- December 6, 2010Welcome to Don't Mess With Taxes' fourth annual Year-end Money Moves series. Each December, I look at things you can…
- December 6, 2010So what does the man who heads up the group that controls the United States' money think of our tax…
- December 6, 2010As I was putting together the latest weekly tax tip (you do look at those over there at the top…
- December 5, 2010About this time last week, shoppers were getting their gift lists in order so they could rake in Cyber Monday…
- December 5, 2010Wesley Snipes, facing imminent jailing for his three misdemeanor convictions of failure to file tax returns, doesn't want to spend…
- December 4, 2010The certificate of deposit we count as our emergency fund rolled over for another term last month. The good thing…
- December 4, 2010One of my favorite Joni Mitchell songs, The Windfall (Everything for Nothing), begins with the lyric "Because Elvis gave 'em…
- December 2, 2010Here's today's not news flash. The House this afternoon wasted dwindling legislative time voted 234 to 188 for legislation to…
- December 2, 2010The Bush tax cuts that expire Dec. 31 are the "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" of tax legislation. Everyone is fixated on…
- December 1, 2010Sure there's talk of Congressional votes this week on the expiring Bush tax cuts. But even if they happen, the…
- December 1, 2010It's the most wonderful time of the year! The time when you can make some last-minute tax moves to reduce…
- November 30, 2010Congress is getting ready to debate whether the United States' wealthier residents must pay higher taxes. But in Switzerland, that…
- November 30, 2010Oklahoma tax officials decided sooner definitely is better than later when it comes to reminding residents of their state use…
- November 29, 2010Today thousands of us will do our holiday shopping from our computers, clicking on websites and ordering items. But in…
- November 28, 2010Of course you loved seeing all the relatives over the Thanksgiving holiday. But there's only so much family time a…
- November 27, 2010Welcome to Small Business Saturday. As you might have suspected, this event is the creation of a company that wants…
- November 26, 2010I know. I know. I'm way behind the curve on this Black Friday -- so-called because many retailers depend on…
- November 25, 2010You didn't really think I'd let Thanksgiving go by without some mention of taxes, did you? To make sure U.S.…
- November 25, 2010Are you ready for some Thanksgiving football? That's the tradition in many American homes. It's no different in ours. Regardless…
- November 24, 2010The IRS is waiting, just like the rest of us, for Congress to act on the expiring tax rates. As…
- November 24, 2010Attention South Carolina shoppers. If you're looking for firearms, then get ready to head to your local weapons dealer this…
- November 23, 2010Not only did we Americans invent Thanksgiving, we have in our excessive way made it a truly gigantic holiday. At…
- November 23, 2010The Tax Policy Center has revised its original expiring tax cuts calculator, just in time for the lame duck Congressional…
- November 23, 2010I love it when my favorite pastimes, birding and talking taxes, coincide. That's what happened in Deficit Hawks, Tax Chickens.…
- November 22, 2010Have you ever seriously considered giving up your United States citizenship to avoid paying the IRS? Apparently more Americans are…
- November 22, 2010The world is abuzz over the upcoming wedding of England's Prince William and Kate Middleton. But while most romantics are…
- November 21, 2010Are you wealthy and worried about paying more federal taxes next year (and beyond) if Congress lets the Bush tax…
- November 20, 2010The Wesley Snipes tax evasion saga is over. The film star, best known for playing the lead in the Blade…
- November 20, 2010Or so says a new law approved by California voters on Nov. 2. Proposition 26 reclassifies most Golden State regulatory…
- November 19, 2010Congress' lame duck session began this week, but it quickly became obvious that it will operate as all other sessions.…
- November 19, 2010The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, California's Proposition 19 ballot measure that would have legalized marijuana, was…
- November 19, 2010I'm what's diplomatically described as being "of a certain age," so I feel free to use the term "kids" as…
- November 18, 2010Once again we get evidence that the vast Denial River runs through the heart of the United States. This time…
- November 17, 2010The one very tiny bright spot for Democrats bemoaning their loss of control of the House is that they don't…
- November 17, 2010Every year about this time, the IRS has a nice little -- or in some cases, not so little --…
- November 17, 2010The lame-duck session of Congress apparently is providing a preview of the coming 112th Congress. Reports out of Washington, D.C.,…
- November 16, 2010What to do about the alternative minimum tax, or AMT, is among the outstanding tax matters that Congress needs to…
- November 14, 2010AMC is on a roll. Don Draper and his fellow Mad Men are heading into their fifth season of making…
- November 14, 2010As soon as people got through chewing up and spitting out the debt reduction panel's suggested changes to Social Security,…
- November 13, 2010Baseball fans live and die by the numbers. That's why Bill James, the man who created the comprehensive statistical discipline…