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  • April 15, 2007
    A quick reminder for all you folks who are three years late with your 2003 returns. If you didn't file…
  • April 15, 2007
    Today is, of course, the traditional Tax Day for U.S. earners. The deadline moves to the next business day when…
  • April 15, 2007
    Just a quick reminder: If you pay quarterly estimated taxes, your first 2007 payment also is due April 17. (Ignore…
  • April 14, 2007
    I hate to give this creep any attention, but at least this time it's to report that he's now facing…
  • April 14, 2007
    Like the majority of taxpayers, the Prez and Veep were late-season return filers this year. The return for W and…
  • April 13, 2007
    Taxes are all about numbers. There's the 1040 and all those other numerical forms. Then you have all the figures…
  • April 13, 2007
    Marc Anthony, singer, actor and husband of Jennifer Lopez, has agreed to pay $2.5 million in back taxes and fines…
  • April 12, 2007
    At a Senate hearing this morning (previewed here), a convicted felon said that using stolen identities to apply for tax…
  • April 12, 2007
    Just in case you're in D.C. this morning and have nothing else to do, you can drop by the Dirksen…
  • April 11, 2007
    I regularly hear three words from the hubby during tax season. No, not those three, although I know he's crazy…
  • April 10, 2007
    If you ever had any doubt about what a revenue generator tax filing is, the ever increasing competition between the…
  • April 9, 2007
    The Carnival of Taxes is on its way, but I'm a little backlogged right now, primarily because I spent most…
  • April 9, 2007
    There's nothing like taxes to showcase our fallibility. Sometimes we make big mistakes, like miscalculating how much tax we owe.…
  • April 8, 2007
    As the bursting bubble or leaking balloon or whatever colorful characterization you want to use to describe the slowing housing…
  • April 7, 2007
    Is the IRS contributing to identity theft? Possibly. Over the last few years, the tax agency has lost or had…
  • April 7, 2007
    What the heck is going on here? It's 2:15 on an April afternoon and it's 38 degrees outside! Even worse,…
  • April 6, 2007
    Kenny Pickett, a Boston tax rapper (and Beantown sports fan) invokes Men in Black type auditors, the Tea Party aka…
  • April 5, 2007
    Most taxpayers claim the standard deduction. But every tax-filing season, these folks tend to get overlooked as tax tips are…
  • April 5, 2007
    This just in from the "say what?" files. A Swedish couple has named their baby daughter Metallica. Yeah, like the…
  • April 4, 2007
    Interesting story in today's Wall Street Journal on undocumented workers and taxes. The headline: Even Workers In U.S. Illegally Pay…
  • April 4, 2007
    Everybody needs help now and then. That's especially true at tax time, when millions of us turn to professionals we…
  • April 3, 2007
    Although tax-filing season is rapidly winding down, criminals who want to take advantage of taxpayers are still out there giving…
  • April 1, 2007
    Be careful out there today. It is April Fools' Day. April 1 is party time for folks with overactive imaginations.…
  • March 31, 2007
    First off, I have no vested financial interest in Toyota's bottom line. Neither I nor any relative works for the…
  • March 31, 2007
    ... of the blog ball. Yes, we did it! Or, more accurately, you did it. Your votes propelled Don't Mess…
  • March 30, 2007
    We've only got two weekends left before the April 17 filing deadline. So that you don't have to spend all…
  • March 29, 2007
    I was chatting with the Web's Tax Mama, Eva Rosenberg, this afternoon and one of our topics was questionable tax…
  • March 28, 2007
    A story I did on tax audits is running over at Bankrate. It details some of the things that might…
  • March 28, 2007
    The IRS, which is always nagging us taxpayers to be careful in filing our returns, needs to talk to its…
  • March 27, 2007
    Three weeks. 21 days. That's how much time we have until our tax returns must at least be on their…
  • March 27, 2007
    The recent rains we've had (yay! The lakes finally got some water) kick-started all sorts of growth. Mainly weeds, but…
  • March 27, 2007
    One of the eternal battles in tax policy is who loses so that others can benefit. Let's face it. Everyone…
  • March 26, 2007
    Are you ready for some more blog ball? Don't Mess With Taxes is still in the Personal Finance Blog Madness…
  • March 26, 2007
    Gas prices have bumped back up, but the tax break for Toyota hybrid vehicles is heading down again in less…
  • March 25, 2007
    It's almost spring, that season when a young farmer's fancy turns to federal farm legislation (my apologies to Tennyson). This…
  • March 24, 2007
    The subprime mortgage debacle started in Texas. Austin, in fact. No, that's not just some perverse Lone Star State braggadocio.…
  • March 24, 2007
    Everybody else lets, even encourages, us to pay for things over time. So it's no surprise that the IRS will…
  • March 23, 2007
    Who is Steve Stoute? A 36-year-old former music executive who now runs his own marketing agency, Translation Consultation & Brand…
  • March 22, 2007
    I'd hate to be this guy. A computer technician was doing some routine maintenance last summer at the Alaska Department…
  • March 22, 2007
    Wow! The Don't Mess With Taxes item on ratting out tax cheats squeaked into the Elite 8 of the Personal…