• February 28, 2009
    What is "is"? We all remember how that one little word caused so many problems for a former president.But today…

  • February 28, 2009
    Fellow tax blogger and tax pro Bruce, known on the Web as taxguy, has done me the honor of reviewing…

  • February 27, 2009
    A New York man lost his bid for a $1.5 million divorce settlement. He said his ex-wife should pay him…

  • February 26, 2009
    Everybody's got their noses deep in Obama's first budget proposal, which I previewed yesterday, and I plan to look at…

  • February 26, 2009
    The San Francisco Treasurer mistakenly sent out a batch of erroneous collection notices last week to city businesses.According to the…

  • February 25, 2009
    In case you missed the President's first address to the House, Senate and us television viewers last night, the Los…

  • February 25, 2009
    Don't tell me you didn't see this coming. A group of wealthy Americans with accounts at UBS have filed a…

  • February 24, 2009
    It's always something with taxes, isn't it?While the IRS gets kudos for so quickly revamping the federal withholding tables to…

  • February 23, 2009
    Calm down commuters and other folks who spend a lot of time on the road. Uncle Sam is not going…

  • February 22, 2009
    The biggest cheers for movie-making tax breaks obviously come from film makers. But some states still give the special benefits…

  • February 21, 2009
    The good news about the Making Work Pay credit, a key provision of the just-enacted stimulus bill, is that it…

  • February 21, 2009
    Long-time readers know that I'm a total fangirl of TaxProf Blog. This comprehensive compendium of taxing-good blogginess was one of…

  • February 21, 2009
    In tough economic times, people look for any edge, including celestial help.I'm not talking about faith that things will work…

  • February 20, 2009
    The Department of Justice effort to get information on Americans suspected of using Swiss bank accounts to avoid U.S. taxes…

  • February 19, 2009
    On Wednesday, U.S. tax investigators were convinced they had hit the tax evasion jackpot.Today, however, the feds headed to court…

  • February 19, 2009
    UPDATE, March 6: Despite enactment of a budget, state tax refunds are still on hold.The California legislature this morning finally…

  • February 19, 2009
    Good news, Kansas taxpayers. Your governor and legislature reached a budget agreement that takes your refunds off hold.On Tuesday, Democratic…

  • February 18, 2009
    When it was reported during last year's presidential campaign that Sarah Palin received tens of thousands of dollars in per…

  • February 17, 2009
    It's official. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is now law.Embedded video from CNN VideoThere's been lots of…

  • February 17, 2009
    Most U.S. Senators don't want to talk about taxes, at least not about their own.Politicians are quick to pounce on…

  • February 16, 2009
    About a month ago, California officials announced that fiscal problems had prompted them to put a hold on state taxpayer…

  • February 15, 2009
    That variation of the giant discounter's slogan might apply to its philanthropic arm. The Wal-Mart Foundation has awarded a $3.6…

  • February 14, 2009
    For workers, the new Making Work Pay tax credit provision in the just-passed stimulus package will mean a few extra…

  • February 13, 2009
    The latest economic stimulus package, officially known as H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is halfway…

  • February 13, 2009
    For some folks, the fact that Friday the 13th falls just before Valentine's Day is appropriate.Too many people rely on…

  • February 12, 2009
    February 12 is a pretty big birthday day. Most of the attention today is on Charles Darwin. It's the bicentennial…

  • February 11, 2009
    I know. You read that headline and said, what the ... ?That's exactly the reaction that Zach had. So he…

  • February 10, 2009
    Everyone knows by now that the Senate approved its stimulus package. I haven't written much (any) on it or the…

  • February 10, 2009
    The full Senate today approved its economic stimulus package. Now a House-Senate conference committee will have to come up with…

  • February 9, 2009
    That's the message from Maryland tax officials.Taking a cue from those great "Real Men of Genius" beer ads, the Old…

  • February 9, 2009
    Over the weekend, the chances for a stimulus package relatively soon improved greatly. A group of Senators met on Saturday…

  • February 8, 2009
    Taxpayers lost a champion last week when former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Donald C. Alexander passed away.Alexander was commissioner from…

  • February 7, 2009
    What's the answer to our economic woes? According to James K.Galbraith, it's government spending. Uncle Sam needs to spend now.…

  • February 7, 2009
    Helio Castroneves has found maneuvering the federal court system a bit more challenging than the race tracks with which he's…

  • February 6, 2009
    For many of us, this was the first week we could file our tax returns. The reason? We finally got…

  • February 5, 2009
    I see what Obama is doing. This is all part of his secret plan to pump money into the Treasury.…

  • February 4, 2009
    Washington, D.C., is still abuzz about the decision by two Obama Cabinet nominees to opt out of the process.Erstwhile Health…

  • February 3, 2009
    To paraphrase Casey Stengel, "Can't anyone here get their tax returns right?"The apparent answer is a big, fat "no." And…

  • February 3, 2009
    Joe Francis, the man who has made millions off the "Girls Gone Wild" videos, showed up late Monday for a…

  • February 3, 2009
    Could it be true? Could Citigroup executives really decide to pull out of the company's 20-year, $400 million agreement with…