- April 3, 2019Broad City image via Giphy.com Do you have to file a return? Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the answer usually…
- April 2, 2019I don't know about you, but March sure seemed to roar right past me. Lion, lamb, whatever your tax animal,…
- April 1, 2019Umbrellas at the Venetian in Las Vegas (Photo by Kay Bell) April is the proverbial month of showers. That typically…
- March 31, 2019John Lithgow in Daddy's Home2 via Tenor We've been hearing all filing season about how ticked off lots of folks are about the…
March 30, 2019When your children are babies, it's easy knowing that they are your tax dependents. But actually, there are several tax rules that determine whether you can claim your…- March 30, 2019March Madness is heating up. We're down to the Elite 8. I usually don't pay too much attention to college…
- March 29, 2019March 29 is Vietnam Veterans Day. This day commemorates the sacrifices of the 9 million Americans who served in the…
- March 28, 2019Hope springs eternal for MLB fans on Opening Day. I'm looking forward to this season bringing another World Series pennant…
- March 27, 2019Tax credits for buying a Chevrolet Bolt, left, or Volt are going down on April 1. (Photo courtesy Driving Canada)…
- March 26, 2019UPDATE, Thursday, March 28: Well, I'm not the new Powerball multimillionaire. The lottery jackpot, which hit $768.4 million before the…
- March 25, 2019April 1 could be costly for older retirement account owners. No fooling. That's the deadline for taking a required minimum…
- March 24, 2019Unfortunately for taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service, there's nothing new under the sun when it comes to tax scams.…
- March 23, 2019We've got just more than three weeks before our 2018 tax returns are due, but most of us aren't in…
- March 22, 2019The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became law on March 23, 2010. During the almost nine years since President…
- March 21, 2019This post was updated June 21, 2019, to reflect proposed Child and Dependent Care tax credit changes. Spring has just…
- March 20, 2019Photo by Kumar's Edit via Flickr I've been married a long time. To the same guy. Marriage is not always…
- March 19, 2019The rate of Americans giving up their citizenship has slowed in the last few years. Are lower taxes a reason…
- March 18, 2019Photo by GotCredit via Flickr CC Most of the focus on tax refunds this year has been on how many people are…
- March 17, 2019Happy St. Patrick's Day! March 17 is one the top days for beer drinkers, ranking up there with New Year's…
- March 16, 2019Nobody likes to owe taxes at filing time. And if you owe too much, you could face added penalties for…
- March 15, 2019If a phone call from someone claiming to be with an official tax office doesn't sound quite right, it's because…
- March 14, 2019I attend fitness classes — OK, mostly yoga and I tend to head into Savasana a bit sooner than most…
- March 14, 2019State-by-State breakout of possibly forfeited refund money The Internal Revenue Service is once again holding a vast amount of money…
- March 13, 2019This post was reviewed and updated Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. The original post can be found here. College and its…
- March 12, 2019Rep. Mike Thompson opens a Ways and Means subcommittee hearing into temporary tax policy, aka tax extenders. (Screenshot from official…
- March 11, 2019The White House's fiscal year 2020 budget proposal was delivered to Capitol Hill today. (Screenshot from AP video via USA…
- March 9, 2019Even with a new, shorter Form 1040 in use for filing our 2018 returns, the Internal Revenue Service estimates that…
- March 8, 2019Part of today's International Women's Day celebrations are for the continuing employment advances by women. Our 21st century progress is…
- March 7, 2019R. Kelly performing in in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as part of his 2006 "Mr. Show Biz Presents: The Light…
- March 6, 2019My mother and my furry little brother Willie having a conversation. While walking Willie last October, my mom fell and…
- March 5, 2019Michael Cohen makes his opening statement before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 27, 2019. (C-SPAN video screenshot) We have…
- March 4, 2019Some of the destruction from a tornado, preliminary estimated to be an EF-4 with winds reaching 170 mph, that touched…
- March 3, 2019The King by Kevin Pluck via Flickr We thought we wanted you March, but your "in like lion" approach this…
March 2, 2019I admit it, as a native Texan I get a kick out of this depiction of Lone Star State residents’…- March 1, 2019It's taken a few weeks, four to be exact, but the 2019 tax season is finally catching up. The latest…
- February 28, 2019That's me in mid-February doing my personal Groundhog Day shadow prediction that warm weather was back to stay. (The full…
- February 28, 2019I know February is the shortest month, but we sure seemed to blast right through these 28 days. That means…
- February 27, 2019The only thing worse than not getting the refund you expected is waiting for it to arrive. The Internal Revenue…
- February 26, 2019The 2019 tax filing season appears, so far, to be thankfully free of tax scams. Maybe it's because things are…
- February 25, 2019A crowdfunding effort to raise money to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has ended, but some folks still…
