- February 17, 2017Senators and Representatives are headed back to their states and Congressional districts for the long President's Day weekend. Tucked into…
- February 16, 2017Donald Trump is batting .500 for cabinet members who screwed up nanny tax reporting. This morning, the Senate narrowly confirmed…
- February 15, 2017This post was updated Feb. 16, 2018. The wait is over! Feb. 15 was the day that the Internal Revenue Service can…
- February 14, 2017Donald J. Trump got an early, though not unexpected, Valentine's Day gift from the head of Congress' chief tax-writing committee.…
- February 13, 2017This post was updated Feb. 14, 2018 Have you finalized your Valentine's Day plans? Good for you, you fool for…
- February 12, 2017This post updated 10 p.m. CT, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Donald Trump has promised to deliver in a few weeks…
- February 11, 2017Taxes are confusing anyway, but when a filing season has some special considerations, the misinformation increases. And with the availability…
- February 10, 2017In addition to a calculator to do your taxes, you also need a calendar. Given the myriad types of taxpayers…
- February 9, 2017One thing that's constant every tax filing season is that people who are expecting refunds file their returns early. Until…
- February 8, 2017This post was updated April 1, 2021. You're married. You got married on Dec. 31. You're a parent. You take…
- February 7, 2017Oh, c'mon people! What is so hard about hiring a legal household worker and then paying the proper taxes for…
- February 6, 2017Did you, like the second-half resurgent New England Patriots, come up a winner yesterday thanks to some Super Bowl bets?…
- February 5, 2017Super Bowl LI will kick off in a few hours. Get your guacamole made and place your bets! I obviously…
- February 4, 2017Sunday is a big day not just for football fans, but also food fans. Super Bowl party snacks rank right…
- February 3, 2017Will we hear "Houston, we have a problem" during Sunday's Super Bowl LI in H-Town? Oddsmakers say yes, there is…
- February 2, 2017It's Groundhog Day and for many folks that brings to mind the Bill Murray movie of the same name more…
- February 1, 2017The heart of the tax-filing season is February. And no, that was not an intended Valentine's Day pun. While it's…
- February 1, 2017Neil Gorsuch, a federal appellate judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, has been selected…
- February 1, 2017Hello February. Although you're the year's shortest month, your fewer days can be full of extremes, like snow this week in…
- January 31, 2017This post was updated on Feb. 2, 2019. The 2019 tax filing season has been officially underway for about a…
- January 30, 2017Reviewed Sept. 23, 2023 UPDATE, Dec. 23, 2022: The reporting triggers for Form 1099-K were revised as part of the…
- January 29, 2017Remember that tax scam last spring where crooks posing as company executives sent emails asking for workers' payroll data? It…
- January 28, 2017Every year, the Internal Revenue Service makes a concerted effort to hand out more Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) money.…
- January 27, 2017The Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC, is one of the filing claims that is delaying federal (and in some…
- January 26, 2017Most taxpayers who file federal returns also must do the same for their state taxes. And most those state filings…
- January 25, 2017As the Internal Revenue Service began accepting tax returns this week, the agency's commissioner noted that "the dedicated employees of…
- January 24, 2017This post was updated March 22, 2018. Do you have to file a return? Don't shoot the messenger, but the…
- January 23, 2017Tax filing season 2017 opens today! Yes, that is cheering you're hearing. It's from folks who file their taxes early,…
- January 22, 2017Not to run Donald J. Trump's penchant for tax secrecy into the ground -- OK, maybe just dig a shallow…
- January 21, 2017When Donald J. Trump assumed the U.S. presidency at noon on Friday, Jan. 20, he and his staff also took…
- January 20, 2017NOTE: This post was updated on Jan. 13, 2019, to reflect Free File changes for the 2019 tax-filing season. Free…
- January 19, 2017A Jacksonville, Florida, mother and father finally saw their daughter after being separated for 18 years. Kamiyah Mobley was known…
- January 18, 2017Rep. Mick Mulvaney is going to have to answer some nanny tax questions if he hopes to become President-elect Donald…
- January 17, 2017The online sales tax list for the world's largest online retailer gets longer. Amazon will start collecting state sales taxes on…
- January 16, 2017On this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, the last MLK Day that Barack Obama will serve as U.S.…
- January 15, 2017It's been 10 years since the Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Office was created to reward those who turn in tax…
- January 14, 2017Millions of taxpayers prepare their own returns using tax software. Even the Internal Revenue Service encourages this do-it-yourself approach with…
- January 13, 2017The early part of any new year demands we be tax multitaskers. As we're getting ready to file last year's…
- January 12, 2017Tax filing season 2017 really is here. Some folks have already filed their tax year 2016 federal return (soooo jealous!)…
- January 11, 2017President-Elect Donald Trump is feeling charitable again. This time, it's Uncle Sam who's the target of his largesse. President-Elect Donald…