- December 9, 2012Concern about tax-exempt religious groups literally using a bully pulpit to get their congregants to vote a certain way apparently…
- December 8, 2012In October, a federal appeals court ruled that a New York widow was unconstitutionally discriminated against because the Defense of…
- December 7, 2012It's starting to look like any fiscal cliff deal will include higher taxes next year on wealthier taxpayers. The question…
- December 6, 2012Most of the time, an inheritance is welcomed. Except when it brings an unexpected tax bill. That's the situation some…
- December 5, 2012Do you own stock or mutual funds that pay dividends? It doesn't matter whether you're getting the earnings as cash…
- December 5, 2012Oh how I dread the day that Bart, Homer and the rest of The Simpsons are no longer on the…
- December 4, 2012Thank you lawmakers in Washington, D.C., for complicating our 2012 year-end tax decisions. And by thank you I mean get…
- December 3, 2012President Obama spent about an hour this afternoon on Twitter answering a few questions about fiscal cliff consequences, proposals, negotiations…
- December 2, 2012Pardon me for detouring from strict tax topics, but an article in today's New York Times about widows in foreclosure…
- December 2, 2012All I want for Christmas is a fiscal cliff deal. Silent night as tax talks between Congress and the president…
- December 1, 2012It's the most wonderful time of the year ... for pharmacies and doctors. Year end is when people scramble to…
- November 30, 2012Those numbers geeks at the Tax Policy Center are at it again. They've come up with a fiscal cliff tax…
- November 29, 2012As you've already figured out by my presence here today, I did not win the Powerball drawing last night. In…
- November 29, 2012Every day we become more reliant on technology. Americans spent nearly $1.47 billion on Cyber Monday, a 17 percent increase…
- November 28, 2012The modern art showpiece "Canyon" has a new permanent home at New York City's Museum of Modern Art thanks to…
- November 28, 2012As I drove my mother home after Thanksgiving, I wanted to kick myself for not stopping first at the Shell…
- November 27, 2012First there was Black Friday. Then came Small Business Saturday. So Cyber Monday naturally followed. We would have had Dallas…
- November 26, 2012How's your Cyber Monday going? I hope you haven't run into any shopping or sartorial problems. Or, of course, any…
- November 25, 2012How was your Thanksgiving travel? Most treks these past few days were personal. But when we hit the road for…
- November 25, 2012Lindsay Lohan got a special gift this Thanksgiving. Charlie Sheen gave Lohan $100,000 which she reportedly used to pay down…
- November 24, 2012Did you survive Black Friday? My mother and I ran to a nearby shopping center to pick up a few…
- November 23, 2012Have you finished your Black Friday shopping? My mother and I -- at her insistence, I must make clear --…
- November 22, 2012How's your Thanksgiving Day going so far? If you're like most of America, you've got a big crowd at your…
- November 21, 2012The family's gathered for Thanksgiving. It's great to see Mom and Dad, the grandparents and especially the kids who've been…
- November 20, 2012Rich. Well-to-do. Millionaires. Billionaires. Affluent. 1 percent. Wealthy. All those terms are being tossed about as Congress debates, yet again,…
- November 19, 2012I made a contribution to my self-employed retirement plan today. I wanted to get it in before I even started…
- November 18, 2012Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Representative from Ohio and erstwhile Democratic presidential candidate, is at it again. Kucinich, known as much for…
- November 17, 2012How optimistic are you that the White House and Congress will cobble together a deal to keep the U.S. economy…
- November 16, 2012It's a big weekend here in Austin. After a five year absence, Formula 1 racing has returned to the United…
- November 15, 2012Evading taxes apparently is in fashion in Italy. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, founders of luxe Italian fashion house Dolce…
- November 15, 2012During the Occupy Wall Street movement's heyday and recent presidential campaign, we all became very familiar with how the wealthiest…
- November 14, 2012Just more than a year ago Denmark instituted a fat tax. Foods containing more than 2.3 percent saturated fat were…
- November 13, 2012Long-time readers of the ol' blog know I'm weather obsessed. They also have come to dread welcome my nagging reminders…
- November 12, 2012You know it's a wacky election year when folks from disparate parts of the political world start seeing things the…
- November 11, 2012We don't have Doug Shulman to kick around anymore. Shulman, who became Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on March…
- November 11, 2012World War I officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. The actual fighting, however,…
- November 10, 2012Outside groups spent more than $1.3 billion on the just completed 2012 elections. More than $715 million went to defeat…
- November 9, 2012Mother Nature has been seriously ticked off recently and the folks in the Northeast have sure been on the receiving…
- November 8, 2012Before Tuesday's votes were cast, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was talking tough on taxes. "We're not raising taxes on…
- November 7, 2012Let me start by making it clear that I am not a stock guru. If I were, the hubby and…