- November 21, 2009No, you are not caught in a time warp. Another candidate tapped by President Obama for federal office has a…
- November 21, 2009Looking for a way to get your weekend off to a taxalicous start? Sure you are! Then you've got to…
- November 21, 2009One more quick hit on the topic of excess Making Work Pay credit payments.I wrote a piece for Bankrate.com on…
- November 20, 2009Is it just coincidence that this morning a federal judge, who reportedly is a movie buff, heard the tax conviction…
- November 20, 2009Who's paying taxes and just how much, relatively speaking, are they handing over to the Treasury? That's been the topic…
- November 19, 2009Do you have a flexible savings account? Are you planning on claiming medical expenses as an itemized deduction? What about…
- November 19, 2009H&H Bagels, bakers of what Zagat once called iconic bagels, now has a new, and unwelcome, claim to fame (or…
- November 18, 2009Federal investigators are feeling pretty darn good about themselves right now. After a persistent effort to get info on taxpayers…
- November 17, 2009It's Tax Twitter Tuesday time again! Sorry I'm a bit tardy. This Tuesday had me in a real tizzy! But…
- November 17, 2009The year is winding down. You're trying to gather of all your receipts. (Yeah, I know, next year you'll institute…
- November 16, 2009My earlier warnings about problems that the Making Work Pay tax credit will cause some folks are now official. The…
- November 16, 2009Swiss banks are considering asking some foreign clients to sign a pledge declaring they aren't breaking tax laws at home.…
- November 15, 2009Earlier this year, a pay-per-mile federal driving tax was floated. Even the Secretary of Transportation expressed some interest in a…
- November 15, 2009Taxpayers often complain that the IRS seems to want an arm and a leg from them. Well, it turns out…
- November 14, 2009It's no secret that celebrities get into tax trouble as often, if not more so, that we regular folks. And…
- November 13, 2009Another Friday the 13th is upon us, the third one this year. Are you superstitious? That's OK, most of us…
- November 12, 2009It does if your name is on one of the 107,831 refund checks that bounced back to the agency as…
- November 11, 2009As a long-time birder and a bit of an opera buff, I got a kick out of the story that…
- November 11, 2009Veterans Day this year is particularly poignant due to the tragedy at Fort Hood. Please keep those who lost family…
- November 10, 2009Baseball great Satchel Paige once said, "Don't look back, something might be gaining on you." That comment immediately came to…
- November 8, 2009Lost in all the hoopla about the just-extended first-time home buyer tax credit is the fact that the clock is…
- November 6, 2009That's right! Politics trumps tax and economic policy yet again! Obama put pen to paper this morning and signed the…
- November 5, 2009UPDATE: On Nov. 6, Obama signed the bill extending and expanding the first-time home buyer credit. Read more on the…
- November 4, 2009UPDATE: On Nov. 5, the House passed the Senate's first-time home buyer credit provisions discussed in this post. Obama is…
- November 4, 2009At least that was the case yesterday in Maine and Washington state.Tuesday's final votes in those two states highlight a…
- November 4, 2009I know Halloween is over, but at the Capital of Texas Enrolled Agents (CTEA) meeting I attended this morning, I…
- November 4, 2009It looks like the Roaming Gnome will be booking an appeals court appearance. A San Antonio jury has returned a…
- November 3, 2009Actually, Virginians don't have to be reminded that it's election day. The Old Dominion has one of the most-watched off-year…
- November 1, 2009I hope all y'all got a good night's sleep after Halloween festivities. It sure helped to have the extra hour…
- October 31, 2009When should you teach your children about taxes? Comedian Tim Slagle says Halloween is the perfect time. The sweets that…
- October 30, 2009With Halloween just a day away, it's time to find out what scares you the most. When it comes to taxes,…
- October 29, 2009Now is not a good time to be rich. Let me clarify that. It's not a good time to be…
- October 28, 2009OK, here's the latest iteration of the first-time home buyer tax credit extension, agreed to (or so some say) Wednesday…
- October 28, 2009That headline is correct. The official name of these country club vehicles is golf cars, not carts. And the distinction…
- October 27, 2009That's the word, uttered a couple of times in different venues, from the top IRS guy himself.But don't panic just…
- October 27, 2009This is a hoot! Thanks to Stacie's More Tax Tips for tipping us to this hilarious expose of brazen accountants…
- October 26, 2009That's the latest word from Capitol Hill on the continuation of the first-time home buyer credit.Actually, it's the latest word…
- October 26, 2009A bipartisan group of lawmakers say they have the plan to ease the estate tax burden. Their Estate Tax Relief…
- October 25, 2009Those nosy Norwegians! Apparently, the Scandinavian country has, in addition to impressive winter (and not too shabby summer) Olympians, a…
- October 25, 2009It's a fair question: Just where do our tax dollars go?One of my Twitter pals, @LaniAR, found this interesting tax…