- September 26, 2009I've spent most of my professional life in the media, but I still am amazed at what prompts news outlets…
- September 26, 2009No, the Obamas aren't looking for a tax professional to help them file their first 1040 as residents of 1600…
- September 25, 2009OK, so I wrote a blog piece a few weeks ago saying that Rep. Charles Rangel should surrender his Ways…
- September 25, 2009All the recent focus on ACORN and its now-severed ties with the IRS also has produced more interest in the…
- September 24, 2009In the wake of embarrassing (and in one case, allegedly illegal) videotapes of ACORN employees offering bad tax (and other)…
- September 23, 2009Finally! The end to our tackiest national tax nightmare is near."Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis apparently has reached a…
- September 23, 2009OK, I'm not going to post every time there's a proposed change to health care reform legislation. I could spend…
- September 23, 2009Yesterday in my post about Taxing Pennsylvania's arts and culture, I only semi-facetiously commented that I'd pay to see rowdy, and…
- September 22, 2009Museums tend to be nonprofits. As such, they don't distribute any surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but rather use…
- September 22, 2009The Senate's tax committee will begin dissecting the chairman's health care reform proposal at 9 a.m today. Expect the bill…
- September 21, 2009I predicted back in August that Death and taxes will continue.That topic, the impending (and improbable) repeal of the estate…
- September 21, 2009The IRS means it this time. Really.The tax man is giving owners of offshore accounts, suspected of being used to…
- September 20, 2009Being a good Texan, I'm partial to roundups. Teague, Texas, Post Office Mural "Cattle Roundup" by Thomas Stell, Jr., 1940; TE…
- September 19, 2009How are your parents doing? Not just physically and emotionally, but financially?That's a question more Baby Boomers are asking every…
- September 19, 2009While Chrysler was in bailout talks with Uncle Sam, one of its top executives was dealing with his own financial…
- September 18, 2009Since the bursting housing bubble was the event that sent the U.S. economy into the tank, it's no surprise that…
- September 17, 2009Ever wonder why Americans tend to be overweight? Part of the reason is that between 1977 and 2002, the number…
- September 17, 2009NOTE: This post has been updated (2:45 p.m. CDT) to reflect recent legislative actions with regard to ACORN.In the wake…
- September 16, 2009UPDATE, Tuesday, Sept. 22: The Senate Finance Committee is marking up the Chairman's bill (discussed below) today. Some possible major…
- September 15, 2009What happens when you run out of other people's money? If you're facing federal fraud charges, you have to resort…
- September 15, 2009Today is the debut of a new feature here on the ol' blog: Tax Twitter Tuesday. Or, as my tax…
- September 15, 2009Just a quick reminder. Today, Sept. 15, is the deadline for your third 2009 estimated tax payment. If you're mailing your 1040-ES…
- September 14, 2009If you're an insomniac like me, you've seen the commercials purporting to help you pay an IRS debt for substantially…
- September 13, 2009The economy is starting to recover, but jobs are doing more than lagging. They are disappearing completely. And that poses…
- September 13, 2009The IRS is continuing to move into social media.A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the agency's YouTube video…
September 12, 2009For most movie fans, The Shawshank Redemption is a prison break movie. But for film loving tax geeks, it has…- September 11, 2009A prostitute by any other name is a "performing artist." Or so says a now-fired ACORN worker.An independent, conservative filmmaker…
- September 10, 2009It's been an exciting week for America's schools. First there was the President's address to students and the attendant folderol. Now…
- September 9, 2009I admit it. I'm a sucker for lists. And easy news hooks. So the first thing that came to my…
- September 8, 2009A week from today, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, another estimated tax payment is due. If you mail your third 2009…
- September 8, 2009The Madoff in question this time, though, is Ruth.In June, Palm Beach County sent Ruth Madoff and her con man…
- September 6, 2009How's your Labor Day holiday going? If AAA is correct, fewer of us are on the road this year, primarily…
- September 5, 2009Who knew Jerry Koosman was a tax protester? The former member of the Miracle Mets was sentenced last week to…
- September 4, 2009Health care for humans has been the hot topic for what seems like forever. But as any parent of a…
- September 3, 2009Good to see the editorial board at the Washington Post agrees with me that Rep. Charles Rangel should step down…
- September 3, 2009That's one possibility that was discussed at a public hearing yesterday on the IRS proposal to develop regulations for tax…
- September 2, 2009For as long as I can remember (and no, I'm not going into specifics on that amount of time), Schedules…
- September 2, 2009Former Pittsburgh Steelers star Mel Blount apparently was not ready for some IRS bills. The NFL Hall of Famer reportedly…
- September 1, 2009Potential new taxes have gotten a lot of coverage of late, particularly as a way to pay for health care…
- August 31, 2009The tax alphabet is sure filling up. Earlier this month, I blogged about the new Schedule L that some taxpayers…
