- August 6, 2007Technical corrections. Any wonk who peruses tax (and other) legislation is familiar with this term. This is how Capitol Hill…
- August 5, 2007Fed up with scammers using Web sites that look and sound official, the IRS has established a new e-filing rule.…
- August 4, 2007The father of Australian actress Michelle Williams has lost his latest court appeal and could soon be extradited to the…
- August 2, 2007Looking for info on the2008 Massachusetts tax holiday?Click here! Attention Massachusetts shoppers. Your state's sales tax holiday is once again…
- August 2, 2007The latest personnel news out of the IRS office on Constitution Avenue is that the temporary tax commissioner is leaving,…
- August 1, 2007Baseball fever is raging in the Midwest. Here in Chicago, Cubs' fans are jazzed as the Cubs have climbed back…
- August 1, 2007If you happen to visit Ohio and run across the car of your dreams, depending on where you live, you…
- July 31, 2007Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, is under investigation by the FBI, IRS and Interior Department in…
- July 31, 2007Classrooms across the country will reopen their doors in a few weeks. That noise you hear is not cheering parents.…
- July 30, 2007This post comes to you from the Chicago Hilton on lovely South Michigan Avenue. I arrived a couple of hours…
- July 30, 2007Word is that it could be 2009 before the housing market rebounds. That assessment by Countrywide Financial's CEO Angelo Mozilo…
- July 29, 2007I know I've been a bit Francocentric of late, what with the French tax collector's brain issues and the less-thought…
- July 29, 2007Congratulations, Cal! Baltimore's favorite son, Cal Ripken, Jr., entered his well-deserved place in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame…
- July 28, 2007Since Homer is now saving Springfield and the rest of the world on America's movie screens, it seems a perfect…
- July 27, 2007One of the nice tax breaks for folks looking to buy their first home is the ability to use IRA…
- July 26, 2007There's just over a month left of summer and summer vacation driving. And gasoline prices are holding, across most of…
- July 25, 2007Forbes online magazine has an interesting story on what it's calling hidden taxes. The article's premise is that these are…
- July 24, 2007When Missouri when Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill earlier this month that included an income tax break for Missourians…
- July 23, 2007Back when our property tax and homeowners' insurance payments were part of our monthly mortgage payment, every year near the…
- July 22, 2007Many have questioned the mental capabilities (among other things) of tax collectors. Now a French revenue officer proves that you…
- July 22, 2007The new French leadership suggests the country quit thinking so much and instead work more. To reward less thoughtful activities,…
- July 21, 2007I did a double take upon opening our latest cable bill. No, despite the satellite providers' ad campaigns, it wasn't…
- July 20, 2007No, I'm not already celebrating 5 o'clock somewhere. And no, they don't like us just for our tax payments. The…
- July 19, 2007Remember those huge speeding tickets that the state of Virginia started issuing to its drivers on July 1? If not,…
- July 19, 2007The House Ways and Means Committee has thrown the latest punch in the continuing battle over IRS use of private…
- July 18, 2007I'm tied up much of today on some special (paying) projects, so as much as I'd like to ramble on…
- July 17, 2007If you're an e-shopper of a certain age, you probably remember the early days of e-commerce. It was new, it…
- July 16, 2007A federal judge today dismissed indictments against 13 former KPMG executives in what has been called the biggest criminal tax…
- July 16, 2007When Ben Franklin uttered his famous quote about two of the most dreaded inevitabilities we face, I'm pretty sure he…
- July 15, 2007Being such a hopeless romantic, I recently posted on tax considerations for newlyweds. But sadly, around half of all marriages…
- July 14, 2007Wow! I am so lucky! I just got "good news" in my e-mail box from an IRS "Tax Refund Specialist"…
- July 13, 2007Happy Friday the 13th! Most of us are superstitious at least a little. But I'm not paraskevidekatriaphobic, so today isn't…
- July 12, 2007OK, I pick on Dubya and his buddies. A lot. And I'm not going to stop, in large part because…
- July 11, 2007Another fine Texas woman is no longer with us. But her legacy -- a love of and dedication to protecting…
- July 11, 2007Private debt collectors who, since last September have been bringing in delinquent taxes under IRS contract, were celebrating a couple…
- July 11, 2007When one of our air conditioning units died last month, I got to thinking about how nice it would be…
- July 10, 2007I used to work with a woman who, like the hubby and me, was a fan of felines. Every tax-filing…
- July 9, 2007A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the possibility that the White House might consider a credit instead of…
- July 9, 2007Last August, a D.C. federal appellate panel ruled that the IRS cannot collect taxes on money awarded as compensation for…
- July 8, 2007Two people I know recently up and quit their jobs. They weren't moving to another employer (although one of them…