- 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,…
- June 5, 2012It's been one of those crazy days (weeks, actually, and it's just Tuesday!) where I think about having a cigarette.…
- June 5, 2012Ginny Hopkins had been waiting and waiting and waiting for her federal tax refund check. After all, $754 was a…
- June 4, 2012On June 4, 1912, Massachusetts enacted the first minimum wage law in the United States. The Bay State's wage law…
- June 3, 2012The Internal Revenue Service doesn't need campaigning politicians or government statistics to know that many folks still are having a…
- June 2, 2012Thursday, May 31, was World No Tobacco Day. Yeah, it slipped right past me, too. And while it looks like…
- June 1, 2012Same-sex couples generally must do twice the work at tax-filing time than traditional husband and wife taxpayers. That's because the…
- June 1, 2012Welcome to summer! OK. So the hottest season of the year here in the Northern Hemisphere doesn't officially begin until…
- May 31, 2012First $250,000 was designated the dividing line between wealthy taxpayers and the rest of us mere mortals. Then along came…
- May 30, 2012You just got home from a quick Memorial Day holiday trip, but if you're planning more travel this summer, you…
- May 30, 2012We humans are a funny, and stubborn, lot. It seems that, as the saying goes, we are doomed to repeat…
- May 29, 2012It's primary day here in Texas. Thank goodness! I'm a life-long political junkie, but I've gone beyond even caring about…
- May 28, 2012Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, was established just after the Civil War as a way to remember the…
- May 27, 2012As the April filing deadline neared, I asked did a crook file your taxes? For many folks in Florida, the…
- May 26, 2012The arrival of the Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of the summer vacation season, means it's time for my…
- May 25, 2012Today is one of those days that really makes you think twice, or more, about commemorations and the state of…
- May 24, 2012Summer is almost here and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is getting in the spirit of the season. The nonpartisan…
- May 23, 2012May is not a fun month for a lot of homeowners. It's when many property appraisers send out notices of…
- May 22, 2012The Internal Revenue Service is going the way of the U.S. Postal Service. Wait. Let me clarify that. I'm not…
- May 22, 2012Just in case your Tuesday was feeling a bit too blah, here's a quick tax tidbit courtesy Bill Maher's HBO…
- May 21, 2012Today was just the second day of trading for Facebook stock, but the consensus is that the company priced its…
- May 20, 2012It's been quite a week for Mark Zuckerberg. The Facebook founder turned 28 on Monday, May 14. On Friday, he…
- May 19, 2012Do you travel to other states to do your job? Then you probably know the hassle of figuring out the…
- May 18, 2012Home is where the heart, and tax savings, are for Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. That home now is in Singapore.…
- May 17, 2012When Congress was debating whether to extend the 2 percent payroll tax cut, one of the key arguments for keeping the…
- May 16, 2012I can't watch Hoarders. First, those people are scary. And their houses are gross. But I also avoid the show…
- May 15, 2012Sen. Charles Grassley is blowing the whistle on the federal tax whistleblower office. The Iowa Republican, a long-time supporter of…