- December 23, 2011Congress delivered a Christmas Eve Eve present to millions of American today by approving a two-month extension of the 4.2…
- December 22, 2011The payroll tax cut is back! That's good news for Santa, who now can send back most of the coal he…
- December 22, 2011Since Congress has sputtered to a stop as 2011 draws to a close over, among other things, the payroll tax…
- December 21, 2011Sure it's the season to be jolly, but that's sometimes hard when your portfolio has taken a beating. But you…
- December 21, 2011I promise, I'm going to let this payroll tax rate cut extension lunacy go. But please indulge me in a…
- December 20, 2011I wanted to get the previous post on today's House payroll tax vote up quickly (and then I went to…
- December 20, 2011The House, along a mostly party-line 229-to-193 vote, agreed to a conference committee with the Senate to work on how…
- December 20, 2011The House is debating extension of the payroll tax cut. We can argue that it's about policy. We can argue…
- December 19, 2011Today is a special day for fans of Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, the various Christmas ghosts and Scrooge, both before…
- December 19, 2011A couple of weeks ago, I posted some moves to make regarding your taxes, investments, retirement, gifting and general financial…
- December 18, 2011Remember that game of political chicken I mentioned a couple of days ago? That was when funding for Uncle Sam's…
- December 18, 2011As film fans know, the Golden Globes often offer a preview of the soon-to-follow Academy Awards. There's some doubt about…
- December 17, 2011Well, they've done it again. The Senate this morning followed through on its threat -- I can't bring myself to…
- December 16, 2011It seems that members of Congress are Loverboy fans. When it comes to getting their work done, they've decided to…
- December 15, 2011Today Republicans and Democrats decided to stop sniping at each other and appear to be working on a compromise to…
- December 15, 2011While Congress is gridlocked -- and possibly heading toward another government shutdown -- over how to keep the 4.2 percent payroll…
- December 14, 2011Most of the time when members of Congress don't play well together, I try to ignore them. It happens all…
- December 14, 2011The economy was just starting to recover in 2010, but more people felt confident enough to bump up their charitable…
- December 13, 2011Americans are quite proud of, among other things, the line in our Declaration of Independence about all men being created equal.…
- December 13, 2011I'm sure that by now all y'all have followed my first piece of year-end tax advice: Do a draft tax…
- December 12, 2011Can't bring yourself to watch the Republican presidential candidates debate (with or without The Donald butting in)? No time to…
- December 12, 2011The bane of most self-employed workers are the myriad administrative tasks. I took care of one of those this weekend,…
- December 11, 2011In case you missed the bet proffered during the latest Republican presidential candidate debate on Saturday night, here's the exchange.…
- December 11, 2011Attention tax deducting drivers. The IRS has tweaked the amount you can claim for miles traveled via car for business, charitable,…
- December 10, 2011We got our Christmas tree up last weekend. Congress now is working on its own traditional holiday symbol. I'm not…
- December 10, 2011OK, I milked the "I've got a cold" excuse for as long as I could. And although you'll still hear…
- December 9, 2011Even in these tight money times, some states and cities have offered professional sports teams sweetheart deals. And those deals…
- December 9, 2011The IRS has cleared one of the biggest hurdles to improving annual tax return processing: technology. That means the agency's…
- December 8, 2011The IRS wants to deal with taxpayers in the here and now. You say that's what you thought was happening.…
- December 7, 2011It's time to play the unofficial Congressional Christmas song: < Yep, if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way,…
- December 6, 2011It's the season of good will, peace, joy and happiness. Then the creeps show up. Burglars broke into a friend's…
- December 5, 2011I guess I'm going to have to start DVRing Saturday Night Live so I can fast forward to the few…
- December 4, 2011It's holiday gift time and that could include goodies from your boss. Of course, any time you get something from an…
- December 3, 2011The hubby is working away in the living room, decorating our Christmas tree. Do we know how to spend a…
- December 3, 2011Winter's just arriving in Austin, so of course I'm thinking spring and baseball. Actually, the baseball musings started last month…
- December 2, 2011The watchwords in real estate are location, location, location. The personal financial world has its own triplicate mantra: details, details,…
- December 2, 2011OK, folks, just how much blogging blow-by-blow on the payroll tax cut extension/expansion fight do you want? By now you…
- December 2, 2011You've been able to make a few bucks recently on your hobby. That will really help with the holiday gift…
- December 1, 2011This time of year everyone is thinking of giving and getting. For tax-savvy folks, the goal is to be generous…
- December 1, 2011We all knew that members of Congress too often act like kids. Now the payroll tax cut issue has taken…