- 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…
- September 27, 2011It's no surprise that most of New Jersey's lawmakers aren't Jersey Shore fans. They're not in its target demographic. That…
- September 26, 2011A new poll of American youth finds that they tend to agree with elder financial guru Warren Buffett that richer…
- September 25, 2011Amazon has been battling with, and bribing, states across the country in an effort to maintain its tax-free online sales.…
- September 23, 2011I am a feline fan, so I love the story of Willow the cat. The calico disappeared from her Colorado…
- September 23, 2011I just spent the last hour and a half listening to a group of fiscal and political experts discuss ways…
- September 22, 2011We're inching toward possible fundamental tax reform. It will be a slow and painful process because of the many tax…
- September 22, 2011Although Obama's millionaire tax has little -- OK, no -- chance of passage, it's been great fodder for serious tax…
- September 21, 2011Most married taxpayers do a lot of things together, including filing taxes. That's usually a good idea, since more tax…
- September 21, 2011Don't panic all your readers in the rest of the country. Obama's proposed millionaires' tax is nowhere near being law.…
- September 21, 2011In surveying recent happenings on Capitol Hill, I'm reminded of the Flying Karamazov Brothers. When I first saw these guys,…
- September 20, 2011Thanks, Dave, for getting political last night. In addition to having Dr. Jill Biden, the vice president's wife, as a…
- September 19, 2011All of us tax procrastinators have almost a month to get our 2010 tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service.…
- September 18, 2011It's time to once again play that popular political game, Who Wants to Tax a Millionaire? The latest contestant is…
- September 17, 2011When the classic board game Monopoly was created during the height of the Great Depression, its streets were named after…
- September 17, 2011Happy Constitution Day America! This holiday came about in 2004 via a typical Congressional maneuver. An amendment creating the commemoration…
- September 16, 2011Airline passengers won't get another shot at tax-free travel for a few more months. Even if you didn't have to…