- January 6, 2021If you're among those anxiously awaiting your second COVID-19 economic relief payment (EIP), you have one more thing to worry…
- January 5, 2021Photo: Pixabay via Pexels The good news, at least from the reports I'm getting from my family, friends, folks in…
- January 4, 2021Have you received your $600 COVID-19 economic impact payment (EIP)? If not, then you're probably doing the same thing as…
- January 3, 2021Remember when you were a kid and you told mom about the latest misdeed committed by your little brother. Oh,…
- January 2, 2021Broad City image via Giphy.com Well, we finally made it through the global annus horribilis that was 2020. Here's hoping things will be better…
- January 2, 2021A new year is time for reassessment and resetting of priorities. That's true in the tax world, too. But to…
- January 1, 2021Apparently, 2021 also is the year of COVID-19. Dang it! After dominating our lives for most of 2020, the deadly…
- January 1, 2021Photo by Olya Kobruseva via Pexels Happy New Year! Oh, sorry. Was I typing too loud? I'm glad you were…
- December 31, 2020Even though we definitely are more than ready for 2020 to end, the celebration of its official departure in a…
- December 30, 2020Some taxpayers awoke today to $600 (or more!) in their bank accounts. The money is the maximum per-person amount authorized…
- December 29, 2020Most of us are cheering the rapidly approaching end of tumultuous 2020. I definitely am right there with you with…
- December 28, 2020My neighborhood optometrist is encouraging medical flexible spending account (FSA) owners to stop by and spend that money before the…
- December 27, 2020UPDATE, Dec. 29, 2020, 4:20 p.m. CST: Good news for those who saw their unemployment benefits lapse by the delayed signing…
- December 26, 2020Happy Day After Christmas, or as it's known in many parts of the world, Boxing Day. As a lover of…
- December 25, 2020Or rather, Moooy Christmas! Christmas cows a-plenty occupy our house each December. At top is a holiday gathering, including a…
- December 24, 2020Santa Claus, Indiana, is one of many merrily named communities across the country. However, this Christmas-year-round town is the only…
- December 23, 2020There's some bad and not-so-bad news when it comes to the recently discovered hacking of the Treasury Department. Since we're…
- December 22, 2020Welcome to Part 10 of the ol' blog's series on 2021 tax inflation adjustments. We started with a look at next…
- December 21, 2020Congress plans to pass this evening its second round of COVID-19 help for millions of Americans. It's a huge bill.…
- December 20, 2020UPDATE, Dec. 11, 2021: The Illinois Policy Institute has updated the tax bill on the Home Alone house. The libertarian…
- December 19, 2020OK, I can't confirm that the Greek dramatist Sophocles said this. But it's on the internet, so…. What is irrefutable…
- December 19, 2020And 2020 is still the year of COVID-19. In fact, the deadly coronavirus has been so persistent and there have…
- December 18, 2020No, there isn't an electric version of Chevrolet's iconic Corvette (because who would want that!), but you have lots of…
- December 17, 2020Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, left, and Committee Chairman Charles Grassley at a hearing in February to question…
- December 16, 2020The Internal Revenue Service has a bit of good, although very belated, news for taxpayers still waiting for their 2019…
- December 15, 2020It's been a tough year for millions. In addition to worrying about keeping themselves and their families safe during the…
- December 14, 2020We all have enough to worry about right now and I don't want to add to anyone's anxiety, but I…
- December 13, 20202020 is the year of COVID-19. The deadly coronavirus pandemic has totally upended our lives, real and tax. Obviously, our…
- December 13, 2020Add "The 12 Days of Christmas" to the list of things that were affected by the coronavirus pandemic this year.…
- December 12, 2020Update, December 30, 2020: When the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, finally was signed into law on Dec. 27, the new…
- December 11, 2020Hi, I'm Kay and I'm a smartphone addict. I carry my phone from room to room in my house. Back…
- December 10, 2020... The end of the disappearing stream water feature in our backyard. The installation was a home improvement. My work…
- December 9, 2020Christmas at the computer. (Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich from Pexels) You've adjusted to working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.…
- December 8, 2020One of the many U.S. Capitol ornaments that adorn our Christmas tree each year. (Photo by Kay Bell) We all…
- December 7, 2020Plain old tobacco cigarette smuggling is costing many states much-needed tax revenue. Yes, the House last week decided to decriminalize…
- December 6, 2020Photo by Emanuel Kluge via Flickr CC Could the COVID-19 pandemic produce changes in tax systems worldwide? That's what one…
- December 5, 2020This year's fresh greenery component to our otherwise fake fir Christmas decorations. (Photo by Kay Bell) It's the first weekend…
- December 4, 2020Among the many things COVID-19 has changed, possibly forever, is how and where we do our jobs. The work from…
- December 3, 2020Congressional leaders are continuing to discuss at least some form of coronavirus relief package. Right now, the idea is to…
- December 2, 2020Most of us agree that technology has enhanced our lives. It's simplified myriad daily tasks with just a voice command,…