- 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…
- March 11, 2009It is every taxpayer's nightmare. Your refund never arrives.When that happens to a paper check, you can file Form 3911…
- March 10, 2009Folks are fixated on Barack Obama's hair. Is the stress of being in charge of the United States, especially in…
- March 10, 2009I've admitted it many times: I am not that technically inclined. That's why I use Typepad. It has a support…
- March 9, 2009It's not unusual to simultaneously think of taxes and an alcoholic beverage. No, no, no, no, no! I am NOT…
- March 8, 2009Every year as I work on our tax return, the hubby offers words of encouragement. Well, it's not exactly encouragement;…
- March 7, 2009Another tax blogger, Jim Maule who authors MauledAgain, has done me the honor of reading and reviewing my book, The…
- March 6, 2009I was certainly hopeful when California finally hammered out a budget last month.But apparently there's a big chasm between enactment…
- March 6, 2009The controversial private tax debt collection program ends today. But its demise didn't come from Capitol Hill lawmakers, many of…
- March 5, 2009Not too long ago I talked about the possibility that you might need to coordinate your state withholding in light…
- March 4, 2009That 2005 in the headline is not the number of taxpayers missing out on refunds. It's the tax year that…
- March 3, 2009OK. This isn't funny any more. Heck, it's not even surprising any more.Ron Kirk, former Dallas mayor and nominee to…
- March 2, 2009On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico and became a republic. Even though we're now one of…
- March 1, 2009I love that this Ballad of Bernie Madoff video uses as its template one of the TV commercials about checking…
- March 1, 2009NASCAR's 2009 season is underway and like many of the sport's drivers, I'm now doing double duty.A year ago this…