- May 1, 2010Our neighborhood is a typical sleepy suburban community, especially on weekends … except for one Saturday each May and October.…
- April 30, 2010It's really happening. The first-time homebuyer credit is on its final hours. After today, the $8,000 tax break for…
- April 30, 2010For most taxpayers at both the federal and state levels, tax filing season wrapped up earlier this month. But some…
- April 29, 2010Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), the man who heads the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, recently looked into his legislative crystal…
- April 28, 2010The IRS has some good news for parents of adult kids who don't have health care coverage. Under the recently…
- April 27, 2010As Senators are grilling Goldman Sachs executives about that investment bank's part in the mortgage debacle, another by-product of the…
- April 27, 2010Our state tax refund is in our bank account! Confused because we got a state tax refund and live in…
- April 26, 2010Honestly! Those are the findings of recent surveys, one done for Fox News, the other for CBS News. The polls,…
- April 25, 2010If IRS Notice 1397 shows up in your mailbox, don't panic. The postcard (an excerpt of which is shown below)…
- April 24, 2010Sorry, people. It doesn't matter that other people used tax software and ended up filing incorrect returns, even if one of…
- April 23, 2010The answer to that question, especially soon after most of us have completed our annual tax filing task, is a…
- April 22, 2010While National Football League fans have been working on their mock drafts in preparation for tonight's big event (yes, that's…
- April 22, 2010America's become the great rebate country. In addition to all those tax rebate checks during Dubya's tenure, in these early…
- April 22, 2010I know all y'all have already taken my earlier post about organizing your tax records to heart and have all…
- April 21, 2010On April 15, millions of taxpayers took advantage of some tax breaks for the last time. Technically, that is. In…
- April 20, 2010Did you spend the weekend sorting through the tax material you used last week to file your 1040? Me neither.…
- April 19, 2010Missouri kicks off the 2010 sales tax holiday season today with its second Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday. Show…
- April 18, 2010The tax man waits for no one (except Form 4868 filers). That means that even U.S. leaders had to deal…
- April 18, 2010How in the heck did I miss this tax form? It certainly would have helped in my personal filing, since…
- April 17, 2010This year's anti-tax rant winner is Fox News' John Stossel. But it's not just taxing jurisdictions that make Stossel's list.…
- April 16, 2010NOTE: This tax tip was updated July 4, 2017. I know. You're tired of taxes. Tax Day was yesterday and…
- April 15, 2010I just did a double take when I realized that there's no state to blog about today. I wrapped up…
- April 15, 2010Fellow Austinite @philwest has an April 15 Twitter admission:Every year, I roll my eyes at the taxpayers outside the post…
- April 15, 2010With Tax Day and, for some, tax payment time upon us, there's added coverage of ways to pay your tax…
- April 15, 2010We always can make room o the ol' blog for some April 15 fun, especially when it incorporates solid tax…
- April 15, 2010Welcome to this wonderful April 15th! Too much? Sorry. How about I make up for the tax enthusiasm with links…
- April 14, 2010Wyoming is a very taxpayer friendly state. It doesn't levy a personal or corporate income tax. Neither does it impose a…
- April 14, 2010Ellen Degeneres surprised an H&R Block accountant on today's show, asking him questions from her audience members about the gift…
- April 14, 2010After a tax year ends, there's only one tax break available to most taxpayers for that prior year: a contribution…
- April 13, 2010Fans of the television show Grey's Anatomy know that the medical staff of that fictional Seattle hospital often encounter dramatic…
- April 13, 2010I totally understand where you're coming from. You don't want to surrender. You can do it! You will do it!…
- April 12, 2010As a kid in West Texas, when the Fourth of July rolled around my friends and I would head out to…
- April 12, 2010Here's a tax season newsflash that's no longer news to anyone: Many Filers Confused by Stimulus Tax Credit. I've heard…
- April 11, 2010Several states publicize the names of taxpayers who are accused of not paying their bills. South Dakota tax officials don't…
- April 11, 2010I'm still slogging through my own taxes -- April Resolution: Put all my 2010 info on a spreadsheet that keeps…
- April 11, 2010I'm not a big Steve Carell fan, probably because I really enjoyed the British version of The Office much more…
- April 10, 2010In addition to being a prime vacation destination, Las Vegas hosts hundreds of conventions, conferences and trade shows each year. The…
- April 10, 2010It's almost tax time, and that means it's also time for David Letterman's annual tax-related Top Ten list. Each year,…
- April 9, 2010Florida residents escape personal income, inheritance, gift or intangible personal property taxes. But the Sunshine State has to get operating…
- April 9, 2010How's the party going? Wait, aren't you celebrating? You should be. Today is Tax Freedom Day. OK, so it's not…