- 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…
- November 3, 2010Did you survive Election Day 2010? Did you at least survive the post-election parties? In case you went to bed…
- November 2, 2010Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote.…
- November 1, 2010Dovetailing nicely with former Reagan Administration official David Stockman's dressing down analysis of the current GOP anti-tax stance is a…
- November 1, 2010David Stockman, President Ronald Reagan's budget director, says all the George W. Bush tax cuts, even those on the middle class, should be…
- October 31, 2010Just in time for Halloween, Forbes has issued its annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities. Michael Jackson never made…
- October 31, 2010Washington, D.C., was packed Saturday with folks attending Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's joint Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.…
- October 30, 2010No, that headline is not a description of my Halloween constume. I'm still deciding. Neither is it the title of…
- October 30, 2010If you're a fan of the film Inception, this suggestion on how to celebrate Halloween is for you. Thanks to…
- October 29, 2010If people dressed as Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, The Situation and various Twilight characters aren't scary enough for you this Halloween (and those get-ups…
- October 28, 2010In preparation for the upcoming 2011 filing season, I've been examining which stories and tax tips from this past tax…
- October 27, 2010Perhaps one of the reasons that the Idaho Tax Commission was so tough on the kids selling pumpkins from their…
- October 26, 2010I've been holding off on blogging about this to see what the ultimate outcome might be. However, since the tax…
- October 25, 2010I enjoy a beer or a glass of wine now and then. And the last couple of weeks have been…
- October 24, 2010Was it just a case of Joe Biden being his old chatterbox self, or is the Obama Administration really considering…
- October 24, 2010Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert explains why we need to keep George W. Bush's tax cuts alive. The Colbert Report Mon…
- October 23, 2010The hubby and I finally watched the Mad Men season finale that we had taped while we were traveling. A…
- October 21, 2010Not to run this expiring tax cuts situation into the ground, but this a tax blog. So, from the be…
- October 21, 2010"Several tax cuts are slated to expire at the end of the year, which means that the lame-duck Congress will…
- October 20, 2010I spent part of last week at my alma mater, Texas Tech University. I always enjoy going back to the…
- October 19, 2010Government spending always gets extra attention in election years. That's particularly true in 2010 with the rise of the Tea…
- October 18, 2010Yo ho ho and a generous rum tax break! A long-standing U.S. tax policy has liquor manufacturers making off like…
- October 17, 20102011 will be the second consecutive year that Social Security recipients won't get any cost-of-living increase in their monthly checks.…
- October 16, 2010It's now law. Federal government documents must be in "plain writing." And yes, that includes the Internal Revenue Service. The…
- October 15, 2010Happy Fourth Annual Blog Action Day. Oct. 15 is the day that thousands of bloggers worldwide focus on one topic…
- October 15, 2010Taxpayers face three key deadlines today. File that 1040: The first deadline is the most well-known. Oct. 15 is the…
- October 14, 2010Have you recently been hearing more about the new health care law? Of course you have. The midterm election is…