- December 7, 2007That's how movie superstar Will Smith described his encounter with the tax agency when, at age 19, he started earning…
- December 6, 2007Ten people have been indicted on federal charges of trying to illegally obtain confidential information on more than 12,000 citizens…
- December 5, 2007If 2008 is the year you want to pay your taxes via an electronic transfer from your bank account to…
- December 4, 2007Are you one of the millions of taxpayers who plans each year for an IRS refund? It might be time…
- December 2, 2007The 2008 filing season is six weeks away. Maybe. The IRS is considering not processing all early returns if Congress…
- December 1, 2007One of my hopes in using Twitter, in addition to making new e-friends, was that I'd find some useful fodder…
- November 30, 2007Remember the suburban Pittsburgh woman who sued Kmart for charging her sales tax on her purchase of toilet tissue? If…
- November 28, 2007'Tis the season not of good cheer, but of obsessive credit card usage. OK, here in the United States, that's…
- November 28, 2007Rhode Island tax officials are battling Home Depot over state sales-tax refunds. Neil Downing, who writes the MoneyLine column for…
- November 27, 2007Whoa! This alert just popped up in my e-mail box: The American Red Cross ousted its president, Mark Everson, on…
- November 27, 2007Douglas H. Shulman has been tapped as the next commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. He will replace Mark Everson,…
- November 26, 2007We have a saying here in Texas: Dance with who brung ya. H&R Block is now taking that advice to…
- November 26, 2007It wasn't a particularly happy Thanksgiving this year for Austin-area resident George Green. Twelve years ago, the former Texas Department…
- November 25, 2007There's a microdistillery boom going on, with more and more homemade booze being produced across the United States. But these…
- November 25, 2007Remember when your mom told you how important your reputation is? If you screw up, mom warned, it'll take a…
- November 25, 2007That's my nom de tweet over at Twitter. Yes, at the enthusiastic urging of fellow Austin blogger (and motorsports fan)…
- November 24, 2007Not to run the shopping theme into the ground, but it is that time of year. And New Yorkers who…
- November 24, 2007New York Times columnist Michelle Slatalla's adjustable rate mortgage is coming due and she's worried. In addition to the usual…
- November 23, 2007Do you know who owns the shopping center where you spent part of Black Friday? It might be a church.…
- November 23, 2007How was your Black Friday shopping trip? Did you manage to get out of the stores with minimal damage to…
- November 22, 2007I agree with Kevin Cowherd of the Baltimore Sun: "Cranberry sauce should be what it's always been: a little jellied…
- November 21, 2007Yesterday, it got up to 83 degrees here in Austin, tying a 51-year-old record for the day. Forecasters say it…
- November 20, 2007The lead story in today's New York Times' Science section is about denial (yeah, I'm a bit slow getting to…
- November 20, 2007If you're not one of the 115,478 folks due an undeliverable federal tax refund, don't despair. Your state might have…
- November 19, 2007More than 115,000 taxpayers have essentially said "no thanks" to Uncle Sam's efforts to give them back some money. The…
- November 18, 2007There's not much new regarding health care in America. We've heard and will keep hearing, at least through next November's…
- November 17, 2007Apparently, environmentally friendly autos are all the rage at auto shows. According to BusinessWeek, "green tech continues to dominate major…
- November 17, 2007I've been searching for responses from the tax software companies named in the class action lawsuit filed against Free File…
- November 16, 2007Most sports fans have been following the soap operas surrounding A-Rod's impending big bucks deal with the Yankees or Barry…
- November 15, 2007A group of taxpayers who didn't meet Free File income requirements have decided to recoup their e-filing fees by taking…
- November 15, 2007When did Bill Murray get elected to Congress? Sorry. The laid-back comic isn't in D.C. It just seems that way,…
- November 14, 2007Wait. Don't go! You're at the right URL. Two years ago today, I posted my first Don't Mess With Taxes…
- November 14, 2007Lots of people say they hate their job. What they usually mean is that they hate the work they do,…
- November 13, 2007Get ready, taxpayers. An IRS official says by summer 2008 we might be able to access our own personal tax…
- November 12, 2007No, that's not a thinly disguised epithet for an annoying neighbor. It's a description of our almost neighbor. It's a…
- November 11, 2007Today, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day, the day we honor our military veterans. For a few years, Veterans Day was…
- November 10, 2007I haven't updated the ol' tax cheat watch list for a while, but this one definitely deserves mention. Two employees…
- November 9, 2007For the first time ever, the national average of regular gasoline hit $3-plus a gallon in November. And that's before…
- November 8, 2007Ho-hum. Same old, same old. Another tax-filing season, another IRS statistical record falls. Nearly 80 million of us filed out…
- November 7, 2007Well, a few of them have. As usual on a non-presidential election day, turnout was tiny here in Texas. I…