- July 8, 2008What do you think the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) should focus on during the upcoming 2009 fiscal year? Nina E.…
- July 8, 2008The number of mortgage lenders that are in trouble, largely because of the risky home loans they approved, is nearing…
- July 8, 2008Wesley Snipes has been granted court permission to leave the United States in order to work on a couple of…
- July 8, 2008The IRS is literally calling in the big accounting guns as it seeks help finding foreign banks that fail to…
- July 7, 2008High tax season is over, which means that the rush for refund anticipation loans, or RALs as they are usually…
- July 6, 2008Australian actor Paul Hogan, portraying the bravado that made his Crocodile Dundee character so popular, had some combative words for…
- July 5, 2008Did you have chips with your July 4th hot dog? If you live in one of 17 states, you likely…
- July 5, 2008Seeing as how it's still the 4th of July weekend and we're all still feeling so darn patriotic, I just…
- July 5, 2008OK. Maybe not yet, but as I note in my latest Crazy Woman Driver column, my fellow crazy-like-a-fox women drivers…
- July 4, 2008Earlier on this July 4th, the issue of taxation and representation was broached in connection with levies on fireworks purchases.…
- July 4, 2008Dealing with taxes often causes explosive financial -- and emotional -- reactions. In a few situations, however, the connection between…
- July 3, 2008With the sluggish economy and high gasoline prices (thanks in part to fuel taxes, blogged about here), many folks are…
- July 2, 2008Interest in how to close the tax gap -- the amount of money the IRS says it is owed but…
- July 1, 2008The price of nicotine addition just got more expensive in Vermont. Starting today, the Green Mountain State's tax collector will…
- June 30, 2008The summer vacation driving season is here. Do you know what your state's fuel tax rate is? The American Petroleum…
- June 30, 2008It seems a like a lot of people have been tethered to their financial advisers and stock brokers as the…
- June 29, 2008Remember when Cindy McCain, wife of presumptive GOP presidential candidate John McCain, took a hard line about not disclosing her…
- June 28, 2008Action film actor Wesley Snipes wants out of the country. Not permanently. Just for a few months to make some…
- June 27, 2008Attention hybrid shoppers. If you want a gas-electric Honda, you'd better get to a dealership soon. On July 1 the…
- June 26, 2008All the attention of late has been on gasoline prices, including here on the ol' blog with items on gas…
- June 25, 2008I'm sure all you "Animal Farm" fans immediately recognized that headline as a quote from George Orwell's satirical novel. Today…
- June 25, 2008Or maybe it's Religiously Political Day. Whatever you want to call it, you might want to go ahead and mark…
- June 23, 2008I just got back from a story interview on the other side of Austin. The round trip was 47.8 miles.…
- June 23, 2008Iconic counterculture comedian George Carlin is dead. Carlin's publicist said the 71-year-old comic, who had a history of heart trouble,…
- June 22, 2008Online entities are becoming the preferred avenue for states and localities to collect much-needed tax revenue. As I blogged about…
- June 22, 2008As IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman was testifying before Congress last week (blogged here) about how his agency was dealing…
- June 21, 2008Summer is officially here and for many kids, that means camp. For a couple of summers, I spent time at…
- June 20, 2008Remember the brouhaha about folks stashing cash and other income producing assets in Alpine bank accounts. If not, you can…
- June 20, 2008This week the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax, or HEART, Act was signed into law. It continues or adds…
- June 20, 2008Around 5 million people are eligible for rebate checks, but have yet to file the necessary 1040 forms to collect…
- June 19, 2008As I type, two House Ways and Means subcommittees -- Oversight and Social Security -- are questioning IRS and Social…
- June 19, 2008What is it about rich athletes and taxes? Can't these guys afford to hire good financial planners and tax advisers?…
- June 18, 2008Trouble has run into some bequest trouble. The 9-year-old Maltese was left $12 million last year by her late owner…
- June 17, 2008Remember when I blogged about (here) my relative whose ex-husband got their joint $600 rebate (they're retirees, due $300 each)…
- June 16, 2008We have 928 days until our tax system implodes. OK, that is a bit dramatic. The United States' overall method…
- June 15, 2008Happy day to all you fathers! I hope you're getting to spend it doing just what you want. Here in…
- June 15, 2008Please don't read that headline as flippant. It's not. It is, however, a distressing possibility for a fellow tax blogger.…
- June 14, 2008Actually, I haven't spent it yet. Why not? I haven't received it because I haven't filed my 2007 return. But…
- June 14, 2008On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act in order to establish an official flag for…
- June 13, 2008Not to put a damper on your upcoming weekend, but some of you might be spending time on tax chores…