- September 20, 2021I spend way too much time on social media, specifically Twitter. I like the quick hit, hyperbolic, melodramatic tone of…
- September 19, 2021Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Each year, the Treasury Department's Office of Tax Policy and the Internal Revenue Service…
- September 18, 2021Technology, not heavy equipment, can close the Tax Gap, according to two former IRS commissioners. The Tax Gap has always…
- September 17, 2021If you have it in your heart, and bank account, consider donating to your favorite charity. It could help many…
- September 16, 2021Sin taxes, those government levies on products or activities generally deemed as not good for us, typically are a favorite…
- September 15, 2021One of the biggest challenges for any business, whether new or established, small or larger, is hiring. It's also a…
- September 14, 2021The IRS has decided that home COVID-19 tests are allowable medical expenses. This Tuesday was the week from hell, mainly…
- September 13, 2021The Great Resignation created by folks deciding not to return to their jobs after extended COVID-19 absences has led to…
- September 12, 2021via GIPHY On a visceral financial level, we all hate paying taxes. But what we hate almost as much is…
- September 11, 2021An overhead view of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the former World Trade Center site, the former…
- September 9, 2021Sports betting has expanded beyond casino sportsbooks like this one in Las Vegas. And this NFL season, the league has…
- September 8, 2021British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and U.S. President Joe Biden talk during a break of the June 2021 G&…
- September 7, 2021Whatever your reason for moving, be it a temporary disaster displacement or settling into your forever dream home, you need…
- September 6, 2021Who hasn't felt this way at work from time to time? This year, after COVID-forced reassessment of their jobs, millions…
- September 5, 2021With the financial situation of Uncle Sam's retirement benefits program getting more dire, a recurring suggestion — raise the Social…
- September 4, 2021Of course there's a tax crime connection. A defunct Connecticut minor league hockey club is the focus of a new…
- September 3, 2021A distinctive signature has long been a mark of individuality. Take a look at former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's original…
- September 2, 2021A record number of unemployment claims were filed due to COVID-19 layoffs. But billions of dollars of those benefits went…
- September 1, 2021So how was your summer? Yep, it's over, or will be officially a bit later in this brand new month…
- August 31, 2021Damage in the Galliano, Louisiana, area from Hurricane Ida as seen by U.S. Coast Guard overflight on Aug. 30. (Photo…
- August 30, 2021Are you missing out on monthly Advance Child Tax Credit (AdvCTC) payments? Sign up today to get in the system…
- August 29, 2021Last November, Louisiana voters in 55 of the state's 64 parishes approved sports betting. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the…
- August 28, 2021Satellite image of Hurricane Ida entering the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (Click the National Oceanic and…
- August 27, 2021Republicans in the Mississippi legislature are again pushing for their state to end its personal income tax and replace some…
- August 26, 2021UPDATE, Oct. 18, 2021: The Capone auction slipped by me, as I focused on the impending Oct. 15 filing extension…
- August 25, 2021Tonight's Powerball drawing is $304 million*. If your numbers don't come up, or even if they do, you can check…
- August 24, 2021Records, tax and financial, are often among the property damaged or destroyed in a natural disaster. If you're lucky, you…
- August 23, 2021The devastating Haitian earthquake. Deadly flooding in Tennessee and North Carolina. Tropical Storm Henri damage in the Northeast. Drought-fueled destructive…
- August 22, 2021When is a tax whistleblower not a whistleblower, at least as far as getting rewarded for certain information? When the…
- August 21, 2021Capitol photo by Scrumshus via Citypeek-Wikipedia As Capitol Hill creeps toward further consideration of the Biden Administration's $3.5 trillion spending…
- August 20, 2021FTC Chair Lina Khan was one of the officials appearing at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in June…
- August 19, 2021Image by Hucklebarry from Pixabay When the hubby and I started out our life together, we were young and poor.…
- August 18, 2021Even before the COVID-19 pandemic created a plethora of economic problems, student debt was a national concern. Student loans are…
- August 17, 2021You'd think after almost 18 months of dealing with COVID-19, we'd all be wise to related scams. Apparently, we aren't.…
- August 16, 2021The Child Tax Credit, particularly the advance payments now being distributed by the Internal Revenue Service in monthly installments through…
- August 15, 2021The parents of these youngsters are as happy as their offspring, thanks to the Advance Child Tax Credit payments. But…
- August 14, 2021Photo by Juan Pablo Serrano Arenas from Pexels On Friday, the second of this year's Advance Child Tax Credit payments were…
- August 13, 2021COVID-19 just won't let go. A tropical system is heading for the Gulf of Mexico. And it's Friday the 13th.…
- August 12, 2021The Senate finally cranked the engine on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, but it's still got a ways to go before…
- August 11, 2021Hurricane season 2021 is back. Tropical Storm Fred is heading toward the eastern Gulf of Mexico, with much of Florida…