- April 23, 2012You made it through tax filing season. Congratulations! Now take all the things you complained about while working on your…
- April 22, 2012This Earth Day 2012, the hubby and I hiked a portion of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve near our home. It was…
- April 21, 2012With Tax Day's arrival last Tuesday, the posts were front loaded last week at my other tax blog. The eve…
- April 21, 2012Tax Freedom Day arrived on Tax Day this year. April 17 was, according to Tax Foundation computations, the first day…
- April 20, 2012My home state's governor officially exited the 2012 Republican presidential campaign months ago, but it's obvious he's still thinking about…
- April 20, 2012Before we procrastinators struggled with finishing our 2011 returns this week, Chris Hayes hosted a panel on his MSNBC program…
- April 19, 2012I love it when my profession, journalism, coincides with my passion, taxes. The latest occurrence is the 2012 Pulitzer Prize…
- April 19, 2012Everybody recovered from their Tax Day hangovers? Good! How about some post-filing fun? Check out the chart below from the…
- April 18, 2012High tax season 2012 is over (yay!), but people who pay the smallest tax bills know that tax tasks never…
- April 18, 2012Ah, politicians and their loose lips. We recently listened to Obama's open mike "second term" remarks to his Russian counterpart.…
- April 17, 2012Yes, there is such a thing. And while it's not quite 5 o'clock anywhere in the United States yet, just…
- April 17, 2012Happy Tax Day, this time for real. This filing season is shaping up like most. A whole lot of us…
- April 16, 2012Did you put off filing your tax return until the last minute because you knew you'd owe Uncle Sam? You,…
- April 15, 2012Happy Tax Day! Sorry. I didn't mean to give you a heart attack. But I'm pretty sure that by now…
- April 15, 2012Most taxpayers have multiple taxes to worry about this time of year. At the federal level, in addition to the…
- April 14, 2012The president and vice president released their 2011 tax returns and yes, the Commander in Chief's 20.5 percent tax rate…
- April 14, 2012If last year was the first one in which you worked for yourself, either as your full-time job or by…
- April 13, 2012You put off filing your taxes because you knew you were going to have to pay the IRS. At least…
- April 13, 2012If you got a refund from the Internal Revenue Service, you probably filed your 1040 many weeks or months ago.…
- April 12, 2012It's tax filing crunch time and I know you have enough to worry about now if you haven't yet completed…
- April 12, 2012If you still file a paper tax return by mailing it to the Internal Revenue Service, know where you're going…
- April 11, 2012Recent tax policy debate has focused on two proposals: Although these two tax proposals are about different areas of taxation,…
- April 10, 2012President Obama is in Florida today, launching his full-fledged campaign for including the Buffett Rule in any tax reform. And…
- April 9, 2012With the individual tax return filing deadline next week, federal taxes are taking center stage in the presidential and Congressional…
- 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…