- October 24, 2019How many email and snail mail charity solicitations have you received in the last couple of weeks? In our real…
- October 23, 2019Reduced salt isn't just an issue for road safety or healthier diets. It's a contentious part of the Republican tax…
- October 22, 2019The hubby and I got to see the Astros receive their 2017 MLB championship rings back in April 2018. Our…
- October 21, 2019Nome, Alaska, is one of the cities in The Last Frontier that collects a local sales tax. The state's Gold…
- October 20, 2019Using taxes to try to shape people's actions is not new. A British monarch tried it back in 1678 with…
- October 19, 2019Nestor, show in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image above as it gathered steam yesterday (Oct. 18) in…
- October 18, 2019Taxpayers and tax professionals alike are breathing a sigh this week. The final tax extension Oct. 15 filing deadline has…
- October 17, 2019It's open season at workplaces across the United States this month. Nope, I'm not talking about team building hunting trips.…
- October 16, 2019The only thing that comes close to the chaos that is tax law is a telephone bill. Especially a cell…
- October 15, 2019Around 2 million Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITINs) must be renewed by year's end. Here's a look at these special…
- October 14, 2019It's Columbus Day. Stop. Before you start with the emails, yes, I know this second Monday in October is a…
- October 13, 2019Attention, tax preparers. Next week is a big one. The filing extension deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 15. Then the very…
- October 12, 2019More than a dozen states now provide marketplace options to health care shoppers. And although the federal enrollment mandate and…
- October 11, 2019Millions of taxpayers will be working on their 2018 tax returns this weekend, frantically filling out forms to meet the…
- October 10, 2019I've dealt with bill collectors over the years. Fortunately for me, it's been on behalf of a couple of relatives…
- October 9, 2019Teslas are the most popular electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. Creator Elon Musk, however, isn't riding on his…
- October 8, 2019You've now got one week, until next Tuesday, Oct. 15, to file your 2018 Form 1040 that you extended earlier…
- October 7, 2019Relationships, even in the best of circumstances, are hard. When one partner is abusive, then things get untenable. October is…
- October 6, 2019Reviewed and refreshed Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners have made major strides…
- October 5, 2019Märzen Oktoberfest beer photo courtesy Kegerator Oktoberfest celebrations are wrapping up here in the German communities of Central Texas, as…
- October 4, 2019This is a regular spread in our kitchen, not just on Taco Tuesday or today's National Taco Day. (Kay Bell…
- October 3, 2019The Internal Revenue Service's form revision process isn't quite the red-pencil technique used on text documents, but it gets the…
- October 2, 2019We've yet to see autumn leaves here in Central Texas. It's still too hot and dry. But the arrival of…
- October 1, 2019Business meals are covered by per diem rates. Business travel entails a variety of expenses. In addition to the costs of getting to your work-related destination, you've…
- September 30, 2019No, that's not me. I would be the person face down on my exercise mat next to this woman. (Photo…
- September 29, 2019via GIPHY The Kansas City Chiefs, with its star quarterback Patrick Mahomes, is among the handful of teams that National…
- September 28, 2019The wealth-tax proposal advocated by Sen. Elizabeth Warren includes a hefty marriage penalty, according to one leading economist's analysis. (Photo…
- September 27, 2019Photo by creditdebitpro Voluntary compliance is the backbone of the U.S. tax system. But when that doesn't work out as…
- September 26, 2019The tax gap is holding as steady as this gap on the old Florida Keys bridge. (Photo by Ewen Roberts…
- September 25, 2019Nonprofits are a bigger part of our lives than we tend to realize. The hospital your or your children were…
- September 24, 2019Lyft and Uber rides would face a new fee in Seattle to help pay for a public transportation option. (Photo…
- September 23, 2019Vaping was once thought to be a safe alternative to cigarettes. That perspective is changing. Dramatically. Nationwide, 530 cases of…
- September 22, 2019Law enforcement officers across five U.S. federal agencies successfully concluded a four-month investigation this month with the arrest of 281…
- September 21, 2019Flooding along I-10 in the Port Arthur, Texas, area due to Tropical Storm Imelda's excessive rain. (Photo by Jefferson County…
- September 20, 2019The Trump Administration currently is embroiled in a whistleblower controversy. But another situation where a witness to tax wrongdoing —…
- September 19, 2019Yo ho, all ye salty sea dogs and scalawags. Just a quick reminder on this annual Talk Like a Pirate…
- September 18, 2019One of my previous jobs was an office manager. I was in charge of reviewing expenditures before they were approved…
- September 17, 2019Some Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employees in Washington, D.C., are being offered financial incentives to move to the agency's…
- September 16, 2019U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) during a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing. (Screenshot from Wyden's YouTube channel) Most of the…
- September 15, 2019Darth Maul apparently — spoiler alert — was killed in The Phantom Menace, but later showed up in subsequent Star…