- 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…
- September 25, 2017UPDATE, Oct. 26, 2017: Uh-oh, it looks like the prez has changed his mind, at least somewhat, regarding his tough "NO…
- September 24, 2017Here's some United Kingdom news that's much more exciting than the blowout NFL game played today in London. Two million…
- September 23, 2017Owners of small businesses, like these along Story City, Iowa's main street, are hoping federal tax reform will provide them…
- September 22, 2017Former Internal Revenue Service Exempt Organizations chief Lois Lerner leaves a Capitol Hill hearing on how the agency handles tax-exempt…
- September 21, 2017It seems a bit too little, too late, but the Internal Revenue Service is continuing its efforts to make it…
- September 20, 2017If compassion fatigue hadn't set in after the back-to-back-to-back hurricanes that roared across the Atlantic, laying waste to much of…
- September 18, 2017Have a problem with the Internal Revenue Service that you just can't solve? The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) might be…
- September 17, 2017UPDATE: On Oct. 2, 2017, South Dakota made it official when Attorney General Marty Jackley filed a petition for certiorari,…
- September 16, 2017One of the major drivers of the latest federal tax reform effort is the corporate tax rate. The Trump Administration…
- September 15, 2017Bitcoin continues to confound financial and tax officials worldwide. BTC China, the country's first and largest digital currency exchange, announced…
- September 14, 2017Donald J. Trump is Tweeting about tax reform. He's also holding bipartisan dinners at the White House to talk taxes.…
- September 13, 2017Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, left, accepts a truckload of help from his New York colleague Rep. Tom Suozzi to help…
- September 11, 2017Photo by The Explorographer via Flickr CC Sixteen years ago, the unthinkable happened. Terrorists struck on U.S. soil, leaving 2,977…
- September 10, 2017Life is a carousel, at least for a while, for this youngster and her grandmother. Once play time is over,…
- September 9, 2017Identity thieves got access to personal information on 143 million Americans by hacking into credit reporting bureau Equifax's data base in…
- September 8, 2017Amazon's headquarters (center high rise) dominates downtown Seattle. Now the online retail giant is looking to build a second HQ…
- September 7, 2017NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell could be the target of Patriots fans' ire tonight in the league's season opener in Foxborough,…
- September 6, 2017This post was reviewed and updated on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. Records, tax and financial, are often among the property…
September 4, 2017Happy Labor Day. While many Americans are working on this holiday, others are fortunate to have off this first Monday…- September 3, 2017Colorfully coiffed "Girls Trip" friends Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall and Queen Latifah partying in New Orleans. I've been a film fanatic from…
- September 2, 2017Houston paramedic Jesus Contreras, shown with some of his coworkers, was brought to the United States by his mother when…
- September 1, 2017I don’t know about you, but I am glad to see August gone! It was a horrible, awful, no-good month…
- August 31, 2017Residents of Houston and much of southeast Texas are still dealing with Hurricane Harvey's floods. Texas National Guard members are…
- August 30, 2017Some folks have been asking for clarification on disaster loss claims, specifically with regard to the value of a damaged…
- August 28, 2017This post was updated Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Keep reading for the latest in the UPDATE paragraphs below. Oh, Photoshop.…
- August 27, 2017Hurricane Harvey has inundated Houston. And it's still raining there. And in other parts of the Lone Star State. Thanks…
