- March 23, 2020Image: National Day Calendar It's a rare day on the internet. Dogs are getting more attention than cat videos. Actually,…
- March 22, 2020National Guard troops have been deployed to help states meet COVID-19 needs, ranging from personal protective equipment training, support of…
- March 22, 2020July is the new April, according to the official 2020 coronavirus tax calendar. July. It's finally here. That means Tax…
- March 21, 2020Summertime 2020, and the tax living definitely isn't easy. Hello, June. In any other tax year, this month I'd be…
- March 21, 20202020: When May became the new tax season's February. Normally, this tax tip page would be full of post-filing advice.…
- March 21, 2020We're in what during normal times would be the annual tax season's big push to the end (or an extension).…
- March 20, 2020The Senate also addresses this year's tax filing and payment deadline, as well as those for 2020 estimated tax payments,…
- March 19, 2020Unemployment claims are skyrocketing across the United States as more businesses close as a precaution to stem the spread of…
- March 18, 2020UPDATE, 2:15 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, March 18, 2020: The Treasury and Internal Revenue Service have issued an official statement about…
- March 17, 2020The Family Handyman Millions of Americans are at home now, sheltering in place in order to slow down spread of…
- March 16, 2020How are you feeling? That's the question everyone is asking themselves, family and friends as we adapt to the changes…
- March 15, 2020States also are coping with COVID-19 and tax return timing, with a handful already delaying some returns. UPDATE, March 21,…
- March 14, 2020The House-passed H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act does not — I repeat, does NOT — include a change…
- March 14, 2020Happy Pi Day 2014. March 14 is the annual celebration of pi, usually indicated by the Greek letter π, since…
- March 13, 2020Friday the 13th scares a lot of folks, but there are some tax breaks that are almost as cuddly as…
- March 12, 2020With the latest stock market dive, investors feel like the frontiersman confronting a bear in this "rough and tumble with…
- March 11, 2020If you're freaking out about the approaching April 15 tax filing deadline, the Internal Revenue Service might have some welcome…
- March 10, 2020Vice President Mike Pence, left, discusses COVID-19 testing following a White House meeting with Donald J. Trump and health insurance…
- March 9, 2020This is what I paid for a gallon of gas four years ago. It's not quite that cheap right now,…
- March 8, 2020I feel like one of the wrung out wacky clocks in Salvador Dalí's "The Persistence of Memory" every time we…
- March 6, 2020You finished your tax return and the news is not good. You owe Uncle Sam money. Don't freak out, at…
- March 5, 2020UPDATE, March 24, 2020: As the coronavirus spread across the United States, the Internal Revenue Service and many associated tax…
- March 4, 2020Princess Bride impatience via Giphy.com Refunds are the focus (and goal) of millions of Americans every tax-filing season. They intentionally withhold too much…
- March 3, 2020Photo: Nashville Metro Police Department via Twitter Spring storm season came early and with a vengeance to the southern United…
- March 2, 2020Ah, March. The days get longer. The weather gets warmer. And we've got about six weeks before our tax returns…
- March 1, 2020Law schools and their students, like these at Georgia State University College of Law, are major contributors to the success…
- February 29, 2020Happy Feb. 29! Here's to a great extra day in 2020. I know I've joked (sort of) about how nice…
- February 28, 2020For folks with money in the stock market, the coronavirus' effect on their holdings is more terrifying than Michael Myers,…
- February 27, 2020Erin Collins, representing KPMG, speaking at the 2014 Step Up Inspiration Awards (Photo courtesy Step Up) Erin M. Collins was…
- February 26, 2020A revised version of this post was published on Jan. 27, 2021. (Pixabay via Pexels) When you're in the military,…
- February 25, 2020Millions of Americans are self-employed. In the Internal Revenue Service's Statistics of Income count for tax year 2017, more than…
- February 24, 2020To make sure you, not the U.S. Treasury, gets more of these, don't overlook possible tax deductions and credits. At…
- February 23, 2020Oh, Canadians. A recent report on tax attitudes north of the 49th parallel is upsetting my idealized vision of your…
- February 22, 2020Texas doesn't have a personal income tax, but there are plenty of other levies we Lone Star State residents must…
- February 21, 2020Taxpayer Advocacy Panel members provide information on how to improve the IRS at the agency's annual Tax Forums. (Photo courtesy…
- February 20, 2020Millions of us file taxes every year. And millions of us, even those who get refunds, dread it. Why? We…
- February 19, 2020Having plenty of money apparently also has some drawbacks. Really. One is that you could soon get more attention from…
- February 18, 2020Photo by Carlos Cuadros via Pexels It's prime tax-filing time! That's not just my observation. The Internal Revenue Service itself…
- February 17, 2020Today technically is George Washington's Birthday, but we've come to call it Presidents Day in honor of all our commanders…


