- March 2, 2013On this day in 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Four days later, the new Texians at the Alamo…
- March 2, 2013A friend is having to deal with a cracked foundation, the result of years of Texas drought drying out and…
- March 2, 2013March madness has arrived and I'm not talking college hoops. It's March tax madness, that that crazed time of the…
- March 1, 2013Welcome to month three of tax season 2013. If you've yet to send the Internal Revenue Service your tax return,…
- March 1, 2013Sequestration 2013 arrives today, but if things go as the Internal Revenue Service plans, most taxpayers shouldn't notice. This filing…
- February 28, 2013Has the decision by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to eliminate telecommuting prompted your boss to issue a similar "get your…
- February 27, 2013We may hate our tax code and paying taxes, and we definitely are not very happy with the lawmakers who…
- February 26, 2013Actually, tax reform will be H.R. 1. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has reserved that numerical designation for rewriting the tax…
- February 25, 2013Sequester, the implementation of automatic federal spending cuts to both domestic and defense programs, is set to take effect Friday,…
- February 24, 2013Despite the delayed start of the 2013 tax filing season, millions of taxpayers have been able to file their 2012…
- February 24, 2013As you watch tonight's Academy Awards ceremony, listen for the winners to thank lawmakers for tax breaks. OK, it's not…
- February 23, 2013The Internal Revenue Service is once again singing "Hurray for Hollywood." It's Academy Awards weekend, meaning stars will descend on…
- February 23, 2013Bartering is a great way to get something when you don't have the cash. Take your toothache. In exchange for…
- February 22, 2013It's been almost two months since employers began withholding Social Security taxes from workers at the rate of 6.2 percent…
- February 21, 2013Can the 2013 tax-filing season get any more messed up? Apparently so. It started late (on Jan. 30) because Congress…
- February 20, 2013Every small business owner knows that work-related miles can be a valuable tax deduction. I'm not just talking out of…
- February 19, 2013Uncle Sam's all about going paperless and that includes electronic payment of tax bills, too. But one noncash method of…
- February 18, 2013If you have the federal Presidents Day holiday off, chances are you're spending some of your free time picking up…
- February 17, 2013While individual taxpayers have until April 15 this year to file their returns or get an extension, many business filers…
- February 16, 2013Most taxpayers get refunds from the Internal Revenue Service. Then there are those of us who have to hand over…
- February 15, 2013Sure the sales tax itemized deduction is back on the tax books (for 2012 filings and through 2013), but in…
- February 14, 2013When I heard earlier today that the Internal Revenue Service was experiencing an inordinately large number of visitors to its…
- February 14, 2013It's Valentine's Day so the thoughts of lovers -- young, old and in-between -- naturally turn to taxes. Oh wait,…
- February 13, 2013Yet another tax paperwork hurdle has popped up in this year's filing season path. No, it's not one of the…
- February 13, 2013Usain Bolt, the self-proclaimed most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen, won three gold medals at the London…
- February 12, 2013The first question every taxpayer asks is, "How much is my refund?" The second question every taxpayer asks is, "When…
- February 11, 2013Now this is a problem that a lot of would like to have. Adi Ignatius, Editor in Chief of Harvard…
- February 10, 2013Stress can damage any relationship. And one of the most stressful times of the year is tax season. That means…
- February 9, 2013This weekend's massive snow storm has left record levels of the fluffy white stuff from the Upper Midwest to New…
- February 8, 2013First, for you wisea... uh, acres (yeah, wiseacres; let's use that term) popping off about the headline, no I'm not…
- February 8, 2013The Internal Revenue Service has a Valentine present for folks claiming an education tax credit. The agency has announced that…
- February 8, 2013More of America is closer to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's physique than having a body like that dude in…
- February 7, 2013A Tennessee man seems bedeviled by the number 666. For the third time in two years on the job as…
- February 6, 2013The current U.S. Postal Service is getting a lot of attention today for its announced decision to end most Saturday…
- February 5, 2013While you've been working on your individual income tax returns, lawmakers in a couple of states have been working on…
- February 4, 2013It kind of was overshadowed by yesterday's Super Bowl, but Sunday, Feb. 3, was a big day in the tax…
- February 4, 2013Did you, like the Baltimore Ravens, come up a winner yesterday thanks to some bets you made on the National…
- February 3, 2013Most of us will be watching the Super Bowl today from the comfort of our homes. Or at a friend's…
- February 2, 2013Placed your Super Bowl bets yet? What's the over-under on how many times Harbowl will be mentioned? Most of the…
- February 2, 2013So how's tax filing season going for you? Despite Internal Revenue Service arguments that this tax filing season would be…