- 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…
- July 16, 2012I am in San Diego for the next four days to attend one of the annual IRS Nationwide Tax Forums.…
- July 15, 2012Heisenberg's final act begins tonight. No, not the Nobel Prize winning physicist (and hello to all the science nerds who…
- July 14, 2012Despite occasional campaign ad detours, the economy still is the key presidential election issue. President Obama says the way to…
- July 13, 2012This post was updated Friday, April 13, 2018. I admit it. I'm a bit superstitious. I throw spilled salt over…
- July 12, 2012If the weather isn't too hot where you are, take a walk today in honor of Henry David Thoreau. He…
- July 12, 2012In addition to being a tax geek, I'm also a partial superhero geek. I say partial because I'm partial to…
- July 11, 2012Pending home sales picked up a bit in May, according to the National Association of Realtors. The number of homes…
- July 11, 2012This afternoon the House will vote for the 31st time to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).…
- July 10, 2012There's still a lot of buzz about the Obama tax rate proposal, a lot more than there really should be…
- July 9, 2012Jobs and taxes are naturally linked. We pay, after all, an income tax. The connection was underscored today when Obama…
- July 9, 2012Stop me if you've heard this before. Obama is calling for tax rate hikes on America's higher earners. Oh wait.…
- July 7, 2012Two pet supply stores opened this week in my area of northwest Austin. It seems like a bit of overkill,…
- July 6, 2012The deadly Tuscaloosa tornado of 2011 has tax ramifications beyond the usual disaster tax relief for its victims. In the…
- July 4, 2012We Americans are obsessed with taxes. For years we've watched an anti-tax pledge shape our legislative processes, at the federal…