- 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…
- November 12, 2010By now I'm sure you've heard about the Nova Scotia couple who hit the lottery and then gave away most…
- November 11, 2010Today is a special day, so momentous that if defies the usual American tendency to diminish holidays in order to…
- November 10, 2010Paul Hogan, better known here in the United States as the movie character Crocodile Dundee, is having his day in…
- November 10, 2010In preparation for next week's return of Congress and the knock-down-drag-out debate over what to do about the expiring Bush…
- November 9, 2010We had a relatively easy summer here in Central Texas, coping with only a week or so (instead of months)…
- November 8, 2010A month before the midterm election, the House had passed 400-plus pieces of legislation more than the Senate. The disparity…
- November 7, 2010Watching folks parse election results is almost as much fun (or pain, depending on how your candidates did) as watching…
- November 7, 2010In preparation for the upcoming Congressional debates on federal spending, check out this graphic on how Uncle Sam spends our…
- November 6, 2010The future of the expiring Bush tax cuts is still in flux, but the Nov. 2 election results make it…
- November 5, 2010From the "be careful what you wish for" file, comes a report out of D.C. that three prominent taxpayer advocacy…
- November 5, 2010The IRS is no friend of my favorite treat, ice cream. It's not, to my knowledge, that Uncle Sam targets…
- November 5, 2010Attention, North Carolina shoppers! You won't have to pay state sales tax on certain Energy Star-rated appliances during this weekend's…
- November 4, 2010Investors looking to make some portfolio moves are anxiously awaiting the lame-duck session of Congress. What lawmakers decide regarding the…
- November 3, 2010I'm still digesting the election returns, but on thing is looking surer: The expiring Bush tax cuts are likely to…