- June 29, 2010Jon spends almost as much time thinking about retiring as he does working. OK, Jon's boss, in case you're reading,…
- June 29, 2010Your patience, please, for a bit of tax wonkery. Sen. Robert Byrd passed away yesterday at age 92. As the…
- June 28, 2010Nancy loves her two boys. She also loves the day camps they go to when school is out for the…
- June 28, 2010Has Vice President Joe Biden met his own Joe the Plumber? While in Milwaukee, Wisc., this weekend to participate in…
- June 28, 2010If you ever skim the right and left columns of the ol' blog (are they still called nav, short for navigation, bars?), you might…
- June 28, 2010Five Senators say their proposal to reinstate the estate tax for the "richest of the rich" is a fair and…
- June 27, 2010Really. when compared to where tax rates have been over the years, we're in pretty good shape. Don't believe me?…
- June 25, 2010Admit it. You still obsess about the stock market. Paying continual attention to the ups and downs of your stocks…
- June 25, 2010They're taking a break. At least that's what Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says about the contentious tax extenders package.…
- June 24, 2010The tax clock is ticking, but well-prepared taxpayers won't take a licking from the IRS if they follow our fourth…
- June 24, 2010Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus is trying yet again. He's released a third take on the American Jobs and…
- June 23, 2010Now that the 2010 tax year is half over, it's time to ask yourself some questions. Did you end up…
- June 23, 2010All eyes are on England and the United States, but I'm not talking (this time) about the World Cup matches.…
- June 23, 2010With the first round of the World Cup winding down, I thought you sports nuts would like a financial reason…
- June 22, 2010How are you feeling? That's a question that can apply to the well-being of not just you, but also your…
- June 21, 2010Apparently Gail Posner didn't. The daughter of the late corporate raider Victor Posner passed away in March, leaving millions to…
- June 21, 2010How's your first day of Summer 2010 going? If this longest day of the year is already too sweltering, here's…
- June 20, 2010Being a father has changed a lot since the days my dad was expected mainly to just bring home a…
- June 19, 2010That headline is a good general rule for all tax situations. And the U.S. Tax Court reinforced that requirement last…
- June 18, 2010I know, I'm diving into the deep end of the tax wonk pool with my repeated posts about the tax…
- June 17, 2010Y'all saw the headline, right? On Tuesday, the House approved a tax incentives measure for small businesses under which capital…
- June 17, 2010In an effort to get enough votes to move the tax extenders legislation, Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.)…
- June 15, 2010On the heels of some Texans' qualms (OK, anger) about tax breaks for a satirical immigration-themed movie, comes news that…
- June 15, 2010Actually, it's New Yorker desk diary time, in which you can jot down important tax dates, as well as enjoy the…
- June 14, 2010Some of my neighbors have U.S. (and Texas) flags flying year round, but for the rest of the country that's…
- June 14, 2010If you've been a holdout when it comes to getting government payments electronically, you're out of luck. Uncle Sam is…
- June 13, 2010If your summer vacation includes catching up on your reading and you're a tax geek, here are some tax books…
- June 13, 2010Love 'em or hate 'em, it seems that state tax breaks for the film and television industry are here to…
- June 12, 2010Joe Nocera in his Wake-Up Time for a Dream column today looks at whether the "financial crisis might well have…
- June 11, 2010It's true, politics does indeed make for strange bedfellows, or in this case, tanning-bedfellows. The Jersey Shore diva Snooki, aka…
- June 11, 2010The longer the Senate screws around with considers changes to the tax extenders bill, the more the legislation grows. The…
- June 10, 2010There I said it! Despite the new edict from General Motors, I, a life-long Chevy owner, will continue to call…
- June 10, 2010The New York Times takes a look at what the death of Texas pipeline billionaire Dan L. Duncan in the…
- June 10, 2010Thank goodness for the tax moves calendar there in the left column, as well as the big pink Post-It note…
- June 9, 2010Two of the tax-related ballot initiatives considered yesterday by California voters failed. The lone winner was the 2010 version of Proposition…
- June 9, 2010Maine voters, not convinced proposed lower income tax rates really would save them money, rejected the state's proposed tax system overhaul yesterday.…
- June 8, 2010Of course the Senate couldn't help sticking fingers in the tax extenders pie.Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) this…
- June 8, 2010"There's one time in the year if you make $15-$20,000, $30,000 a year and if you have kids that you're…
- June 7, 2010The sensational tax-related vote in California will be in November, when the residents there decide whether to legalize and tax…
- June 7, 2010Maine voters will decide tomorrow (Tuesday, June 8) whether to support a change to their tax structure approved last year.…