- 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…
- November 6, 2007The potential tax bills of millions of investors are now in the hands of the United States' nine top jurists.…
- November 5, 2007Since I didn't put one of my own posts in today's Carnival of Taxes: Return to Tax Standard Time, consider…
- November 4, 2007A friend -- to protect her privacy I'll refer to her as J -- is recovering from a severe spinal…
- November 4, 2007Oh lord, won't you buy mea Mercedes Benz?My friends all drive Porsches.I must make amends. If you've already got a…
- November 3, 2007Tragedies bring out the worst in some folks. There's the looting after natural disasters. And there's the slightly more subtle…
- November 2, 2007The U.S. was spared the worst of Hurricane Noel, but the system did inflict a lot of damage on East…
- November 1, 2007Around 23 million taxpayers are hoping that Congress will indeed get some sort of alternative minimum tax relief passed in…
- November 1, 2007I'm still on a sugar high from munching on last night's excess candy -- honest, we don't overbuy on purpose!…
- October 31, 2007It's not quite as sweet as the candy you'll be handing out to young ghouls tonight, but lawmakers on Capitol…
- October 30, 2007The Lone Star State issues too many reports. That's the word, ahem, words, from a new 668-page report. The Texas…
- October 29, 2007Welcome, a tad belatedly (hey! I've been busy; and did I mention that vacation I just took?), to TaxVox. The…
- October 29, 2007Wow! A person takes a few days off and goes to a remote part of Texas where there's no radio,…
- October 29, 2007Congratulations to the Red Sox. And congrats, too, to folks who bought furniture this spring at Jordan's Furniture. According to…