- July 16, 2013The Internal Revenue Service will be open for business on July 22. Next Monday was to be the fourth agency-wide…
- July 16, 2013Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, wants to know why the country's top prosecutor decided…
- July 15, 2013The Internal Revenue Service is back on the hot seat this week, as two House committees will again look into…
- July 14, 2013The good news from CCH's latest look at the U.S. tax code is that the number of pages in the…
- July 12, 2013Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who was jailed for his part in revealing alleged collusion between Russian mobsters and government officials…
- July 11, 2013Many states enacted new laws on July 1 when their new fiscal years began. Several of the changes included sales…
- July 10, 2013If the acting Internal Revenue Service chief has his way, all tax agency employees will be working -- and getting…
- July 10, 2013With the arrival of July last week, I posted half a dozen tax moves for you to consider. This week…
- July 9, 2013Tropical Storm Chantal, the third named system of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane system, is churning toward the United States. Homeowners,…
- July 7, 2013One of the most contentious portions of the Affordable Care Act, also known by its acronym ACA or Obamacare, is…
- July 6, 2013James Gandolfini's unexpected death last month in Italy is back in the news, this time because a large portion of…
- July 5, 2013We just celebrated America's 237th birthday, but the land of the free is far from that when it comes to…
- July 5, 2013If your kids are too old for day camp, then maybe they a job to fill their class-free summer hours is…
- July 4, 2013America's battle for independence from Great Britain was propelled in large part by our battle against unfair taxation. Since that's…
- July 3, 2013How many of you are still working this afternoon, the day before the July 4th holiday? And how many of…
- July 3, 2013I'm a big science fiction fan so I've always hoped that time travel would one day be possible. Then I…
- July 2, 2013Would a $1,000 payoff make you quit complaining about mistreatment by the Internal Revenue Service? That's an idea National Taxpayer…
- July 1, 2013Anyone who has gone head-to-head with an auditor has probably felt like the examiner was staring straight into their tax-paying…
- June 30, 2013The Supreme Court on June 26 declared the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, dead. That same day, Attorney General…
- June 29, 2013We never got to see more than a couple of Mitt Romney's tax returns during the last presidential campaign, but…
- June 28, 2013Lois Lerner refused to talk to the House Oversight Committee during a hearing into charges that conservative groups seeking tax-exempt…
- June 27, 2013The eyes of the tax world (OK, maybe just the eyes of tax geeks like me) have been focused on…
- June 26, 2013Can you hear the cheering? It's still going on and it's coming from gay and lesbian couples, their families and…
- June 26, 2013Yes, I know, you've heard this by now, but the Defense of Marriage Act, aka DOMA, is dead. Kaput. Off…
- June 25, 2013Are you ready for some football? Yes, I know the NBA (thanks, Spurs, for the effort) and NHL (congrats, Blackhawks)…
- June 25, 2013The Internal Revenue Service's chief acknowledged on Monday, June 24, that agency employees reviewing groups' applications for tax-exempt status had…
- June 24, 2013When I started working, a handful of companies still offered their workers a pension plan. I'm talking a real pension…
- June 23, 2013When it comes to Florida and Minnesota, online retail giant Amazon is heading, physically and digitally, in opposite directions. Hello,…
- June 22, 2013Summer officially arrived on Friday. But the longest day of the year is far from the hottest. If 2013 is…
- June 21, 2013The embattled Internal Revenue Service has enjoyed a bit of a reprieve from Congressional hearings, but the grilling resumes next…
- June 21, 2013While the entertainment industry and Sopranos fans mourned the unexpected death of actor James Gandolfini, some state legislatures were killing…
- June 20, 2013It's a miracle! The House and Senate have agreed on a piece of legislation. OK, it's not a major measure.…
- June 19, 2013UPDATE, March 7, 2018: No, it's not hot yet, even here in Texas. But parents across the country already are…
- June 18, 2013Rep. Elijah Cummings finally got tired of waiting for his House Oversight and Government Reform colleague Rep. Darrell Issa to…
- June 18, 2013We went a week without any public hearings on Internal Revenue Service missteps. Did you miss the brouhaha? But we…
- June 17, 2013Tax avoidance, which by some estimates costs nations worldwide around $3 trillion a year, will be a major topic at…
- June 16, 2013Dad. Pop. Papa. Daddy. Father. Whatever you call your dad, enjoy not only Father's Day, but every day with him.…
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- June 14, 2013It's Flag Day. Are you flying the Stars and Stripes? Americans are natural flag wavers, both figuratively and literally. So…
- June 14, 2013Yet another high-profile marriage apparently is about to end in divorce. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from…