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  • Tax-favored retirement saving options for freed-up student debt money

    August 31, 2022
    Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Millions of people whose student loan debt will be wiped out now face another…
  • French use AI to track swimming pool tax evaders

    August 30, 2022
    Photo by Jill Burrow We freaked out a bit earlier this summer when we learned a neighbor whose backyard abuts…
  • House bill proposes ending federal tax on Social Security benefits

    August 29, 2022
    Financial advice for older people also should include planning for taxes on Social Security benefits, unless a House bill to…
  • Offshore tax loophole helps U.S. tax cheats

    August 28, 2022
    Some come to the Cayman Islands for the beauty of Seven Mile Beach and other natural recreational areas. Others enjoy…
  • Welcome federal student debt relief could create some state tax issues

    August 27, 2022
    College can be fun. Paying for it, not so much, especially when you have to take out loans. Some student…
  • Secret Service returns $286 million in stolen pandemic loans to SBA

    August 26, 2022
    I suspect everyone involved in this ceremonial big check delivery is much happier than they appear in this Secret Service…
  • Flavored cigar ban would lead to millions of lost tax dollars

    August 25, 2022
    Photo by Mohd Jon Ramlan on Unsplash The Food and Drug Administration is now sifting through the public comments it received…
  • IRS refunding $1.2 billion to millions who faced COVID-related late-filing tax penalties

    August 24, 2022
    Taxes and COVID-19 have been inextricably linked since the coronavirus reached the United States in 2020. Several federal relief packages…
  • Japanese tax officials holding contest to encourage drinking…and alcohol tax collection

    August 23, 2022
    Photo by Zaji Kanamajina on Unsplash Here in the United States, sin taxes were the lone revenue bright spot for…
  • Comparing education tax credits

    August 22, 2022
    School is back, and that means homework. College students and their parents especially need to review some lessons on ways…
  • Federal FBAR suit seeks $26 million in penalties

    August 21, 2022
    Barclays Bank building in Madrid (Photo by M.Peinado from Alcalá de Henares, España - 001782 - Madrid, CC BY 2.0)…
  • Biden’s just-enacted tax (and more) bill is SALT-free

    August 20, 2022
    The Biden Administration notched a big win last when the president signed the Inflation Relief Act into law. Despite the…
  • 4 more states get $750 million in federal funds for small business programs

    August 19, 2022
    Colorado, Oregon, New York, and Montana are the latest states selected for State Small Business Credit Initiative funds. Photo by…
  • IRS Appeals wants public comment on video conferencing

    August 18, 2022
  • Treasury, IRS issue initial guidance on new EV tax credits

    August 17, 2022
    The good tax news for environmentally conscious drivers is that the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit is back. The bad…
  • Don’t commit these federal tax crimes

    August 16, 2022
    Aaron Paul, as Jesse Pinkman (right), explaining legal representation needs to soon-to-be meth king Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston,…
  • Educators’ expenses tax deduction rises (finally!) to $300

    August 15, 2022
    Coming back from an appointment today, I saw school buses roaming my neighborhood. Classes for my local school district start…
  • Taxpayer Advocate recommends compensation for some
    no-change audits

    August 14, 2022
    Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash One of the outcomes of an audit is that the Internal Revenue Service finds…
  • Preparing for a possible IRS tax audit

    August 13, 2022
    Photo by krakenimages on Unsplash Are you freaking out about the possibility that one of the new Internal Revenue Service…
  • Back-to-school shoppers in IL, MD & MA get sales tax holidays savings this weekend

    August 12, 2022
    CT and NJ shoppers get sales tax relief on classroom clothing and, in the Garden State, more at the end…
  • Yellen directs IRS to use new $ for high-earner tax audits

    August 11, 2022
    Tax legislation is much more than just changes to the Internal Revenue Code. It's also a political statement. In an…
  • Missouri flood victims get new Nov. 15 tax deadline

    August 10, 2022
    St Louis, Missouri, residents are rescued from flood waters that swamped the city after record rainfall in late July. (Photo:…
  • New IRS document provides written tax data security plan guidance

    August 9, 2022
    UPDATE, Jan. 11, 2023: Computer incidents made today a bad day to fly in the United States and Canada, or…
  • Defendant’s death ends IRS’ largest individual criminal tax fraud case

    August 8, 2022
    Robert J. Brockman speaking at the dedication of Centre College's Young Hall on in October 2011. (YouTube screenshot) The Texas…
  • Spanish officials want Shakira to serve 98 months in jail if convicted of tax evasion

    August 7, 2022
    UPDATE, Nov. 21, 2023: Sorry tax paparazzi. Shakira won't be going to trial on tax evasion charges. The international pop…
  • Push to treat crypto as currency not wise, says tax expert

    August 6, 2022
    Some on Capitol Hill want to make it easier for you to use your Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to make…
  • 16 back-to-school sales tax holidays in August

    August 5, 2022
    Photo by Daniel X. O'Neil via Flickr CC With things more or less back to whatever now counts as normal,…
  • Kentucky flood victims get new Nov. 15 tax deadline

    August 4, 2022
    A Kentucky National Guardsman views flood damage in the southeastern part of the state on July 29 from a Blackhawk…
  • Georgia antiabortion law provides fetal tax break

    August 3, 2022
    Photo by Vlada Karpovich Immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the constitutional right to abortion, talk turned to the…
  • IRS again issues potentially wrong tax-due notices

    August 2, 2022
    Photo by Mikhail Nilov Just when you thought it was safe to go to your mailbox, the tax bogeyman is…
  • 4 tax moves to make this August

    August 1, 2022
    Summer's winding down, with schools opening their doors across much of the country in just a few weeks. So of…
  • IRS gets lots more money under inflation reduction bill

    July 31, 2022
    Photo by David Boeke via Flickr Democratic leaders in the Senate are still aiming to vote next week on the…
  • Inflation prompts 16 states to issue stimulus checks

    July 30, 2022
    Geralt via Pixabay Economists use a variety of measurements to track inflation, but the one that matters most to you…
  • EV tax credit renewed, even for popular autos previously phased out

    July 29, 2022
    More of my Austin, Texas, neighbors could be driving (and recharging) electric vehicles if the recently agreed-upon economic bill makes…
  • Massachusetts taxpayers to get 2 payback amounts this year

    July 28, 2022
    Massachusetts residents are well aware of their state's Taxachusetts nickname. But some excessive Bay State revenue soon could be coming…
  • FEMA wants to end flood insurance for repeatedly doused areas

    July 27, 2022
    Updated, Thursday, July 28, 2022 Photo of Midwest flooding by Don Becker, USGS via Wikimedia Commons St. Louis, Missouri, area…
  • Sales tax holidays wrap up July in FL, MS & TN

    July 26, 2022
    Summer's winding down, meaning kiddos soon will be going back to school. But before they head to their classrooms, they'll…
  • Texas is a great place for companies, but not their workers

    July 25, 2022
    The state of Texas, which I celebrate personally in my house with many Lone Star-themed furnishings, shows a lot of…
  • UK officials cracking down on tax cheats

    July 24, 2022
    HMRC warns United Kingdom citizens that tax avoidance is when people bend the rules of the tax system to try…
  • The different ways forgiven student debt is taxed

    July 23, 2022
    Figuring out how to pay off student loans is a math problem that goes well beyond school days. (Photo by…
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