- August 14, 2010A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the 10 richest U.S. presidents. That list was interesting, primarily for who…
- August 13, 2010U.S. taxpayers, mark your calendars. The long-delayed and anxiously awaited tax overhaul recommendations will be made public on Friday, Aug.…
- August 13, 2010It's Friday the 13th, so it seems a perfect time to ask, What are you afraid of? Apparently, many teenagers…
- August 12, 2010There have been countless stories during the bursting of the real estate bubble about homeowners who've simply refused to pay…
- August 12, 2010Tax holidays continue this month, with three states' no-sales-tax days beginning this weekend. Florida reinstated its fall back-to-school tax holiday…
- August 12, 2010Billionaire hedge fund manager Leon G. Cooperman thought he was making a $43 million donation that would save him substantially on…
- August 11, 2010Dan Rostenkowski, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1981 to 1994, passed away on Wednesday, Aug.…
- August 11, 2010While most sports spectators have been fixating on Tiger Woods' terrible play, professionals who play the game are fighting a…
- August 10, 2010Last week I joined the chorus of folks cheering the IRS' decision to no longer provide lenders with a debt…
- August 10, 2010Back in June I blogged about how many cities and states depend on the kindness of strangers, AKA tourists and…
- August 9, 2010Now there's a contraception method I bet you never considered. But Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson says that if taxes…
- August 8, 2010The man pictured at left is Donald Bren, chairman of the Irvine Co., a Southern California private real estate firm.…
- August 7, 2010Is it just me, or is Alan Greenspan taking over the "Crazy Old Uncle in the Attic" title from Ross…
- August 7, 2010In the Your Money column today, Ron Lieber predicts there's a class war coming to the world of government pensions.…
- August 6, 2010Today is the pinnacle of 2010's state tax holidays, during which some municipalities also participate (or are forced to do…
- August 6, 2010It's here! The biggest tax holiday weekend in the United States.In August, 16 states are having what are typically referred…
- August 5, 2010Next tax filing season, the IRS is going to make it more difficult for lenders to issue loans based on…
- August 5, 2010You are having a party for the income tax today, right? It was on Aug. 5, 1861, that President Abraham…
- August 5, 2010The bulk of back-to-school tax holidays begin this weekend, and the debate over whether these events are worth it is heating…
- August 4, 2010It seems that I've become an honorary Bay State tax blogger of late, what with the John Kerry yacht sales…
- August 4, 2010As states and cities struggle to close budget gaps, the possibility of taxing marijuana sold for medicinal purposes has received…
- August 3, 2010Every taxpayer thinks they're sending way too much money to Uncle Sam, but a tax oversight office says the IRS…
- August 2, 2010Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on a Sunday-morning television news program that if home prices go down, the…
- August 2, 2010Get ready Bay State shoppers. Before it adjourned this weekend, the Massachusetts legislature agreed on an economic development bill that…
- August 1, 2010As the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Initiative (SSTI) has picked up some momentum of late, it's getting more attention,…
- July 31, 2010Sorry to be a broken record on the soon-to-expire tax cuts that we got in 2001 and 2003 when Dubya…
- July 30, 2010House Democrats today tried to repeal the new Form 1099 requirements set to go into effect in 2012 as part…
- July 30, 2010Congress remains stuck in political gridlock. Senate Republicans yesterday blocked a final vote on a small business jobs bill. The…
- July 30, 2010Just a quick reminder that Mississippi kicks off the 2010 back-to-school tax holiday season today. The Magnolia State's no-tax shopping…
- July 29, 2010Attention all gamblers. Uncle Sam thinks you could help him cover some of his operational costs. The House Financial Services…
- July 28, 2010Shortly after health care reform became law in March, a small ripple showed up in the vast tax-law ocean. Today…
- July 28, 2010Politicians always say they understand the worries and frustrations of rank-and-file working folk, but as Forbes notes, poor men don't…
- July 27, 2010OK, Sen. John Kerry is tired of all the yacht tax questions.Kerry announced this afternoon that he's paying all Massachusetts…
- July 27, 2010In the wake of all the negative publicity surrounding potential state sales tax on his new yacht, Sen. John Kerry…
- July 27, 2010It seems like only yesterday that parents were longing for the time that their kids would be back in class.…
- July 26, 2010A federal court in Ohio has extinguished the charitable tax deduction hopes of an Ohio couple who donated their home…
- July 26, 2010In the face of shrinking revenue, some towns are hoping that a page from the past can help ensure their…
- July 25, 2010I know it's not everybody's ideal place to work, but at least the IRS is hiring. And, hey, the agency…
- July 24, 2010Why isn't Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry's 76-foot sloop tied up at a Bay State dock? The senator's office says it's…
- July 24, 2010NPR's Morning Edition had an interesting story yesterday about the hot new personal real estate trend: renting instead of buying.…