- June 23, 2007Clearing out some e-mail today I finally got around to reading my June alumni newsletter. Usually I give the e-mail…
- June 23, 2007OK, I admit it. As an Astros fan, this season I have a bit of extra enmity toward the Yankees.…
- June 21, 2007Connecticut homeowners, take a breath. You don't have to rush to get your residential energy improvement purchases in under the…
- June 20, 2007Honduran tax officials think they are. That Central American nation's tax collectors have instituted Operation Fiscal Love, an effort to…
- June 18, 2007On June 1 (where did half the month go already!?), South Carolina's general state sales tax rate bumped up a…
- June 17, 2007Back in April, a convicted identity thief told a Congressional panel that the U.S. tax system was riddled with security…
- June 16, 2007Hey, fellow Texans? Need a fresh tax start? Then you're in luck for the next couple of months. On June…
- June 15, 2007Your June estimated tax payment, that is. Form 1040-ES, payment voucher 2, is due today. If you're still mailing the…
- June 14, 2007Today is my late brother's birthday. It's also Flag Day. I blogged about that connection on this day last year,…
- June 13, 2007The price of gas nationally continues to hang in the $3 a gallon range. So what are drivers doing? Buying…
- June 12, 2007For those of us who must pay estimated taxes, it's that time again. The second payment is due June 15.…
- June 11, 2007Interesting article on MSN Money about the earnings expectations of today's teenagers. According to columnist Liz Pulliam Weston, most youth…
- June 10, 2007John Grisham, the lawyer-turned-novelist whose books have provided countless readers hours of diversion, not to mention a very comfortable lifestyle…
- June 10, 2007There weren't any tax charges connected with Paris "I want my mommy" Hilton's return to L.A. County jail last week,…
- June 9, 2007Yesterday evening the space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Cape Canaveral and is en route to the international space station.…
- June 8, 2007If you're still considering who you will support in the upcoming 2008 presidential election, your decision won't be any easier…
- June 7, 2007Some Arizona lawmakers want to waive the state's sales tax in order to get the 2009 NBA All-Star Game in…
- June 6, 2007Did you use the Free File Alliance this year to send in your 1040? Me neither. In fact, not too…
- June 5, 2007Summer is vacation time for most folks, But it's also the time of year when kids, fresh out of the…
- June 3, 2007For this week's look at tax cheats, we're going with just two cases because this weekend has turned out to…
- June 3, 2007On the heels of yet another IRS release detailing political activity no-nos of tax-exempt groups comes a test of those…
- June 2, 2007Waitress is a nice little movie. A romantic comedy, but not really a chick flick. In fact, there's a bit…
- June 1, 2007I thought I was so cool back in April, paying our 2006 tax bill electronically. Getting with the cyberprogram. Saving…
- May 31, 2007Scammers, hoping to cash in on the fear that the IRS is digging more deeply into taxpayer financial dealings, are…
- May 31, 2007Tonight take a minute to check out the sky. You'll see a Blue Moon. By now, we all know that…
- May 29, 2007For all of us who thought that talk of e-mail taxation was a hoax, think again. In a story posted…
- May 28, 2007Most of us will, in some form, honor and remember our sailors, soldiers and airmen and women this Memorial Day.…
- May 27, 2007No, not the ubiquitous Capt. Jack Sparrow and his crew, although Slate's review of the third Pirates of the Caribbean…
- May 27, 2007Although English common law serves as the foundation for the U.S. legal system, British officials are now looking at an…
- May 26, 2007While I was sleepy in Seattle last week, consumed by all things TAP, something special happened back here in the…
- May 25, 2007What do a California businessman, a Michigan gambler and a former museum administrator in Massachusetts have in common? They make…
- May 25, 2007Lots of folks will be leaving work early today, getting a head start on Memorial Day travel. But the trip…
- May 24, 2007It was great to sleep in my own bed last night. So good, in fact, that I slept late. So…
- May 23, 2007The 2007 tax-filing season wound down a little over a month ago, once again setting records. This year, e-filing continued…
- May 22, 2007That's me, since I got up at 4:30 a.m. Central time Monday to head to the Pacific Northwest for three…
- May 21, 2007Chris Cohan, owner of the Golden State Warriors, is turning his attention from the NBA court to the federal court…
- May 20, 2007That's the job of "the money lady, America's number one tax expert," who visited CBS' Late, Late Show to offer…
- May 19, 2007When the hubby and I lived in the Washington, D.C., area, we became hockey fans. It's a great game, I…
- May 18, 2007Europeans have always had a different take on work than we Americans. That could be changing, at least in France.…
- May 17, 2007As candidates continue along what they hope will be the road to the White House, taxes and tax breaks keep…