• May 17, 2008
    Obstacles continue to crop up for taxpayers anxiously awaiting their economic stimulus payments. We've already looked at some of the…
  • May 16, 2008
    Is there no safe tax haven any more? Apparently not. As I mentioned yesterday, the IRS is taking advantage of…
  • May 15, 2008
    This is definitely not what any of us wanted to hear, but Newsday reports that some economic stimulus checks are…
  • May 15, 2008
    A law enacted in 1970 to help find laundered drug money is now getting a renewed enforcement push from the…
  • May 14, 2008
    I had a doctor's appointment today. Nothing wrong; just a routine checkup and blood tests, which I'm sure will tell…
  • May 13, 2008
    This just in from the Department of the Obvious: Mortgage fraud is on the rise and the subprime lending crisis…
  • May 13, 2008
    A couple of weeks ago when I was whining about discussing how expensive groceries were getting, I mentioned that at…
  • May 12, 2008
    What are taxes good for? The answers vary depending upon who you ask. But for retailers here in Austin, they're…
  • May 11, 2008
    "Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten." -- Lord Bramwell, English judge
  • May 10, 2008
    The Rev. Al Sharpton usually isn't one to shy away from attention, but no one likes it when the added…