- November 6, 2017The Internal Revenue Service's 2018 filing season calendar isn't quite this messy, but it's not firmed up yet. The House…
- November 5, 2017$13 billion. That's how much nonprofits say Republican-proposed changes to the tax code could cost them each year. Even though…
- November 4, 2017Business entities and how they are — and might be — taxed is one of the things complicating the Republican-formulated…
- November 3, 2017Before heading out on an Asian trip, the president met with House GOP members to talk tax reform. Among those…
- November 2, 2017House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) get serious in discussing what Republicans say are the middle-class benefits in their latest proposal…
- November 1, 2017UPDATE, Nov. 2: Good news. It looks like most of the Republican tax reform plan, according to the bill's legislative…
- October 30, 2017It's an exciting day in political and financial circles, what with the unsealing of the first indictments in Special Counsel…
- October 29, 2017After four and a half years, the Internal Revenue Service Tea Party targeting scandal has been resolved. On Thursday, Oct.…
October 28, 2017Picking up some extra cash is nothing new. Now, however, side hustles have become a viable employment option. They've also…- October 27, 2017Welcome to Part 7 of the ol' blog's series on 2018 inflation adjustments.Today we look at changes to the Alternative Minimum…
- October 26, 2017Welcome to Part 6 of the ol' blog's series on 2018 inflation adjustments.Today we look at changes to estate, gift and…
- October 25, 2017Welcome to Part 5 of the ol' blog's series on 2018 inflation adjustments.Today we look at changes to some medical tax…
- October 24, 2017Welcome to Part 4 of the ol' blog's series on 2018 inflation adjustments. Today we look at changes to some popular…
- October 23, 2017Where the heck has 2017 gone? The countdown clock over in the ol' blog's right column is steadily ticking away…
- October 22, 2017There could be some consistency in how states collect sales tax on consumers' online purchases if the Supreme Court agrees…
- October 21, 2017Welcome to Part 3 of the ol' blog's series on 2018 inflation adjustments. Today we look at changes next year to…
- October 20, 2017Welcome to Part 2 of the ol' blog's 2018 series on tax inflation adjustments. We started on Oct. 19 with a…
- October 19, 2017This is the first in a 10-part series on the 2018 tax year inflation adjustments. Links to the other posts are at this…
- October 18, 2017Image by Shawn Campbell via Flickr Creative Commons What's going on with the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? It depends on…
- October 17, 2017To err on tax returns is human. To forgive is Xtraordinary, and yes, the misspelling is intentional. Tax law lets…
- October 16, 2017It's that time of year again. Monday, Oct. 16, the absolute final tax return filing deadline. Don't panic. You've still…
- October 15, 2017Cook County residents lined up last week to tell county commissioners what they thought about the board's proposed soda tax.…
- October 13, 2017If Halloween isn't scary enough for you, this October also has a Friday the 13th, which if you haven't looked…
- October 12, 2017AT&T Stadium, originally known as Cowboys Stadium when it opened its doors in 2009 and forever known as Jerry's World…
- October 11, 2017Tax identity thieves apparently are paying close attention to official security moves that the Internal Revenue Service is making and…
- October 10, 2017Based on Internal Revenue Service tax return filing data, it looks like around 7 million Americans have yet to submit…
- October 9, 2017So that you can enjoy lazy days in your retirement like this couple, take advantage of tax-saving retirement moves by…
- October 8, 2017A proposal to limit certain business estate valuation discounts is outta here under the Treasury's finalized list of eight tax…
- October 7, 2017Michael Horowitz, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice and Chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on…
- October 6, 2017UPDATE, Oct. 13, 2017: Public and Congressional pressure, which included Sen. Sherrod Brown's (D-Ohio) letter to the Treasury Department urging…
- October 5, 2017Everyone knows the Monopoly Man, even if we don't know his name. His classy duds, compete with top hat, and…
- October 4, 2017Who's in the middle class will determine in large part whether that group of Americans gets Republican-promised middle class tax…
- October 3, 2017Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith is grilled Oct. 3 about the credit company's security breach by members of the House…
- October 2, 2017Updated: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 October marks the start for many companies of open season for employees' workplace benefits, many…
- October 1, 2017Congress hopes to move beyond talk and have tax reform details in writing by mid-November. The Senate Budget Committee released…
- September 30, 2017It's International Podcast Day! Why are you reading (although thank you for stopping by)? You should be listening. That's why…
- September 29, 2017The arrival of a new NFL season each year also means the arrival of fantasy sports. More states are looking…
- September 28, 2017Shelley Long and Tom Hanks confront one of many (MANY) problems of homeownership in 1986's "The Money Pit." (Click image…
- September 27, 2017House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, surrounded by his Republican colleagues, displays a postcard tax return…
- September 26, 2017Real estate taxes, along with other now-deductible state and local levies, could be eliminated as part of the forthcoming Republican…
