- August 28, 2020COVID-19 has forced taxpayers and their hired preparers to maintain social distance during return completion this year. Electronic tax processes…
- August 26, 2020Are your spouse's debts are costing you? The IRS has a bit of good news for some husbands and wives.…
- August 24, 2020The growing acceptance of electronic financial transactions has pretty much put an end to paper checks. Pretty much, but not…
- August 23, 2020Almost 14 million U.S. taxpayers are getting a few extra dollars from Uncle Sam. If you're one of them, you…
- August 22, 2020The Internal Revenue Service heard the complaints about incorrect unpaid tax notices and has acted. It announced yesterday, Aug. 21,…
- August 21, 2020When you hit birthday milestones, like the one my Mom, the lovely lady in red, and her fellow Senior Center…
- August 20, 2020Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts), right, and his colleague, the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia), conduct a hearing…
- August 19, 2020Times are tough for Uber and Lyft operations in California. Both ride-hailing services are threatening to temporarily shut down in…
- August 18, 2020We all should learn from our mistakes. That's especially true of tax mistakes. And now that learning — and correcting…
- August 17, 2020Rapper Cardi B quizzes Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on taxes (and more) in Elle magazine video chat. The 2020…
- August 16, 2020Photo via Office of the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General And the crazy that is COVID-19 tax season 2020 keeps…
- August 15, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has not only affected sports leagues, athletes and fans, but also gamblers and the state tax collectors…
- August 14, 2020Attention parents who rely on government program payments to help care for your families. If you missed out on the…
- August 13, 2020Being your own boss is a challenge even in good times. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting your personal and…
- August 12, 2020Photo by Pixabay via Pexels.com Ah, election years. They're always, uh, fun. Yeah, let's go with fun. Competing candidates with…
- August 11, 2020The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has become a flash point in the coming election. On Capitol Hill, the constitutionally decreed…
- August 10, 2020If you get $500 from Uncle Sam in the next week or so, don't freak out. It's real if you…
- August 9, 2020Donald J. Trump announced on Aug. 8 four executive actions to provide COVID-19 relief in the wake of the stalled…
- August 8, 2020The annual Army-Navy game is the only college football matchup I make a point to watch. Go Navy! This year,…
- August 7, 2020Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Hong Kong Disneyland, which features the internationally iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle. (Photo by PoonKaMing via…
- August 6, 2020My desk in my home office, which I deduct when I file my taxes. ...Not that I'm paranoid, but sometimes…
- August 5, 2020Millions of youngsters across the United States will start this school year in virtual classrooms. But the tax savings are…
- August 4, 2020The days of real toasts are on hold for the most part due to the coronavirus. But alcohol sales and…
- August 3, 2020Hello August! These annual hot and, here in Central Texas, sticky days of late summer usually are a transitional time.…
- August 2, 2020Remember the Michigan man who lost his property because he underpaid by $8.41 the overdue real estate tax bill? The…
- August 1, 2020Screenshot from an interview in 2011 of Georgist economist and professor Mason Gaffney (Posted on Vimeo by the Robert Schalkenbach…
- July 31, 2020Congress is debating, sort of, the possibility of, among other pandemic-related issues, another round of COVID-19 economic relief payments (EIPs).…
- July 30, 2020As the Senate grapples with its latest COVID-19 economic relief payment proposal, millions of Americans who lost their jobs in…
- July 29, 2020The Japanese anime television series Hamtaro is being used by some Thai protesters as a symbol of what they say…
- July 28, 2020Photo by Scrumshus via Citypeek-Wikipedia The Senate this week released its plan for another round of coronavirus relief. As expected,…
- July 27, 2020Yes, people should pay their bills. Sometimes, though, things happen. Just look at the financial crises the coronavirus pandemic has…
- July 26, 2020Classic television's Cleaver family, circa 1960. (Photo via Wikipedia Commons) Senate leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin promise they'll…
- July 25, 2020The Hon. John Lewis receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2010. (Obama White House photo)…
- July 24, 2020Photo courtesy National Taxpayer Advocate blog If you have a tax issue that you want to discuss with the Internal…
- July 23, 2020If tax it the time of coronavirus taught us anything, it's that tax professionals are indispensable. On the heels of…
- July 22, 2020UPDATE, July 28, 2020: We finally know how the Senate wants to handle additional COVID-19 economic relief. The GOP-crafted Heath,…
- July 21, 2020It's been almost a week since Tax Day 2015. That's why today's Tax Form Tuesday is celebrating Form 1040. Actually,…
- July 20, 2020UPDATE, July 23, 2020: The White House has dropped its push for a payroll tax cut as part of the…
- July 19, 2020Image courtesy SimpsonsWorld via Giphy.com Do you remember your first phone number? I'm talking about the one when you were a kid. The one…
- July 18, 2020Tax season 2020 is over. That means the focus of most Americans returns to the same thing we've been fixating…