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  • No joke: Some RMDs due today

    April 1, 2009
    Attention septuagenarians. This is no April Fool's joke. If you turned 70½ last year and postponed your retirement account's first…
  • Smoke ’em if you can afford ’em:
    Tobacco tax increase takes effect April 1

    March 31, 2009
    Many years ago, I was a two pack a day smoker. I was young. I was stupid. But at least…
  • Tax toon

    March 30, 2009
    Taxes aren't usually a laughing matter, but that didn't stop cartoonist Danny Shanahan from having a go at getting a…
  • End-of-tax-season contests galore!

    March 30, 2009
    I feel like one of those late-night cable TV pitchmen screaming, "But wait! There's more!"This morning I shipped off an…
  • Tax-time worries

    March 28, 2009
    What are you worried about this tax filing season?If you're like the folks who participated in a recent CCH CompleteTax…
  • Tax help for education costs

    March 27, 2009
    When I was in college, and even just after I took my journalism degree to a full-time job at the…
  • Hobby or business? Taxes either way

    March 26, 2009
    NOTE: This post was updated Aug. 9, 2017. In tough economic times, a lot of folks look for ways to…
  • Presidential tax panel, take 2

    March 26, 2009
    Remember back in 2005 when Dubya created a blue-ribbon panel to come up with ideas on how to overhaul the…
  • IRS to court: Keep Snipes in U.S.

    March 26, 2009
    Wesley Snipes says he needs to leave the country again, this time to work on movies in Africa and Europe.…
  • Tell the IRS the truth

    March 25, 2009
    Since I'm on a truth-telling jag today, I want to let you know about your chance to tell the IRS…
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