- July 3, 2012As soon as the Supreme Court's health care ruling, and by Supreme Court I mean Chief Justice John Roberts' swing…
- July 2, 2012The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, or MAP-21 and also known as the Highway Investment, Job…
- July 1, 2012As of today, Texans who buy items from Amazon will pay sales tax on those products. A lot of online…
- June 30, 2012Attention Amazon shoppers in the Lone Star State. Get your orders in today if you want to save a few…
- June 29, 2012Nah, the Supreme Court's tax-based decision that the health care law is constitutional is not a new NBC sitcom, although…
- June 29, 2012An amazing thing happened while most of us were distracted by the Supreme Court rulings this week on immigration and health…
- June 28, 2012Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., I apologize for dismissing your efforts before the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Patient Protection…
- June 28, 2012Breaking news: Tax serves as basis for health care act constitutionality. You heard correctly. Supreme Court rules that Congressional taxing…
- June 27, 2012Are you ready for tomorrow's big health care act ruling? One Senate candidate is prepared. Richard Mourdock recorded three responses,…
- June 27, 2012Are your kids too old, or think they're too old, to go to day camp? Maybe it's time they got jobs.…
- June 26, 2012The third time is definitely is a charm for the Internal Revenue Service when it comes to bringing bucks back…
- June 26, 2012The Treasury Department is promising two Ways and Means members that it will get them answers about the failed plan…
- June 25, 2012Today's Supreme Court split ruling on Arizona's immigration law isn't going to do anything to quell the debate on this…
- June 24, 2012It's no secret that the very rich make up a very small percentage of America. It's also no secret that…
- June 23, 2012It now is official. Smokers can puff away without having to pay more in California cigarette taxes. For a brief…
- June 23, 2012UPDATE: Effective with the 2013 tax year, the Form TD F 90-22.1 has been replaced with an updated form, FinCEN Form…
- June 22, 2012Summer officially arrived at 7:09 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, June 20, and the heat wave was right on time. Eastern…
- June 21, 2012It's mid-afternoon and I'm sitting at my desk wearing a T-shirt and shorts. Why am I sharing today's attire choice,…
- June 20, 2012A couple of weeks ago on my neighborhood walk I found myself wondering if every parent in my suburban community…
- June 19, 2012John Edwards, now Roger Clemens. Before that we had the reversal of the bungled corruption case against the late Sen.…
- June 19, 2012When we talk about taxes, most of the time we focus on the amount of federal income tax we pay.…
- June 18, 2012It's been a crazy Monday. It began with the regular start-of-the-week chaos: Following up what I didn't finish last week,…
- June 18, 2012California smokers might be puffing a bit nervously today as the Proposition 29 tally continues. Golden State election officials still…
- June 17, 2012On special family-related days, a lot of attention is given to the traditional unit: mom, dad, kids. But the reality…
- June 17, 2012Happy Father's Day! Fatherhood generally doesn't get as much appreciation as motherhood. That's understandable. In most societies, moms are more…
- June 16, 2012Own a business? Hired a vet? Be sure you check out the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. And be sure to…
- June 16, 2012There's no question that when tax rates are lowered, the U.S. Treasury collects less money. And everyone agrees that when…
- June 15, 2012Today's the tax filing deadline for most servicemen and women stationed abroad, but in addition to paying attention to what…
- June 14, 2012I know all the careful readers of the ol' blog have already taken note of the left column note that…
- June 14, 2012If your week has been as crazy as mine, then tomorrow's impending tax filing deadline might have sneaked up on…
- June 13, 2012North Dakota voters decided Tuesday that they didn't want to be the only state without any property taxes. Measure 2,…
- June 13, 2012Which health care provisions will survive U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny? That's a question a lot of folks are asking, including…
- June 12, 2012I'm not a basketball fan, but I know the professional game shares something with all other major league sports: Rich…
- June 11, 2012Receiving one of the various 1099 forms usually means that you also received taxable income. Note the word "usually." A…
- June 10, 2012NOTE: While this online assistance program for students and parents seeking financial aid for college still exists, it was taken…
- June 9, 2012What better way to spend a Saturday than considering budgets? I know you've been thinking about Uncle Sam's bottom line,…
- June 8, 2012Flexible spending accounts to cover medical costs tend to get a lot of attention at the end of the year.…
- June 7, 2012It looks like cigarette smokers in California will be spared an added $1 per pack excise tax. Officially, the vote…
- June 6, 2012Don't panic. Father's Day isn't until Sunday, June 17. But since dads are usually a bit harder to shop for…
- June 6, 2012At sundown 79 years ago, moviegoers were treated to a really big screen presentation. On June 6, 1933, Richard Hollingshead,…