- 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…
- December 1, 2011Welcome to December! Are you ready for the holidays? Me neither. How about taxes? That's OK. I don't blame you for…
- November 30, 2011This is always my favorite part of the annual Year-end Money Moves series: the look at moves to make by…
- November 30, 2011Forget Santa Claus. This year more than 99,123 taxpayers want a visit from Santa IRS. This federal gift giver has…
- November 29, 2011It's been a challenging year for investors. In today's second installment of the 2011 edition of Year-end Money Moves, we…
- November 29, 2011The great 2012 Election Year War continues this week with an upcoming new battle. On the heels of the recently…
- November 28, 2011I know, I know. I've been fixating on year-end tax moves of late. But this is, after all, a tax…
- November 28, 2011Got your fingers flexed? Shopping sites bookmarked? Credit card ready? Go! It's Cyber Monday. In 2010, money spent on the…
- November 27, 2011State leaders are among those worrying about the effect of automatic budget cuts that are scheduled to kick in following…
- November 26, 2011One of the few things that rivals the Internal Revenue Service when it comes to making people angry is the…
- November 25, 2011Had your fill of turkey? Enough already with family bonding? Take a break and check out some tax moves you…
- November 25, 2011If you were up in the wee morning hours to nab some ever earlier Black Friday bargains, Oren Etzioni has…
- November 24, 2011Our house smells wonderful. The hubby's pumpkin pie is baking. I get the oven next to cook the turkey and…
- November 23, 2011Americans are spreading the blame around for the super committee's failure to reach a deficit reduction solution, according to a…
- November 23, 2011Are you heading to the airport this Thanksgiving holiday? If you're like many passengers, you've probably crammed your travel needs…
- November 22, 2011Wow! The failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction did accomplish one amazing thing. It got New Gingrich,…
- November 22, 2011I spoke last night with the NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach about the super committee's inability to complete its…