- April 8, 2012Happy Easter! I hope your kids had successful Easter egg hunts. After you finish making egg salad of the colorfully…
- April 8, 2012Being a business owner offers a lot of advantages. It also presents myriad ways to cheat on your tax returns.…
- April 7, 2012Three decades ago when I got married, I decided not to change my name. My father-in-law was initially upset that…
- April 7, 2012President Obama is a golfer. And I suspect like a lot of duffers this weekend, he's watching The Masters tournament…
- April 6, 2012One of the most popular tax questions every filing season is "Can I claim my boyfriend as a dependent?" OK,…
- April 5, 2012A tax audit is among the scariest things in the world. It doesn't matter if it's a correspondence audit, where…
- April 4, 2012Are you ready for some baseball? Opening Day 2012 begins in Miami with the renamed Marlins meeting the World Champion…
- April 4, 2012The reality is that most of us have to file a tax return. And we must do so this year…
- April 3, 2012Two weeks from today, millions of us will be rushing to get something -- either our tax return or an…
- April 2, 2012Smartphones and tablets are the hot technology toys or, depending on your point of view, tools. And the tax industry…
- April 2, 2012It's here. April. The month you've got to file something, either your tax return or an extension request. Even if…
- April 1, 2012More of us are using electronic financial transactions and that includes our tax dealings. Millions of us e-file our returns,…
- April 1, 2012I'm a Texan. We naturally aspire to be at the top of anything. But even the Texan in me knows…
- March 31, 2012We've made it! Welcome to the ultimate tax-filing month! To help you make it these last few filing days to…
- March 31, 2012Since I didn't win the Mega Millions lottery, I'm back at work. And as a self-employed entrepreneur, the bulk of…
- March 30, 2012OK, a tax refund is not nearly as big as today's Mega Millions lottery payout, which has now grown to…
- March 30, 2012Admit it. You bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket. Heck, as you can see from the photo below, we've been…
- March 29, 2012Telecommuting is hailed as the solution for today's modern workplaces. It's ecologically friendly, keeping cars off roads. Yes, more of…
- March 28, 2012Does doing your taxes drive you crazy? Then you need to meet Willem Buiter. The chief economist for Citigroup says…
- March 27, 2012With the tax filing deadline rapidly approaching, many folks are considering putting money into a traditional IRA because they can…
- March 26, 2012Traditional individual retirement accounts, workplace 401(k)s and a variety of self-employment retirement plans allow your investments to grow tax-deferred until…
- March 25, 2012Uncle Sam estimates that 70 percent of older Americans will need long-term care services at some point. This isn't for…
- March 25, 2012Tonight's the night for fans of the retro cable TV series "Mad Men." After a 525-day wait, we finally get…
- March 24, 2012"Is there a 1040 Schedule M form for 2011? I can't find it anywhere. All the Schedule Ms are for…
- March 23, 2012Happy second birthday health care reform! It was on March 23, 2010, that Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable…
- March 22, 2012Signals continue to be mixed in the housing industry. More housing markets across the United States are showing signs of…
- March 21, 2012On March 21, 1963, the most famous U.S. federal prison slammed its doors for good. Alcatraz Island was home to…
- March 20, 2012Many taxpayers are still waiting for their refunds in part because of processing delays caused by Internal Revenue Service changes…
- March 19, 2012There's always talk of revamping the tax code, especially in a presidential election year. But it's going to take some…
- March 18, 2012The Internal Revenue Service usually issues weekly statistics during filing season. The details include not only how many returns the…
- March 18, 2012For one year after starting my own business, I paid my own health insurance premiums. The expense was necessary, but…
- March 17, 2012Green is obviously the color du jour on St. Patrick's Day. But going green with your tax receipts by converting…
- March 16, 2012The alternative minimum tax, or AMT, is a parallel tax system established in 1969 to ensure that wealthy taxpayers didn't…
- March 15, 2012I am not a basketball fan. And aside from the occasional lottery ticket purchase, I'm not a big bettor. So…
- March 14, 2012Some taxpayers apparently are so frustrated about delayed refunds that they are threatening their tax preparers. The increasing disgruntlement of…
- March 14, 2012Grover Norquist, author of the now famous/infamous no-tax pledge, was gives Republican icon Ronald Reagan a pass on all his…
- March 13, 2012If your business is incorporated, then you probably already know that your tax-filing deadline is looming. As my special countdown…
- March 11, 2012How long does it take you to fill out your tax return? If you are you an average taxpayer, the…
- March 11, 2012Even in the best of economic times, some folks find themselves in situations when they need to withdraw money from…
- March 10, 2012I've noticed a lot of "for sale" signs, and some "sold" ones, too, in my neighborhood of late. When I…