- May 15, 2013You remember the summer of 2010. That was when the Tea Party movement showed that it was a group to…
- May 14, 2013What did IRS officials know and when did they know it? If you're of a certain age, you immediately recognize…
- May 13, 2013If there is one good thing about the Internal Revenue Service's ham-handed handling of political organizations' applications for tax-exempt status,…
- May 13, 2013At every Internal Revenue Service Nationwide Tax Forum I've attended, the display table that attracts the most attention is the…
- May 12, 2013This is the third Mother's Day that my mom has been within easy driving distance. For most of my adult…
- May 11, 2013Our neighborhood just finished up its spring community garage sale. Twice a year, May and October, my neighbors who want…
- May 10, 2013Nevada's live entertainment tax, or LET, brings in around $136 million during the state's two-year budget cycle. A revamping of…
- May 9, 2013During my early years in Washington, D.C., when folks got worked up about an issue, they wrote their members of…
- May 9, 2013You thought the Internal Revenue Service was persistent. U.S. tax collectors can't hold a candle to their French counterparts. France's…
- May 8, 2013A congressional committee's recent look into ways to reform the tax code highlighted the many tax breaks that homeownership offers.…
- May 7, 2013As expected, the Marketplace Fairness Act breezed through the Senate. Late Monday (May 6) afternoon, the Senate approved the measure…
- May 7, 2013I believe New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie when he says he decided to undergo weight-loss surgery because he wants to…
- May 5, 2013Happy Cinco de Mayo!* The fifth of May commemorates the Mexican army's 1862 victory over France at the Battle of…
- May 4, 2013Many of my friends are at Kentucky Derby parties today. It's not so much that they are horse or horse…
- May 2, 2013You'd think judging by the size of the check I had to write the U.S. Treasury this year, my tax…
- May 1, 2013Happy May Day. For many, this is a day to celebrate workers. Of course, a variation of the holiday's name…
- May 1, 2013When things aren't going well, most of us have plenty of ways to explain what's going wrong. Now we can…
- April 30, 2013We made it through prime tax-filing season with the Internal Revenue Service's proposal to regulate tax professionals in legal limbo.…
- April 30, 2013Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson can still deliver a punch. This time, though, it was a conservative talk show host…
- April 29, 2013I'm sure you had your own fun stuff to do Saturday night, so you might have missed the Barry and…
- April 28, 2013One of the biggest frustrations this tax filing season was the processing delay of around 600,000 returns because of improperly completed…
- April 27, 2013I quit smoking cold turkey more than 30 years ago as a gift to the hubby. But every now and…
- April 26, 2013Online shoppers are grumbling about the very real possibility that they'll soon be paying state (and local) sales tax on…
- April 25, 2013Being a Grammy winning, critically acclaimed, platinum record selling singer-songwriter can sure come in handy if you're in tax trouble.…
- April 24, 2013Everyone makes mistakes now and then. (Don't tell the hubby that I admitted that!) When it comes to mistakes on…
- April 23, 2013Not to get too wonky, but this could affect you, me and our taxes. Sen. Max Baucus, Montana's senior U.S.…
- April 22, 2013Happy Earth Day! This event was created 43 years ago in large part as a response to the 1969 oil…
- April 21, 2013It's no secret that the United States desperately wants money from taxpayers who have tried to shield their taxable income…
- April 21, 2013Tax Day, the Tax Foundation's annual calculation of when U.S. taxpayers have earned enough money to pay their annual federal,…
- April 20, 2013If you plan to work on taxes this summer, be it business filings or estimated taxes or finishing up your…
- April 19, 2013Superman turned 75 on Wednesday, April 18. The iconic American hero first appeared on that date in 1938's Action Comics…
- April 18, 2013Had enough of your own taxes this year? Then check out President Obama's and Vice President Biden's 2012 returns. Click…
- April 17, 2013Most folks get a tax refund from the U.S. Treasury each year. And most of the time, those checks show…
- April 17, 2013Tax Day is one of the most stressful times of the year. But it also might just give our brains…
- April 16, 2013How are you feeling today? Relieved? Tired? Freaked that you owed Uncle Sam so much money? Thrilled that your final…
- April 15, 2013The Pulitzer Prize winners for 2013 were announced today and I must mention Steve Sack, who took this year's top…
- April 15, 2013Time is up. April 15, despite all your wishing and hoping, has arrived. You've put off filing for 3½ months,…
- April 14, 2013Fellow tax-filing procrastinators, take a look at the photo below for proof that I'm sharing your tax pain today as…
- April 14, 2013Do you file state taxes in addition to your federal tax return? Then today's Daily Tax Tip is for you.…
- April 13, 2013When the final week before Tax Day rolled around, so did concerns about taxpayer privacy. First came worries that the…