alleged, confessed, and convicted tax felons in this special feature.- January 19, 2025Photo by Scrumshus - Own work, Public Domain Work is about to begin in earnest on the Tax Cuts and…
January 18, 2025Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel, who is resigning his position, frequently touted the tax agency's digital transformation plan.- January 17, 2025Washington, D.C., is no stranger to severe winter weather, as this photo of snowbound Dupont Circle in 2010 shows. Snow…
- January 16, 2025Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels The 2025 tax season officially starts Jan. 27, and millions of taxpayers are working on…
- January 15, 2025Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Even in those few years when Congress mercifully stays out of major messing with the…
- January 14, 2025Don’t forget to pay your final 2024 tax year estimated tax amount by tomorrow, Jan. 15. I know. I’m cutting…
- January 13, 2025The Internal Revenue Service will start processing 2024 tax year returns on Jan. 27. Millions of people will file then,…
- January 12, 2025UPDATE, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025: California officials also are offering taxpayers in Los Angeles County a postponement on filing 2024…
- January 11, 2025That last Monday in January is when the Internal Revenue Service will start processing all 2024 tax year returns, including…
