- October 19, 2011Good news for Social Security recipients. You'll finally get a cost of living increase next year. The Social Security Administration…
- October 18, 2011The 99 percenters gathering at Occupy Wall Street protests and Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax reform plan have us once again…
- October 18, 2011Businessman Herman Cain, who has surged to the front of the Republican presidential nomination race in large part because of…
- October 17, 2011Most U.S. taxpayers claim the standard deduction. The figure holds around 70 percent who simply fill in the set amount…
- October 17, 2011This is it my fellow tax procrastinators. That extension to file you got back in the spring ends today, Monday,…
- October 16, 2011While the first-time homebuyer credit helped some folks get into a home, it has been an unmitigated disaster for the…
- October 16, 2011Taxes are confusing, intimidating and generally infuriating. That's why we all try to be done with them as quickly as…
- October 15, 2011Maximizing itemized deductions can really cut a tax bill. Sometimes, though, the requirements to claim some deductions make getting the…
- October 14, 2011Most taxpayers every year claim the standard deduction. But every tax-filing season, a lot of attention is paid to itemized…
- October 14, 2011Apparently Americans prefer natural tanning methods to tanning beds. Or maybe the Internal Revenue Service is not doing as much…
- October 13, 2011The local NPR station here in Austin, KUT FM, just finished its fall fund raising effort. But being a public…
- October 13, 2011First Warren Buffett wrote a newspaper piece saying he and his fellow millionaires don't pay enough income taxes. Then President…
- October 12, 2011When it comes to taxes, someone is always trying to take your money and I'm not talking about the IRS.…
- October 12, 2011Any time you get in a hurry to finish your tax return, be it in April or as the October…
- October 12, 2011A misleading and fear-mongering anti-tax chain email aimed at homeonwers is back. It first appeared in 2010 during the health care…
- October 11, 2011The ultimate deadline for filing a 2010 tax return is less than a week away. It's also the last chance…
- October 11, 2011Where might you find the Speaker of the House of Representatives and an MTV reality program star this Tuesday, Oct.…
- October 10, 2011Every taxpayer knows that filing status makes a difference to your eventual tax bill. You have five choices on how…
- October 9, 2011Al Davis, one of the great thorns in the side of the National Football League, died Saturday. He helped change…
- October 9, 2011Last year, almost 99 million taxpayers, or almost 70 percent of folks who filed a tax return, did so electronically. Internal Revenue Service data…
- October 8, 2011It's called an income tax. That means the IRS get a piece of just about every type of money you…
- October 7, 2011A tobacco distributor who's been under federal scrutiny for a decade was charged last week with using phony invoices to…
- October 7, 2011Welcome all my fellow tax procrastinators! Back in the spring millions of us realized that we just weren't going to…
- October 7, 2011Just a couple of months ago, an alcohol tax hike pushed up the price of Maryland's Natty Boh. And now…
- October 6, 2011I hear all the time from readers that members of Congress should have to personally deal with the same rules…
- October 6, 2011Warren Buffett's revelation that he pays less in taxes than his secretary piqued everyone's curiosity as to exactly how big…
- October 5, 2011If you postponed your filing earlier this year, the Oct. 17 due date is almost here. That means it's time…
- October 5, 2011Californians who owe the state a lot of tax money better start looking into public transportation. On Tuesday by Gov.…
- October 4, 2011The gloves have come off in the taxes and deficit reduction fight, but not how you probably expected. A Republican…
- October 3, 2011When I was in Washington, D.C., there was a breakfast group called Behind the Tree. It was comprised of a…
- October 3, 2011I'm slowly settling back into my routine after a jam-packed weekend in suburban Chicago with hundreds of other personal finance…
- October 2, 2011Rhode Island shoppers on Saturday, Oct. 1, discovered that over-the-counter drugs, some computer software, smartphone apps and sightseeing tours cost…
- October 1, 2011It was an interesting juxtaposition of tax issues last week at my other tax blog. On one hand, a lot…
- October 1, 2011No more Danish for overweight Danes. Denmark today began imposing a nationwide fat tax. Although less than 10 percent of…
- October 1, 2011Tick, tick, tick. 2011 is rapidly winding down. We're now into the last quarter of the year. If earlier this…
- September 30, 2011What would America do without rich people? They are our royalty. We love them. We hate them. We all want…
- September 30, 2011I'm getting on a plane today to head to the Financial Blogger Conference in Chicago. The last time I flew,…
- September 29, 2011The Minnesota Vikings are 0-3 on the field. It looks like they also might lose big at the ballot box.…
- September 28, 2011I went to the dentist this week. Thanks to the hubby's workplace insurance coverage, I didn't have to pay the…
- September 27, 2011I love it when real life taxes coincide with my tax scribblings. Take the latest Weekly Tax Tip. It dealt…