- February 5, 2007This morning we get the specifics on how Dubya wants to spend our tax money when his Fiscal 2008 budget…
- February 4, 2007Thank goodness this NFL season is over, especially these playoffs. Except for the Saints' lone victory, every other playoff team…
- February 4, 2007A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the enviable ability of celebrities to move to countries that provide better…
- February 4, 2007Whether you just dropped a couple of bucks into the office Super Bowl pool, are in Vegas watching the game line…
- February 2, 2007Less than a week ago, I blogged about how to turn in a tax cheat and mentioned a new law…
- February 2, 2007The scariest letter today for women is not A. It's H. H for health, especially heart health. And the American…
- February 1, 2007Knowledge of how your taxes are spent is essential to being a responsible citizen. But that doesn't mean the acquisition…
- February 1, 2007Molly Ivins can't say that, can she? Yes, she can. Yes, she did. My favorite of her many memorable comments:…
- January 31, 2007The third time's a charm. At least that's what the IRS hopes. This year it's giving filers three ways to…
- January 30, 2007No, not the frog. My hometown. The cheerleader who was saved so that the world could be saved is from…
- January 29, 2007The IRS has gone computer calculator crazy! First, tax programmers came up with the withholding calculator to help you determine…
- January 28, 2007As I've mentioned before, I get letters from readers. I love 'em, readers and their questions. However, as I've also…
- January 27, 2007While you're working on your return -- and you are working on your 1040 this weekend, right? -- here's an…
- January 26, 2007New this filing season, and for 2006 returns only, is the credit for previously-paid federal excise taxes on long-distance telephone…
- January 26, 2007Remember your first apartment? If it was like mine, it was tiny and it took most of my monthly income…
- January 25, 2007No kidding. We all get one more day to work on our 1040s. And the IRS is just as surprised…
- January 24, 2007Following the official debut of Dubya's health care proposal last night in his State of the Union address, the White…
- January 24, 2007Oklahoma Wesleyan University estimates that it costs around $20,000 an academic year for a student to attend. One student, however,…
- January 23, 2007GWB, the president who has staked his legacy, at least in the early years, on tax cuts, is going to…
- January 21, 2007Even I, a devoted ailurophile, found this distressing. Yes, it's a headless dog. In place of the canine's cranium is…
- January 20, 2007Another European celebrity has headed to Switzerland, known for its chocolate, Alpine vistas, secret bank accounts and, when it comes…
- January 20, 2007One of the hardest things about filing your taxes is trying to decipher the forms. You practically have to learn…
- January 19, 2007I meant to mention this in my earlier post about Free File, but ... So here it is now. Seems…
- January 18, 2007The Free File Alliance, the private-public partnership between the IRS and tax software/preparation firms, kicked off its fifth season on…
- January 17, 2007Just in case you were wondering, Antarctica is not a foreign country. At least not in the eyes of the…
- January 16, 2007I recently had my first "Duh" moment of the 2007 filing season. I was at the IRS' online payment portal,…
- January 15, 2007Tonight the statuettes will go to actors, directors, producers and screenwriters. But the biggest payoff will go to the IRS.…
- January 15, 2007On this Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, take some time to check out Stanford University's King Research and Education Institute.…
- January 13, 2007NOTE, Jan. 19, 2018: Although this was one of my earlier posts here at the ol' blog, the advice is still…
- January 12, 2007And you thought April 15 (actually the 16th this year since the regular deadline falls on a Sunday) was the…
- January 11, 2007The first Nissan is now on the Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit list. The 2007 Altima hybrid will net purchasers a…
- January 11, 2007In the wake of the Taxpayer Advocate's 2006 annual report, analyses and number crunchings are flooding cyberspace. In my earlier…
- January 10, 2007Just in case you haven't gotten around to reading the Taxpayer Advocate's annual report that I mentioned earlier today, and…
- January 10, 2007Get private tax-debt collectors off the streets and out of taxpayers' hair. Repeal the alternative minimum tax provisions. Eliminate or…
- January 10, 2007Some of you might have already filed your 2006 tax returns. Many more are just waiting for Friday, Jan. 12,…
- January 9, 2007Way to go, Cal! From this day forward, the best shortstop ever will be known as Hall of Famer Cal…
- January 9, 2007Dick Solomon, that is. As the lovably pompous patriarch of the extraterrestrial family trying to live as normally as possible…
- January 8, 2007The hubby just walked into my office after running some errands. One of his stops was an unexpected, on my…
- January 7, 2007Here's a reality-based figure from our personal economy: $146.99. That's what the hubby and I spent, plus tax but pre-tip,…
- January 6, 2007Not to get too wonky, but this headline caught my eye: "A Call for More Reality-Based Economics." I had to…