- 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…
- February 28, 2009What is "is"? We all remember how that one little word caused so many problems for a former president.But today…
- February 28, 2009Fellow tax blogger and tax pro Bruce, known on the Web as taxguy, has done me the honor of reviewing…
- February 27, 2009A New York man lost his bid for a $1.5 million divorce settlement. He said his ex-wife should pay him…
- February 26, 2009Everybody's got their noses deep in Obama's first budget proposal, which I previewed yesterday, and I plan to look at…
- February 26, 2009The San Francisco Treasurer mistakenly sent out a batch of erroneous collection notices last week to city businesses.According to the…
- February 25, 2009In case you missed the President's first address to the House, Senate and us television viewers last night, the Los…
- February 25, 2009Don't tell me you didn't see this coming. A group of wealthy Americans with accounts at UBS have filed a…
- February 24, 2009It's always something with taxes, isn't it?While the IRS gets kudos for so quickly revamping the federal withholding tables to…
- February 23, 2009Calm down commuters and other folks who spend a lot of time on the road. Uncle Sam is not going…
- February 22, 2009The biggest cheers for movie-making tax breaks obviously come from film makers. But some states still give the special benefits…
- February 21, 2009The good news about the Making Work Pay credit, a key provision of the just-enacted stimulus bill, is that it…
- February 21, 2009Long-time readers know that I'm a total fangirl of TaxProf Blog. This comprehensive compendium of taxing-good blogginess was one of…
- February 21, 2009In tough economic times, people look for any edge, including celestial help.I'm not talking about faith that things will work…
- February 20, 2009The Department of Justice effort to get information on Americans suspected of using Swiss bank accounts to avoid U.S. taxes…
- February 19, 2009On Wednesday, U.S. tax investigators were convinced they had hit the tax evasion jackpot.Today, however, the feds headed to court…
- February 19, 2009UPDATE, March 6: Despite enactment of a budget, state tax refunds are still on hold.The California legislature this morning finally…
- February 19, 2009Good news, Kansas taxpayers. Your governor and legislature reached a budget agreement that takes your refunds off hold.On Tuesday, Democratic…
- February 18, 2009When it was reported during last year's presidential campaign that Sarah Palin received tens of thousands of dollars in per…
- February 17, 2009It's official. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is now law.Embedded video from CNN VideoThere's been lots of…
- February 17, 2009Most U.S. Senators don't want to talk about taxes, at least not about their own.Politicians are quick to pounce on…
- February 16, 2009About a month ago, California officials announced that fiscal problems had prompted them to put a hold on state taxpayer…
- February 15, 2009That variation of the giant discounter's slogan might apply to its philanthropic arm. The Wal-Mart Foundation has awarded a $3.6…
- February 14, 2009For workers, the new Making Work Pay tax credit provision in the just-passed stimulus package will mean a few extra…
- February 13, 2009The latest economic stimulus package, officially known as H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is halfway…
- February 13, 2009For some folks, the fact that Friday the 13th falls just before Valentine's Day is appropriate.Too many people rely on…
- February 12, 2009February 12 is a pretty big birthday day. Most of the attention today is on Charles Darwin. It's the bicentennial…