- November 9, 2011That noise you heard this morning was conservative writers and bloggers slamming Obama as Scrooge for implementing a 15-cent "tax"…
- November 9, 2011In noting how a small group of Republicans dared defy the man behind the no-taxes pledge, I quipped "what are…
- November 8, 2011For better or for worse, we'll know on Nov. 23 what we get, or don't get, from the special Congressional deficit…
- November 8, 2011Colorado voters had their say on tax increases last Tuesday. They overwhelmingly rejected tax increases to pay for schools. Will…
- November 7, 2011Not to turn today into total Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Monday, but I just couldn't let this headline…
- November 7, 2011You might not have heard the term "filter bubble" before (I hadn't), but you know how it works. Basically, the concept…
- November 6, 2011Minnesota Vikings executives likely spent this bye weekend trying to figure out how they're going to get a new stadium.…
- November 6, 2011I'm not a fan of cash. I like to use my debit or credit card whenever possible. I like how…
- November 5, 2011The good news from the Labor Department Friday was that 80,000 new jobs were added to the economy last month.…
- November 5, 2011When you reach a certain age, you'll one day find yourself uttering the phrase "these kids today." It's followed by…
- November 4, 2011Are you still helping your kids finish up Halloween candy? Enjoy it now. You might be paying higher taxes on…
- November 4, 2011Earlier this week, I posted an admittedly flippant question on Twitter about the continual Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration…
- November 4, 2011If the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction does come to an agreement later this month, look closely at what…
- November 3, 2011Attention North Carolina shoppers looking for a new clothes washer. If you buy an energy efficient machine this weekend, you…
- November 3, 2011It's OK to consider taxes. That's the message that 40 House Republicans sent via letter Wednesday to the Joint Select…
- November 3, 2011As part of the agreement to increase the U.S. debt ceiling, a special bipartisan committee was created to come up…
- November 2, 2011How's school going? Classes are probably a lot easier when you don't have to worry so much about paying for…
- November 2, 2011We're barely into the Super Committee Countdown and here comes word that the panel might vote to give itself more…
- November 1, 2011I know I ask this every year, but I've never gotten a satisfactory answer so I'm trying again: How the…
- November 1, 2011November has arrived, bringing with it just 23 days (counting today) for the specially created Congressional super committee to come…
- November 1, 2011As easy as it might be, I will not comment on Kim Kardashian's sham marriage or her television "reality" show…
- October 31, 2011Happy Halloween! My suburban community tonight will resemble many across America tonight: costumed kids, some a little older than they…
- October 30, 2011What do home foreclosures and credit card transactions have in common? In the wonderful world of Congress and the Internal…
- October 29, 2011UDPATED Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 You just got the biggest scare of your life and it has nothing to do…
- October 28, 2011Somebody better head over to the House GOP leadership offices, Republican National Committee and Fox News with handfuls of Prozac,…
- October 28, 2011After four years without a U.S. Formula 1 race, there soon will be two. Maybe. In May 2010, the FIA…
- October 27, 2011Actor Alec Baldwin and Dean Skelos, majority leader of the New York Senate, went at it yesterday over proposals to…
- October 26, 2011With all the attention on Occupy Wall Street tax protests, which Americans make up the richest 1 percent and growing…
- October 25, 2011You can't blame the folks in charge of producing Jack Daniel's for having a few stiff shots of their signature…
- October 25, 2011Here in the United States we keep hearing about how our corporate tax system makes it hard for businesses to…
- October 24, 2011Yes, "how much do you make?" is a rude question. See, mom, I did pay some attention when you tried…
- October 24, 2011California's statewide tax amnesty for owners of offshore accounts closes Oct. 31. That Halloween date also is the deadline for…
- October 23, 2011In June, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman went before a Senate committee and told lawmakers that their plans to…
- October 22, 2011Politicians at all levels of government are working, or at least making campaign promises, to give taxpayers what they think…
- October 22, 2011Happy 25th anniversary historic Tax Reform Act of 1986. I was working on Capitol Hill in 1986, for a Congressman…
- October 21, 2011This coming holiday shopping season could be the last one in which online shoppers avoid their states' sales taxes. Tax…
- October 21, 2011When Obama this morning signed the recently passed trade bills with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, not only did laws…
- October 20, 2011Although they're around 2,500 miles and vastly different mindsets apart, New York and California have a lot in common. Both…
- October 20, 2011For most of us, our home is our biggest investment. It also provides a lot of tax breaks. For now.…
- October 19, 2011I love it when a blog reader's question coincides with a story I'm working on so that research for one…