- May 22, 2017Remember that recent economic analysis that said Americans were more in debt than they've been in almost a decade? The…
- May 21, 2017Bees are critical for pollinating not just flowers, but food crops. That's why in some cases, states exempt them and…
- May 20, 2017The first Armed Forces Day was celebrated on this day 67 years ago. President Harry S. Truman led the effort…
- May 19, 2017Today, May 19, is National Bike to Work Day, the high point of National Bike to Work Month. I didn't…
- May 18, 2017Americans have again dived into the deep end of the personal debt pool "Americans have now borrowed more money than…
- May 17, 2017In his new book, "The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis — and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance,"…
- May 16, 2017Federal tax reform is still a ways off, but the prospect of an Internal Revenue Code rewrite already has prompted…
- May 15, 2017Last week's cyberattack has affected more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries. The ransomware program known as WannaCry encrypts information…
- May 14, 2017Happy Mother's Day! What a perfect day to talk about tax audits. You don't see the connection? Then you missed…
- May 13, 2017Based on how much Mom is enjoying her homemade card, I'm sure she'll absolutely love the creatively wrapped Mother's Day…
- May 12, 2017In an exclusive NBC News interview with Lester Holt, the president mentioned the letter, released today, that discusses what his…
- May 11, 2017Updated to reflect changes to tip #5 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that became law on Dec. 22,…
- May 10, 2017This is the original blog post copy that ran on Thursday, April 23, 2015. It was updated on Wednesday, May…
- May 10, 2017What's a weight watching person to do? Artificially sweetened soft drinks, a staple of dieters' menus for decades, recently have…
- May 9, 2017I'm a big fan of teachers, not just because my grandmother and one of my aunts were teachers, but because…
- May 8, 2017The president is back in Washington, D.C., after spending the weekend not at Mar-a-Lago in South Florida, but at a closer…
- May 7, 2017If you're like me, you're probably spending your Sunday perusing the possibilities for tax code change under the Trump Administration's…
- May 6, 2017With last week's House passage of an Obamacare replacement measure, Republicans are jazzed again about redoing the U.S. tax code,…
- May 5, 2017How do I celebrate each May 5th? With guacamole, cerveza y tax tips! That means here in our Texas casa,…
- May 4, 2017The House narrowly passed its Obamacare replacement measure this afternoon by a 217 to 213 vote. Now we await Senate…
- May 3, 2017Whew! We dodged the government shutdown bullet. For now. The House and Senate have agreed on an omnibus spending bill…
- May 2, 2017Donald Trump met with truckers outside the White House and got an up-close-and-personal look at their vehicles before the drivers…
- May 1, 2017May flowers, like these Texas poppies, are one of the reasons it's such a merry month. Other reasons to be…
- April 30, 2017McMullen County is the sixth least-populous county of the 254 such jurisdictions in Texas. An estimated 820 people live there. McMullen…
- April 29, 2017The Internal Revenue Service's third attempt to bring in overdue tax money by using private debt collectors has been in…
- April 28, 2017The federal deduction for local property tax payments could be eliminated as part of the Trump Administration's tax reform proposal.…
- April 27, 2017More Americans believe the Trump Administration will hike their taxes rather than cut them, according to a new poll. The…
- April 26, 2017Welcome to 2017's post-tax party, where we're celebrating the end on April 18 of the main filing season. Wait.…
- April 26, 2017An autographed photo of San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker and the NBA team's head coach Gregg Popovich from…
- April 25, 2017Since Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced on April 19 that he won't seek reelection in 2018 and then the next day suggested…
- April 24, 2017At midnight on Donald J. Trump's 99th day in the Oval Office, the federal government could shut down. That would…
- April 23, 2017Happy Tax Freedom Day! Today is the day, according to Tax Foundation calculations, when the nation as a whole has…
- April 22, 2017Happy Earth Day 2017! Maybe you're spending this Saturday simply out enjoying the beauty of Mother Earth. Or perhaps you're…
- April 21, 2017Is that really the Internal Revenue Service knock, knock, knocking on your door? That's a concern shared not just by…
- April 20, 2017Some folks didn't file their federal taxes on April 18. Judging from social media, much of the deadline busting was the…
- April 19, 2017Tax Day 2017 is over. That means Uncle Sam has the bulk of his take from our 2016 earnings, thanks…
- April 18, 2017The U.S. Postal Service has evolved since the days when Texas Panhandle residents depended on mule mail. That's a good…
- April 18, 2017You've got until midnight your time to get your 2016 tax return to the Internal Revenue Service, either by hitting…
- April 17, 2017Remember those frantic times when your classroom assignment was due and you were running out of time to finish it?…
- April 17, 2017Around 25,000 people gathered on the U.S. Capitol grounds Saturday, April 15, as part of a nationwide Tax March demanding…