- January 27, 2012Few folks are as eager as those awaiting a tax refund. Well, there's bad news for some of you early…
- January 26, 2012Lost in the political sniping this week about which candidate pays how much in taxes was a report on which…
- January 25, 2012Tuesday was the day that news really wasn't new. First, Mitt Romney released his tax returns, which didn't tell us…
- January 25, 2012Testing my ability to post via my new phone. Thanks for your indulgence of this nontax detour, but I'm hoping…
- January 24, 2012Not to run this Mitt Romney tax return thing into the ground, but I just ran across a nice 1040…
- January 24, 2012Now we know. The economic downturn also affected millionaire Mitt Romney. Tax data released by the Republican presidential candidate show…
- January 23, 2012There's a lot of talk about hiring a tax professional during filing season. But you also should get expert help…
- January 23, 2012Long-time readers of the ol' tax blog know that in prior tax seasons I conducted several giveaways. That's not happening…
- January 22, 2012In 2009, the Internal Revenue Service electronically processed nearly 95.5 million individual tax returns, or roughly two-thirds of all individual…
- January 22, 2012Electronic tax filing began last week. Whether you choose to use Free File, use tax software on your own or…
- January 21, 2012One positive thing from the ongoing Republican presidential candidate campaign is the focus it's put on tax rates and income…
- January 20, 2012Mitt Romney, still the leader for the Republican presidential nomination, says his tax rate is around 15 percent. That makes…
- January 20, 2012For all you tax folk in Washington, D.C., mark your calendar for next Wednesday. At 9 a.m. local time that…
- January 19, 2012Mitt Romney's "around 15 percent" tax rate has emboldened not only his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, but also the…
- January 18, 2012Mitt Romney is rich and he doesn't pay a lot of tax on his money. Big whoop. We already knew…
- January 17, 2012Welcome to the first day busy tax day of filing season 2012. Today the Internal Revenue Service starts accepting electronically…
- January 16, 2012The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has come to mean more than just a break from work. Since the establishment…
- January 15, 2012"Your Rights as a Taxpayer" has the honor of being Internal Revenue Service Publication 1. But just giving a topic…
- January 14, 2012While individuals must wait until Tuesday, Jan. 17, to begin e-filing returns, the Internal Revenue Service has already opened the…
- January 13, 2012Happy Friday the 13th! What? You don't celebrate this day? As a sufferer of paraskevidekatriaphobia you think nothing good can…
- January 12, 2012The first tax filing deadline of the new year is almost here. OK. Technically, it's the final filing deadline of…
- January 11, 2012Another online sales tax domino has fallen. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced on Monday that his state has reached an…
- January 11, 2012Poor Lindsay Lohan. She just can't seem to get her life together. Actress Lindsay Lohan, pictured during a court hearing,…
- January 10, 2012Sixty-five percent of e-filed tax returns last year were sent in by paid professionals. So it's not surprising that one…
- January 10, 2012Not to OD on Republican presidential race data, but it is primary day in New Hampshire. An on the heels…
- January 9, 2012Yes, we still have official presidential campaigns. And yes, voters across the country still get to pick their party's candidate…
- January 9, 2012Tax season 2012 is here. To make fulfilling your tax duty as painless as possible, you'll find a Daily Tax…
- January 9, 2012Welcome to Tax Season 2012. With the arrival of the annual march to the tax filing deadline, Don't Mess With…
- January 8, 2012The U.S. tax system is not, as some folks mistakenly characterize it, a voluntary tax system. Payment of taxes is…
- January 8, 2012Many business people find the golf course a great place to close a deal. Even better, some of the costs…
- January 7, 2012CPAs with WithumSmith+Brown are at it again, this time trading in green eye shades for blue knit gloves in the…
- January 5, 2012It's not quite as exciting as the Christmas Day countdown, but the clock there in the ol' blog's left column…
- January 5, 2012Tax season is here! I know you're as jazzed as I am. You are, after all, reading a tax blog.…
- January 4, 2012The U.S. Treasury Department hasn't made it official, but there are reports that it won't issue tax refund debit cards…
- January 3, 2012UPDATE: See a newer look at Schedule C under the 2017 tax reform legislation in my Feb. 25, 2020, post on Deducting…
- January 1, 2012Welcome to 2012. This year, the popular By the Numbers feature continues. As with the original numerical posts, I'll post…
- January 1, 2012Eight states hiked their minimum wage rates today. That means that lower-income workers in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon,…
- January 1, 2012HAPPY NEW YEAR! Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to blast in on you as you're recovering from last night's celebrations.…
- December 31, 2011Those gift packages handed out to the first child born each New Year's Day sure are nice. But if you're…


