- December 17, 2017Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) got testy when GOP leaders demanded Senators vote on the huge tax bill without giving them…
- December 16, 2017There's a tax bill, but there is no tax reform. There's still an estate tax. There are still (some) state…
- December 15, 2017The Internal Revenue Service has good news for folks who do tax-related driving. Some auto travel amounts, however, might not…
- December 14, 2017Vice President Mike Pence (waving) and Ways & Means Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady (far right) leave a Dec. 12 meeting…
- December 13, 2017House and Senate tax conferees will officially meet for the first time this afternoon. As the formal "mixing" of the…
- December 12, 2017U.S. map from vintage state postcards by Design Turnpike/Fine Art America State tax departments and lawmakers have joined individual and business…
- December 11, 2017Experian credit reporting bureau replaces hacked competitor Equifax as supplier of taxpayer identity proof to Internal Revenue Service. Remember when…
- December 10, 2017It's Sunday afternoon in America, meaning millions (still) are watching National Football League games Millions more also are betting on…
- December 9, 2017The holiday season is here at offices, too. That means office parties. Oh, yay! OK, some people love office Christmas…
- December 8, 2017A driver pulled over in La Conchita, California, the evening of Dec. 6 to save a rabbit he spotted scurrying…
- December 7, 2017The House and Senate have officially agreed to hash out their respective tax reform differences. Both chambers passed their own…
- December 6, 2017Time's person of the year for 2017 is a lot of people. The magazine selected all the women and men…
- December 5, 2017U.S. families have been getting smaller in recent years, but some still have lots of children and they could end…
- December 4, 2017Many homeowners breathed a sigh of relief when the Senate's version of tax reform followed the House's H.R. 1, the…
- December 3, 2017(Image by Rochelle Truong | Reddit) As we continue to plow though the Senate's version of the House tax reform…
- December 2, 2017After 14½ hours of debate, the U.S. Senate early on Saturday, Dec. 2, approved 51-49 its version of tax reform.…
- December 1, 2017Ho, Ho, Ho, hoss. It's the most wonderful time of the year. The holidays and year-end tax moves are here!…
- November 30, 2017Back in mid-October, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that the wage base, that's the amount of each worker's earnings…
- November 29, 2017Pong via Giphy Who knew 45 years ago today when Atari released Pong that the two-dimensional video version of table tennis would…
- November 28, 2017Feeling generous? Good. It's Giving Tuesday. This philanthropic effort, usually seen as #GivingTuesday on social media, began in 2012 as…
- November 27, 2017The advice in this post is good year-round, so I've changed the headline and it's the Daily Tax Tip for…
- November 26, 2017Lewis Hamilton was all hat and F1 2017 champion after he won the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin TX on…
- November 25, 2017A key job for all tax agencies is ensuring their citizens comply with the rules. Most revenue offices, including the…
- November 24, 2017A crush of shoppers rushes to start their Black Friday quest for bargains. (Photo via Diariocritico de Venezuela/Stan Honda/Flickr CC)…
- November 23, 2017Photo by Katina Rogers via Flickr CC Most of us will spend time with family this Thanksgiving. If the gathering…
- November 22, 2017This post has been updated on Cyber Monday 2017 — Nov. 27 — to add more info on sales taxes due on…
- November 21, 2017It's going to be a mixed Thanksgiving in Internal Revenue Service households. The agency definitely won't be thankful for the…
- November 20, 2017John Koskinen's days of giving formal testimony as head of the IRS ended when his commissioner term concluded earlier this…
- November 19, 2017Fifteen Chicago-area men have had their names, and legal records, cleared. If they eventually get monetary restitution for the time…
- November 18, 2017As a wife of many years, I appreciate it when a couple likes to share big moments. But such spousal…
- November 17, 2017Nothing says Merry Christmas like the disembodied Santa head lights (click for a closer, clearer view) that brighten our fireplace…
- November 16, 2017In their initial tax reform bills, the House and Senate decided not to include any health care provisions so as…
- November 15, 2017UPDATE, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017: The House passed its tax reform bill today (but the Senate version is still a…
- November 14, 2017CBS/NFL clip via Giphy.com Any sports fan will tell you that penalties often ruin not only their teams' chances of winning,…
- November 13, 2017Republicans continue to work on their tax reform bills. The House plans/hopes to vote on its bill this week, while…
- November 12, 2017One of the surprise differences in the Senate tax plan as compared to the House bill is in the treatment…
- November 11, 2017Across America, special thanks go out this Veterans Day to all the men and women who courageously put on uniforms…
- November 10, 2017The tax dueling has officially begun. The Senate on Thursday, Nov. 9, released its answer to the House's H.R. 1,…
- November 9, 2017IRS Commissioner John Koskinen makes a point during a Congressional hearing. John Koskinen did it! He survived his term as…
- November 8, 2017This post has been updated to reflect the new inflation amount per the 2018 tax reform bill. Globally, the United…