- June 26, 2022The IRS is getting a bit more from this in the House Appropriations Committee's fiscal year 2023 proposal. (Photo by…
- June 25, 2022With inflation at historic levels, U.S. families are re-examining their budgets. Uncle Sam recently did the same with his money,…
- June 24, 2022Sen. Ron Wyden chairing a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing. (SFC YouTube video screenshot) President Joe Biden's three-month gas tax…
- June 23, 2022A constant and continual message from the Internal Revenue Service is that more of us should electronically file our returns.…
- June 22, 2022Gasoline prices continue to drop a bit in suburban Austin, Texas. (Photo by Kay Bell) President Joe Biden today asked…
- June 21, 2022Slow and steady is finally paying off for the Internal Revenue Service and taxpayers who've been waiting for their returns…
- June 20, 2022Nowadays, you might have to empty your wallet to fill up your car's tank. However, federal gas tax relief or…
- June 19, 2022Juneteenth is officially on the day that gives it its contraction name, June 19th. But since that was on Sunday,…
- June 18, 2022This is how many investors felt after last week's stock market dive. (Photo by Angie) The Dow Jones Industrial Average…
- June 17, 2022June 14, 2022, at 6:45 a.m. That's the precise point from which the Internal Revenue Service will never be the…
June 16, 2022Ballot initiatives are popular ways to get controversial measures, like Washington State's capital gains tax, enacted or ended.- June 15, 2022If you added cryptocurrency to your investment mix, things have not been as fun as they were when the digital…
- June 14, 2022General Motors offered a sneak peek this week of the 2024 electric Chevrolet Blazer, due to be fully revealed next…
- June 13, 2022The Internal Revenue Service's Whistleblower Office marked its 15th anniversary in fiscal year 2021 by making 179 awards to whistleblowers…
- June 12, 2022You thought you'd get a break from taxes when summer arrived, didn't you? Sorry. June, the first month of summer,…
- June 11, 2022All graphics courtesy IRS Tax Pros Twitter account Benjamin Franklin wasn't quite correct. There are three constants in life: death,…
- June 10, 2022Was this you on Tax Day, struggling with your return? If you just decided to chuck it and you owe,…
June 9, 2022Evening traffic on Pennybacker Bridge over the Colorado River in west Austin, Texas. (Photo by Manuel Garza via Flickr) The…- June 8, 2022If you're a young person with a summer job, be aware of the tax implications. (Photo by Andrea Piacquadio) Your…
- June 7, 2022If you live in one of them, the state tax break is a nice add-on to the federal Child Tax…
- June 6, 2022…Plus, a look at when Uncle Sam gets to tax some of the federal retirement payouts he distributes.... The U.S.…
- June 5, 2022A group of Kentucky homeowners switched to a different, higher-rate tax district so their increased taxes would pay for things…
- June 4, 2022National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 4, 2017 South Florida has been getting…
- June 3, 2022Gasoline prices at a suburban Austin, Texas, gas station just before the Memorial Day weekend. (Photo by Kay Bell) Shortly…
- June 2, 2022Home sale prices are going through the roof in some places, meaning sellers need to be aware of the limits…
- June 1, 2022Photo by Jill Wellington Summer doesn't officially start until the solstice a bit later this month, but that doesn't stop…
- May 31, 2022Hawai'i rarely takes a direct hit from a hurricane, but in late August 2016, two strong tropical cyclones, Lester and…
- May 30, 2022Photo courtesy National Park Service Memorial Day commemorations of the service members who made the ultimate sacrifice tend to be…
May 29, 2022The U.S. Continental Navy ship Alfred at its commissioning at Philadelphia on Dec. 3, 1775, was captured in this oil…- May 28, 2022Photo by Mateusz Dach Every new year starts with optimism about what can be accomplished, even (or perhaps especially) in…
- May 27, 2022The annual Memorial Day weekend is almost here. The three-day holiday, officially celebrated the last Monday in May, unofficially marks…
- May 26, 2022Update, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022: Robert J. Brockman died at his Houston, Texas, home on Aug. 5, 2022. That effectively ends federal…
- May 25, 2022The Internal Revenue Service says that it is "opening mail within normal timeframes and all paper and electronic individual refund…
- May 24, 2022This coming Memorial Day long weekend is the first in more than two years that millions of Americans are treating…
- May 23, 2022Photo by Pixabay Today the hubby got a disconcerting mailing from one of his investment accounts. It had paperwork for…
- May 22, 2022The 16-year tax fight between a former pizza franchise mogul and the state of Kansas is over. The Sunflower State…
- May 21, 2022UPDATE, June 20, 2023: I'm thrilled to be quoted in the Tax Notes story The IRS Remains the Villain on…
- May 20, 2022The Small Business Administration's annual Small Business Week events ended earlier this month, but another federal agency now is doing…
- May 19, 2022I have a stock app on my phone. Yeah, that's it above, with all those ugly, jagged red lines. I'm…
- May 18, 2022One of our neighbors made sure we all knew they had a new, cool graduate. (Photo by Kay Bell) I…
