- January 5, 2013While we're waiting for the Internal Revenue Service to update tax forms and publications and reprogram its computers to mesh…
- January 4, 2013It's baaaaack and for some folks it is as scary as the ghosts in Poltergeist. It is the full 6.2…
- January 3, 2013Are you rich? You might be according to the new tax laws that were enacted as part of the bill…
- January 2, 2013Keeping track of all the fiscal cliff machinations these last few days has left me feeling like a special agent…
- January 1, 2013518 days after we knew the country was going to face what has become known as the fiscal cliff, federal…
- January 1, 2013Early reports of what's in the Senate-approved fiscal cliff deal were pretty darn spot on. The Senate took H.R. 8, the…
- January 1, 2013By an overwhelming 89-to-8 vote, the Senate OK'ed a fiscal cliff package around 2 a.m. ET on New Year's Day.…
- December 31, 2012Assume crash positions, people. We are going over the fiscal cliff. The Senate is still working on a proposal to…
- December 31, 2012Is your email box as flooded as mine today with pleas for money from charities? Those nonprofits know that today…
- December 30, 2012OK, I was mostly joking when I said earlier today that fiscal cliff talks would not impinge on viewing of…
- December 30, 2012Talks reportedly are continuing on Capitol Hill this Sunday, Dec. 30, as lawmakers struggle to find a way keep us…
- December 29, 2012As you're getting your 2013 tax filing material together (you are doing that now, aren't you?) take a good look…
- December 28, 2012Don't get too excited, but there appears to be some optimism that a fiscal cliff deal might be near in…
- December 27, 2012It's always darkest before dawn. Personally, I think it's the darkest when it's dark. Dawn in central Iowa by Carl…
- December 26, 2012Welcome back from your holiday festivities. I hope you got everything you asked of Santa. Not to run the Jan.…
- December 25, 2012Merry Christmas! I hope you got everything you wanted this year. For most of us of a certain age, the…
- December 24, 2012Sure the Pope gets a lot of attention thanks to the annual Christmas services at the Holy See. But just…
- December 23, 2012Not to be a Grinch on the eve of Christmas Eve, but while we wait for the fiscal cliff to…
- December 22, 2012When Congress and the President return to Washington, D.C., Obama wants lawmakers to consider a stripped-down measure -- dare we…
- December 21, 2012If you itemize your deductions and you're like me, you will spend the waning days of the year looking over…
- December 21, 2012OK, it's an easy joke, but you knew it was coming. It's also quite possible that Dec. 20, 2012, marks…
- December 20, 2012Where has 2012 gone? The year wraps up just 11 days! But that's still plenty of time to pay heed…
- December 20, 2012You've got to give House Speaker John Boehner credit. He's united a diverse group of lawmakers, lobbyists and policy groups…
- December 19, 2012What was that terrible noise? Oh, it was some of the holdings in your portfolio crashing. So sorry. But you're…
- December 18, 2012Unless you're a couple of tax professionals, the Internal Revenue Code probably had very little to do with your courtship.…
- December 18, 2012Enjoy your online Christmas shopping Massachusetts residents. When the 2013 holiday shopping season rolls around, Amazon will start collecting sales…
- December 17, 2012One of the first songs any Texas child learns begins, "The stars at night are big and bright, deep in…
- December 17, 2012Could it be? Could the country be slowly backing away from the fiscal cliff? Late Friday, House Speaker John Boehner…
- December 16, 2012December is definitely the season for giving. And tax-related gift are the focus of the fourth installment of Reindeer Year-end Tax…
- December 16, 2012Is your NFL team losing? Simply bored with the games on in your area? Then it's the perfect time to…
- December 15, 2012Santa Claus' trusty reindeer don't have to report for work until Christmas Eve. So with time on their hands hooves,…
- December 15, 2012Pay no tax before it's time. That old tax axiom generally is good advice. But not necessarily this year. That's…
- December 14, 2012Welcome back to reindeer year-end tax tip games 2012. Today's holiday themed tax tip (number two of nine) is coming…
- December 13, 2012Christmas is less than two weeks away, so Santa and his elves are working furiously to make every boy's and…
- December 13, 2012One of the first foreign language films I ever saw was The Return of Martin Guerre. Gérard Depardieu was so…
- December 12, 2012And the march toward the fiscal cliff goes on. Over at my second tax home Bankrate, my story on some…
- December 12, 2012Welcome to 12-12-12, the last repeating-number date of the century. The repetition of 1s and 2s has prompted a lot…
- December 11, 2012Do taxes influence your behavior? If not, maybe it's because you just don't have the tax gene. Jason M. Fletcher,…
- December 10, 2012Alan Simpson, longtime U.S. Senator who's now better known as part of the Simpson-Bowles budget deficit reduction plan, belies (and…
- December 10, 2012This weekend I was sorting through some stories on the difficulty that Congress has in reaching an agreement on tax…