- September 3, 2013Welcome September! We've been looking forward to your arrival. You bring us the return of classes, welcomed by many school…
- September 1, 2013It's getting harder to escape online sales taxes. As of today, Sept. 1, shoppers in Georgia and Virginia who purchase…
- August 31, 2013Sometimes being an Internal Revenue Service employee can be a dirty job. But a pair of tax agents were shocked…
- August 30, 2013The hubby and I have been filing joint federal returns for 31 years. Yes, I was a child bride; that's…
- August 29, 2013Welcome to my tax world, same-sex married couples. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today announced that you can file…
- August 28, 2013Are you taking a road trip this Labor Day weekend? You'll pay more for gas if you're traveling in one…
- August 27, 2013Fat Joe has traded in his fur coat for an orange prison jumpsuit. The popular rapper, whose real name is…
- August 26, 2013One of my favorite T-shirts was the one the hubby brought back from Spain when he went there in 1997…
- August 25, 2013French actor Gerard Depardieu is now Belgian actor Gerard Depardieu. The award-winning actor raised eyebrows last year when he decided…
- August 25, 2013I'm not here to shoot, or disparage, the messenger. And I freely admit that this is not hot off the…
- August 24, 2013Tens of thousands converged on Washington, D.C., today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King…
- August 23, 2013Sen. Ben Cardin says it's time for the Internal Revenue Service to finally decide how federal tax laws will apply…
- August 22, 2013Since May, we -- OK, primarily tax geeks and members of Congress -- have focused on the issue of tax-exempt…
- August 21, 2013The controversy over how and which groups the Internal Revenue Service targeted in assessing applications for nonprofit status is heading…
- August 20, 2013Senate tax writers say that no tax break is safe in their quest to overhaul the U.S. income tax code.…
- August 19, 2013Max's and Dave's Tax Reform Tour makes its third stop today and tomorrow, Aug. 19 and Aug. 20, in Northern…
- August 17, 2013The summer 2013 sales tax holidays are coming to an end. Maryland's week-long tax-free event wraps up at 11:59 p.m.…
- August 16, 2013I am not an Elvis Presley fan, but I grew up with his music. I also fondly remember those hot…
- August 15, 2013Happy National Failures Day! Yeah, I have no idea how official this is or who came up with this lame…
- August 14, 2013This post was updated Friday, June 1, 2018 If you're out of work, thank you for taking a break from…
- August 13, 2013Same-sex couples are still waiting for the Internal Revenue Service to issue guidance on how it will process their returns.…
- August 12, 2013As obsessive-compulsive television detective Adrian Monk learned, public bathroom attendants are a dwindling breed. A German cleaning company owner, however, apparently…
- August 11, 2013Apparently it's criminal Sunday. The ol' blog started out today with a report on a cop turned tax fraudster. Then…
- August 10, 2013Minnesota is not one of the 18 states with back-to-school sales tax holidays this year. But shoppers there still might…
- August 9, 2013So-called gentlemen's clubs and the dancers they employ are easy tax targets. Here in Texas, a "pole tax" on strip…
- August 9, 2013Massachusetts never RSVPs to the sales tax holiday party, but always seem to show up just in time for the…
- August 8, 2013I've heard of traffic grinding to a halt because of shoppers jamming the roads in search of bargains, but this…
- August 7, 2013In case you missed it last night, The Daily Show took a look at tax reform efforts. And the ol'…
- August 7, 2013Ah summer! Days soaking in the rays at your beach house. Or retreating from the heat at your cabin in…
- August 6, 2013Just when you thought politics and taxes couldn't get any crazier, an old and specious argument against the tanning tax…
- August 5, 2013Sin taxes, the added sales taxes on products usually deemed unhealthy, might discourage the targeted bad habits but they do…
- August 4, 2013In 1938, the E.H. Ferree company, a wallet manufacturer in Lockport, N.Y., decided to promote its product by showing how…
- August 3, 2013The Max & Dave Traveling Tax Reform Tour has so far made stops in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Philadelphia. The road…
- August 2, 2013In speaking to professional tax preparers in Grapevine, Texas, earlier this week, Daniel Werfel jokingly noted that some of his…
- August 1, 2013Shoppers in 12 states can buy a variety of items this weekend, or at least part of it, and not…
- July 31, 2013Everyone wanted to hear Internal Revenue Service chief Danny Werfel (yes, since I've seen him in person, I now feel…
- July 31, 2013Internal Revenue Service Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel spoke to hundreds of tax preparers meeting in Texas Tuesday, but his message…
- July 30, 2013All three of the sessions I've attended on this first day of the Dallas/Fort Worth area IRS Nationwide Tax Forum…
- July 29, 2013You know you are a beyond-all-hope tax geek when you see a headline like the one below and immediately think…
- July 29, 2013In seeking specifics from their Senate colleagues on ways to reform the tax code, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus…