- January 17, 2014Welcome to the official start of the 2014 tax filing season, part one. Although some software companies and tax professionals…
- January 16, 2014It's a done financial deal. This evening (Jan. 16), the Senate approved the $1.1 trillion spending bill that was OK'ed…
- January 16, 2014You'd think we'd be used to a late filing season by now. It's happened several times, including last year. But…
- January 15, 2014Maybe the National Taxpayer Advocate's recommendations came too late in the budgeting process. Or maybe members of Congress just like…
- January 14, 2014If you're a Californian, forget about your current federal tax return for a minute. You need to check on your…
- January 14, 2014The Internal Revenue Service has apparently dodged a major bullet in the controversy over how it mishandled applications for nonprofit…
- January 13, 2014The U.S. tax system is based on the pay-as-you-earn concept. Every worker who gets a paycheck knows this by the…
- January 12, 2014This morning I logged on to EFTPS, pronounced eff-tips and officially known as the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, to…
- January 11, 2014Personal exemptions are one way for taxpayers to reduce their adjusted gross income to a lower taxable income amount. Remember,…
- January 10, 2014I'm a big believer in you get what you pay for. Apparently, so is National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson. Olson…