• November 2, 2006
    Want some practice voting electronically before your ballot really counts next Tuesday? Then participate in our expired tax deduction poll…

  • November 1, 2006
    Probably on your television screen. With less than a week to go before election day, every programming break contains a…

  • October 31, 2006
    This giant Jack o' Lantern guards the yard of one of our neighbors. Yes, it's that big. The railing and…

  • October 30, 2006
    As someone who focuses on taxes for a living, you'd think I'd be inured to headaches. But as someone who…

  • October 29, 2006
    Admit it. You spent at least part of your Saturday and Sunday surfing the Web for tax data. You didn't?…

  • October 27, 2006
    If you've stiffed the IRS, you picked a good year to do so. An election year, in fact, might give…

  • October 27, 2006
    How'd you like a phone bill of $1,275 ... before you make any calls. That's the price tag of the…

  • October 26, 2006
    One of my favorite discoveries upon moving to Austin had nothing to do with the city. It was finding a…

  • October 25, 2006
    Got your attention, didn't I? It sure got mine when I saw that message in an ad on another blog.…

  • October 22, 2006
    Officially, the tax thoughts come from the Internal Revenue Service's Taxpayer Advocate, Nina Olson. But in that role, as champion…