- April 11, 2009This last weekend before the tax filing deadline doesn't have to be your return's Lost Weekend..OK, maybe that 1945 Ray…
- April 10, 2009And one of those tax-yammering heads was mine.FoxBusiness.com Live, the cable TV network's noon online program, focused today on taxes.…
- April 10, 2009Nevada's facing a $3 billion budget shortfall.One Silver State business sector supports a new tax on its members.So why did…
- April 8, 2009Don't get too excited. Note that word "some" in the headline.But every little tax break helps at least a few…
- April 7, 2009The momentous G-20 meeting has come and gone. Much was made in the run-up to the meeting about the need…
- April 7, 2009We're just a week away from the tax return deadline, but for some, it could be a double due date.Earlier…
- April 6, 2009Just a quick reminder for all you folks still in the running for your office pool's college basketball championship jackpot:…
- April 5, 2009The Indy Racing League opened it's 2009 season with one of its stars sidelined.While his Penske Racing compatriots were firing…
- April 3, 2009Finally catching up this afternoon and wanted to pass along the definitive word on same-sex marriages and Iowa taxes. Joe…
- April 3, 2009Wow! Who would have predicted that Iowa would have a more liberal approach to same-sex couples than California? We are…
- April 3, 2009My dear hubby and book PR people keep telling me I need to share more. No, not all the icky…
- April 2, 2009Looking for a handy tax haven? Try Delaware.Or maybe Nevada. How about Wyoming?Those are the suggestions from Luxembourg's prime minister.OK,…
- April 2, 2009One of my favorite New York Times features is the technology Q&A column each Thursday. As someone who's trying to…
- April 1, 2009Attention septuagenarians. This is no April Fool's joke. If you turned 70½ last year and postponed your retirement account's first…
- March 31, 2009Many years ago, I was a two pack a day smoker. I was young. I was stupid. But at least…
- March 30, 2009Taxes aren't usually a laughing matter, but that didn't stop cartoonist Danny Shanahan from having a go at getting a…
- March 30, 2009I feel like one of those late-night cable TV pitchmen screaming, "But wait! There's more!"This morning I shipped off an…
- March 28, 2009What are you worried about this tax filing season?If you're like the folks who participated in a recent CCH CompleteTax…
- March 27, 2009When I was in college, and even just after I took my journalism degree to a full-time job at the…
- March 26, 2009NOTE: This post was updated Aug. 9, 2017. In tough economic times, a lot of folks look for ways to…
- March 26, 2009Remember back in 2005 when Dubya created a blue-ribbon panel to come up with ideas on how to overhaul the…
- March 26, 2009Wesley Snipes says he needs to leave the country again, this time to work on movies in Africa and Europe.…
- March 25, 2009Since I'm on a truth-telling jag today, I want to let you know about your chance to tell the IRS…
- March 25, 2009I recently discovered a new financial Web site, FiLife. Well, it's not new; it's been around for a couple of…
- March 24, 2009Put away your torches and pitchforks. Your outrage, along with a proposed but not likely to be enacted 90 percent…
- March 23, 2009That's the assessment of the Transactional Record Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). Using IRS data, the Syracuse, N.Y.-based group calculated a drop…
- March 22, 2009With all the hubbub surrounding the crashing economy and stimulus payments, not to mention end-of-year tasks (tax and otherwise) and…
- March 21, 2009Limiting Free File participation on the basis of income is fine.So says a U.S. District Court judge, who last week…
- March 20, 2009Not to get your Friday off on an irritable start, but did you know that more than $221 million in…
- March 19, 2009OK, I totally underestimated the appeal of using the tax code to recoup AIG bonus payments. Sorry, Charlie, for doubting…
- March 19, 2009Two days ago, the head of the House tax-writing committee spoke out against the idea of a specific tax on…
- March 18, 2009I know it's just what you want to do, spend your Saturday with folks from the Internal Revenue Service.But this…
- March 18, 2009I know that blogs are supposed to be more personal, but I really don't feel all that comfortable talking about…
- March 17, 2009Time for a break from AIG anger. Let's all direct a bit of our outrage at investment firm exec Robert…
- March 17, 2009This March 17th certainly is lucky for me because just five days ago I posted 13 often-overlooked deductions. That means…
- March 16, 2009That's the message from President Obama, who has instructed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to "pursue every legal avenue" to block…
- March 15, 2009If you find my headline offensive, I apologize. But it accurately reflects just how offensive I find the latest actions…
- March 14, 2009It looks like Switzerland is joining the rest of the world when it comes to tax evasion. Switzerland, unlike the…
- March 13, 2009Happy Friday the 13th all you brave souls throwing superstitions to the wind!Since it's also about a month until our…
- March 12, 2009I know it's not exactly news that President Obama signed the $410 billion omnibus budget measure into law yesterday. But…