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  • Deducting sales tax on your new car … or boat or airplane or home

    January 27, 2013
    It seems like every other driver in my part of Texas has bought a car. OK, maybe not every other…
  • Thinking about not filing a tax return? Think again unless you want to pay even more thanks to tax penalties

    January 26, 2013
    You've probably seen the commercial where the tax preparer mentions a client who hadn't filed returns for eight years. It…
  • Don’t miss these critical end-of-January tax tasks and deadlines

    January 25, 2013
    Next week is a big one for taxpayers. The 2013 federal tax filing season begins, finally, on Jan. 30. And…
  • IRA charitable rollover returns, with special January option for some 2012 required minimum distributions

    January 24, 2013
    Retirees who don't need all the money they've saved to live on (Call me, please; I'd love to hear how…
  • Fiscal cliff tax provision could help stem fraudulent refund claims by prisoners

    January 23, 2013
    Tax season is fraud season. And a large amount of illegal tax returns are being filed by people who are…
  • Tax tip for professional golfer Phil Mickelson: Ask sponsor KPMG for help

    January 22, 2013
    It's not often that the hubby's and my lines of work -- golf writer and tax writer -- converge, but that's…
  • Alternative minimum tax still around, but now indexed for inflation

    January 21, 2013
    Forty-four years ago a new tax system was created to ensure that the wealthy paid at least some tax. It…
  • King to Obama, America’s journey from 1963 to 2013

    January 21, 2013
    I was seven in 1963. But even though my younger brother and I were just small children, my parents made…
  • Is New York’s high cigarette tax rate why the Empire State tops the smuggler list?

    January 20, 2013
    I used to smoke. Lucky (no pun intended) for me the hubby is a nonsmoker and I gave up the…
  • Obama inauguration means tax-free short-term rental income for many Washington, D.C.-area homeowners

    January 20, 2013
    The second inauguration of President Barack Obama might be more low-key than his historic swearing in four years ago, but…
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