- February 24, 2019Some worry that smaller refunds will be a drag on our consumer-driven economy. There's a smidgen of good data news…
- February 23, 2019Do you overwithhold to get an annual tax refund because money burns a hole in your pocket? (Photo by Matthew…
- February 22, 2019Prior year tax returns serve many purposes. This filing season, a check of last year's return will show you what…
- February 20, 2019Screenshot from a look at some of the people who depend on the gig economy. Watch the full YouTube video…
- February 19, 2019Most of us who've ever worked for someone else are very familiar with Internal Revenue Service Form W-2. This is…
- February 18, 2019Today technically is George Washington's Birthday, but we've come to call it Presidents Day in honor of all our commanders…
- February 17, 2019NASCAR's 2019 season started today with the auto racing series' biggest event, the Daytona 500. Congratulations to Denny Hamlin and…
- February 16, 2019There's better news for taxpayers this week. Internal Revenue Service data for the second week of the 2019 tax filing…
- February 15, 2019By now, everyone knows that a lot of taxpayers are getting the worst news ever at filing time. They owe…
- February 14, 2019The National Taxpayer Advocate this year selected 21 major problems that taxpayers encounter in their dealings with the Internal Revenue…
- February 13, 2019Open-close sign via Giphy.com The drama continues in Washington, D.C., as far as keeping the federal government open. It looked…
- February 12, 2019One of my favorite recent TV shows was The Americans, FX's series on embedded Russian spies during the 1980s Cold…
- February 11, 2019Victorian Valentine courtesy School of Art, Kimball Jenkins Estate It's fitting that Valentine's Day — it's this Thursday in case…
- February 10, 2019Much of the music industry's elite will be at the Grammy awards tonight, all hoping to go home with a…
- February 9, 2019This tax filing season is a troubling and troublesome one for millions of filers. They're dealing with major tax law…
- February 8, 2019Most tax preparers are honest and work to help their clients. Some, however, use shady methods to make money off…
- February 7, 2019I never seem to be able to submit our joint Form 1040 early in the filing season, partly because I…
- February 6, 2019Updated Feb. 20, 2019 We're well into the 2019 tax filing season and things have been a little slow, thanks…
- February 5, 2019Welcome to the Year of the Pig, the twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese…
- February 4, 2019There was national anthem controversy at Super Bowl LIII, but it wasn't about what the players did during the song.…
- February 3, 2019Will youthful enthusiasm prevail over old age and treachery? That's one of the things, although not in exactly those words,…
- February 2, 2019Super Bowl Sunday is the single largest betting day of the year. And now, Nevada is no longer is the…
- February 1, 2019Hello, February! If we ever were in need of your hearts and flowers, it is now. January was tough tax-wise.…
- January 31, 2019Whew! We made it through January. For a while, it looked like the 2019 filing season might be delayed due…
- January 31, 2019National EITC Awareness Day was Jan. 25. Did you miss it? Probably. It's not a federal holiday, but rather the…
- January 30, 2019Much of the mass media coverage of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) changes has focused on how they affect…
- January 29, 2019The tax filing season every year starts with a rush of flings. Last year, the Internal Revenue Service received more…
- January 28, 2019Just like the Highlander character of film and television fame, the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act under which we're…
- January 27, 2019The red light has changed to green for the IRS now that the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history…
- January 26, 2019Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 movie The Great Gatsby. (Photo courtesy Warner Bros.) We're about to…
- January 25, 2019UPDATE, 9:05 p.m. Central Time: Donald J. Trump has signed into a law a short-term funding bill that should get paychecks…
- January 24, 2019The 2019 tax filing season starts on Monday, Jan. 28. That's when the Internal Revenue Service will start accepting and,…
- January 23, 2019Even if you've been filling out Form 1040 and any other associated forms and schedules for years, things will be…
- January 22, 2019Armie Hammer and Felicity Jones as Martin and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the movie "On the Basis of Sex." (Photo…
- January 21, 2019Each year on this federal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., people across the United States volunteer…
- January 20, 2019Most taxpayers every year end up getting refunds. But some folks are at the opposite end of the tax spectrum.…
- January 19, 2019We're almost 13 months into the largest tax reform measure enacted in more than 30 years and one thing is…
- January 18, 2019As the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history drags on with no end in sight, furloughed workers are looking…
- January 17, 2019The current, and longest-ever, federal government shutdown has made it painfully clear that many of Uncle Sam's employees don't have…
- January 16, 2019IRS headquarters image by Kari Bluff via Flickr Creative Commons The Internal Revenue Service has some good news for taxpayers…