- August 14, 2012Delegates to the Republican National Convention who are duffers will want to check out the Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook…
- August 13, 2012California usually is a bellwether when it comes to legislation, but this time it's playing follow the federal tax law…
- August 12, 2012Paul Ryan is now under the most intense scrutiny he's ever faced. Journalists, bloggers, campaign staff and just plain old…
- August 12, 2012The London 2012 Olympic Games are winding down. That means we spectators now go back to our regular television and…
- August 12, 2012By now I'm sure you're overloaded with Paul Ryan data. Get used to it. More is coming, all the way…
- August 11, 2012It's been a political love fest today as Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced that Rep. Paul Ryan is his…
- August 10, 2012One Congressman has an idea about what should happen in the wake of confirmation that the Internal Revenue Service purposely…
- August 9, 2012In 2011 the Internal Revenue Service processed more than 2.9 million tax returns which were filed using Individual Taxpayer Identification…
- August 8, 2012Taxmageddon. There, I said (and typed) it. Yeah, it's a silly sounding word, but so is taxopocalypse and the idea…
- August 8, 2012Massachusetts shoppers are getting used to making last-minute retail arrangements, at least when it comes to the state's sales tax…
- August 7, 2012Whoa! Just what is in the water on the Senate side of Capitol Hill? Before the upper chamber left for…
- August 6, 2012I'm hoping that Mitt Romney's tax advisers open up storefront operations across America. I'd give them a shot at my…
- August 5, 2012It's just the fifth day of the month, but it's a 30 kind of day. This morning I blogged about…
- August 5, 2012The current Summer Olympics also are known as the London games or London 2012. But you're not likely to hear…
- August 4, 2012The topic of giving America's Olympic athletes a tax break on their winnings has been Decried as a grandstanding political…
- August 4, 2012Despite the often childish acts of its members, Congress apparently is for adults only. A House leader used a purveyor…
- August 3, 2012Before members of Congress escaped hot, muggy Washington, D.C., for their annual August recess -- sorry, district work session --…
- August 3, 2012If you live in (or near) Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee…
- August 2, 2012I know you're as excited as I am about today's London Olympics schedule. That's right, kiddies. The dressage competition has begun!…
- August 1, 2012How's your summer been? Hot enough for you? If not, there are some sizzling tax moves you can make this…
- August 1, 2012Attention back-to-school shoppers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.…
- July 31, 2012It looks like members of Congress decided that spending their annual August recess discussing with voters the possibility of a…
- July 31, 2012Few things tick people off like taxes and traffic. So combining the two usually isn't a good idea. But some…
- July 30, 2012Oh my God! Did you hear about Mitt Romney's tax returns? Those exchanges were flying furiously across the Internet this…
- July 30, 2012The Cayman Islands are likely to remain a legendary tax haven for the ultra-wealthy from around the world. Private yachts…
- July 29, 2012When is fair market value not the appropriate valuation for tax purposes? When the Internal Revenue Service says it isn't.…
- July 28, 2012New York City yoga instructors who've been tied up in knots about the possibility that their sessions would be taxed…
- July 27, 2012July is almost over. You know what that means. School's just around the corner. And with it comes the annual…
- July 26, 2012Got a tax plan? Present it! It's got as much chance of becoming law this year as the one the…
- July 25, 2012Great Britain is trying a new tax collection technique: Shame. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the United Kingdom's equivalent…
- July 24, 2012Ah, politicians. Talking is one of the key parts of their jobs, both getting into office and staying there. But…
- July 23, 2012College football fans are all abuzz about the NCAA penalties handed down today again Penn State University. As in most…
- July 22, 2012Congratulations to Bradley Wiggins, the first British rider to capture the Tour de France. Riding a bike for miles and…
- July 21, 2012It's been a blog maintenance day, and since I'm not a good house (or blog) keeper by nature, when I do take…
- July 20, 2012"Should our tax voyeurism really be allowed to supersede the right of tax privacy we all enjoy? I don't think…
- July 19, 2012Two American corporate giants have decided to pass up an Olympics tax break. Olympic Park in London will be a…
- July 19, 2012Sure, life sometimes imitates art or vice versa. But in seeing political connections in the much-anticipated new Batman movie, Rush…
- July 18, 2012The Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the health care act, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
- July 18, 2012OK, after this I promise to give comic book topics a rest. But I couldn't resist Jon Stewart's observation that…
- July 17, 2012Ka-pow! Bam! Amend! Taxes pretty much pummeled H&R Block's superhero economics infographic last week. I noticed that the Dark Knight's…