• June 5, 2009
    In my post yesterday about state efforts to tax downloaded material, I noted how taxes help shape public policy. Essentially,…

  • June 4, 2009
    Taxes are used for a lot of things other than just adding money to state or federal coffers.Taxes help shape…

  • June 3, 2009
    The United States Tax Court is one way for taxpayers to dispute an IRS decision. In addition to ruling on…

  • June 1, 2009
    The first-time homebuyer tax credit is changing yet again, this time to allow some buyers to get their hands on…

  • May 31, 2009
    I am happy to report that after almost two weeks of fighting what one doctor called "just a cold" but…

  • May 30, 2009
    Remember back in the spring when some European nations that had been branded offshore tax havens turned around and pointed…

  • May 29, 2009
    That's what ABC television thinks we want and/or need. It's the premise of its program UN-BROKE: What You Need to…

  • May 27, 2009
    Sports and charitable causes have long been linked.Most professional athletes have charitable foundations. They tend to be associated with causes…

  • May 26, 2009
    A lot of attention is being paid, and rightly so, to the tax provisions in Obama's first budget. My blogging…

  • May 25, 2009
    Memorial Day originated just after the Civil War as Decoration Day. It was created as a way to remember those…