- July 24, 2008Sure, it was the anti-tax efforts of the Boston Tea Party participants who got the American Revolution really rolling, but…
- July 23, 2008Now that Dubya has backed off from his threatened veto of housing legislation, look for a bill to be on…
- July 23, 2008The IRS isn't talking, but the Rev. Al Sharpton's people are. And the word from the flamboyant New Yorker is…
- July 22, 2008The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is finally getting into gear. As I type, weather watchers say Tropical Storm Dolly is…
- July 22, 2008Interesting story in today's New York Times on how women have finally reached a bit of parity with men in…
- July 20, 2008All you long-time tax geeks, remember the bad old IRS days? Back when the tax collector went after us with…
- July 19, 2008Sales tax holidays (upcoming dates are blogged about here) have managed to hold on despite tough times for state treasuries,…
- July 19, 2008In my recent look at FDIC insurance guidelines, I closed that post by lamenting the disappearance of friendly local bankers,…
- July 18, 2008UPDATE, July 24, 2008 -- Massachusetts has finally joined the 2008 tax holiday parade. More on the Bay State's upcoming…
- July 17, 2008By converting his $3 million home to a church, an Illinois man has saved himself around $80,000 in property taxes.…
- July 17, 2008Congressional interest in the use of foreign accounts to avoid U.S. taxes has moved beyond the traditional tax-writing committees. The…
- July 16, 2008A new study says that you probably will. And that data was collected before the stock market went on its…
- July 16, 2008The bulk of the rebate checks have been delivered. Can't you just feel the economic stimulation. (I hope that last…
- July 15, 2008Joe Sixpack Budweiser drinkers might be crying in their beers over the sale of the iconic American brewer to InBev…
- July 14, 2008This week, Vermont residents can escape paying sales tax on qualified Energy Star appliances costing $2,000 or less. The energy-efficient…
- July 14, 2008On July 14, 1789, the French stormed the Bastille, the prison that was the symbol of the absolute power of…
- July 13, 2008The IndyMac Bank failure got me thinking about something most of us take for granted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, usually…
- July 13, 2008Ah, summer! It's heaven for film fans. Every weekend, a blockbuster, generally with a comic book hero, premieres on movie…
- July 12, 2008I'm a bit late blogging today because I spent the last few hours adding to our house plant collection. The…
- July 11, 2008Did you get your new iPhone today? Are you already irritated by the accompanying hassles? You're not alone. News outlets…
- July 10, 2008Fellow tax blogger taxgirl recently got an interesting, and alarmed, e-mail about a proposed tax on windfall retirement earnings. Don't…
- July 10, 2008They are scammers using tax hooks to snare your personal and financial data. And actually, they never left. But they…
- July 9, 2008A lot of people, not just her estranged grandchildren, rolled their eyes at the late Leona Helmsley's bequests. Not only…
- 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…