- March 13, 2018Winter will just not let go this year. The Northeast has been pummeled by three northeasters in 11 days. The…
- March 12, 2018There are so many tax scams out there that it takes more than one post. Three, to be precise. This…
- March 11, 2018Don't hate losing an hour to Daylight Saving Time. The clock change, along with charitable donations, could save koalas and…
- March 10, 2018Spring training games are wonderfully leisurely, at least for the fans. But Major League Baseball is a big business and…
- March 9, 2018Photo by 401(k) 2012 via Flickr The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) prompted the Internal Revenue Service this week…
- March 8, 2018Photo by GotCredit via Flickr CC It's hard for most of us to believe, but every year some folks who…
- March 8, 2018State-by-State breakout of possibly forfeited refund money The Internal Revenue Service is once again holding more than $1 billion that…
- March 7, 2018Are you still waiting to file your taxes because you want additional guidance from the Internal Revenue Service about the…
- March 6, 2018Yes, you did read my 10-part 2018 tax year inflation adjustments series last year. Thank you. Then Congress and the…
- March 5, 2018Those fake emails looking to steal your tax and personal data top the annual IRS scam list, but 11 other…
- March 4, 2018Many of us used to spend Saturday afternoons at the movies. Streaming and on demand options have cut into those…
- March 3, 2018Hooray for Hollywood! Filmmaking's elite gather Sunday, March 4, for presentation of the 90th Oscars. The gold-plated statuettes will be…
- March 2, 2018Will you be watching the Academy Awards this Sunday, March 4? You might want to since, depending on where you…
- March 1, 2018As soon as Congress began debating tax law changes in late 2017, there's been much controversy and confusion about just…
- February 28, 2018Welcome March, the last full month of the annual tax filing season. Traditionally, the month is said to come in…
- February 28, 2018Lawmakers in Arizona and Georgia think their residents don't have enough ways to pay their state taxes. To remedy that,…
- February 27, 2018The Internal Revenue Service announced today that it has begun releasing refunds for taxpayers who claimed the Earned Income Tax…
- February 26, 2018Shortly after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was signed into law on Dec. 22, 2017, the Republican lawmakers…
- February 25, 2018Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. Did this July 18, 2011,…
- February 23, 2018Image courtesy SimpsonsWorld via Giphy.com The Tuesday after Presidents Day generally is the busiest day of the year for calls to the Internal…
- February 22, 2018If you've been wondering when you can take advantage on your 2017 tax return of a recently renewed tax extender,…
- February 21, 2018U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Patrick Gordon With identity theft and refund fraud being so ubiquitous,…
- February 20, 2018UPDATE, April 11, 2019 #NationalPetDay: As noted in this post from 2018, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) makes…
- February 19, 2018George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, got together in the Oval Office in…
- February 18, 2018Most taxpayers now are focusing on completing their annual tax returns. But if we have to deal with the Internal…
- February 17, 2018You open the package expecting, well you don't know what, but probably not 500 cockroaches. That, however, is what happened…
- February 16, 2018Updated Feb. 14, 2019 Princess Bride impatience via Giphy.com Mid-February is finally here, the time when the Internal Revenue Service can finally issue…
- February 15, 2018Beavis (sans Butt-head) offers callers, uh, help? (Image via Giphy.com) Looking for tax filing help from the Internal Revenue Service? Prepare beforehand. Tax identity…
- February 14, 2018I hope she said yes! (Photo by Matt via Flickr) Valentine's Day has become one of the most popular days…
February 13, 2018Tax law change confusion and paycheck withholding miscalculations have led to a lot of grumbling by many filers about the…- February 13, 2018Your tax refund showed up in your bank account! Party time, right? Wrong. It's possible that the money isn't really…
- February 12, 2018Same old, same old. That's the message the Internal Revenue Service got today when the Trump Administration released its fiscal…
- February 11, 2018Elmer Irey headed the Internal Revenue Bureau's Intelligence Unit in the 1930s. It was under Irey's direction that evidence was…
- February 10, 2018While most investors have been closely following the recent gyrations of the stock market, fans of cryptocurrency also have been…
- February 9, 2018Since Congress decided to slip some expired tax breaks into the budget bill enacted earlier today and make them retroactive to the…
- February 9, 2018During an overnight session, Congress ended a brief government shutdown and retroactively approved some expired tax breaks. Remember those tax breaks that expired at the…
- February 8, 2018Dealing with taxes is tough enough, but when folks get the wrong information, things can go really bad really fast.…
- February 7, 2018Yesterday was a big day for electric vehicles. One was shot into a solar orbit. Terrestrially, a group of U.S.…
- February 6, 2018Updated Nov. 19, 2018, to include 2019 capital gains tax changes due to inflation adjustments. I don't like roller coasters.…
- February 5, 2018Rovio Entertainment, creators of Angry Birds, and the National Football League have teamed up to create a Super Bowl themed…
