- October 16, 2016I spent almost two decades working in Washington, D.C. I also have covered taxes for most of my writing career.…
- October 15, 2016UPDATE: The Oakland Raiders received conditional approval from the National Football League on March 27, 2017, to move to Nevada.…
- October 14, 2016It's almost here, the Oct. 17 tax extension filing deadline. Since the regular 15th due date is Saturday, procrastinating filers…
- October 13, 2016Many tax laws might be absurd, but overall, taxes are no laughing matter, especially when it comes to filers who…
- October 11, 2016It's one of my favorite times of the year. Major league sports seasons overlap. The National Football League season is…
- October 11, 2016Donald Trump acknowledged during Sunday's second presidential debate that he had avoided paying federal income taxes for years thanks to…
- October 10, 2016Donald J. Trump, as the huge signage on his buildings demonstrates, loves his surname. But a smaller Trump representation is…
- October 9, 2016"An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means. There is no such thing in…
- October 8, 2016Have you filed your 2015 tax return yet? Don't feel bad. You are definitely not alone. The Internal Revenue Service…
- October 7, 2016Donald Trump kicked off his ultimately successful bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination with an attack on Mexicans who…
- October 6, 2016Have global law enforcement officers cracked the biggest U.S. tax scam ever? Probably not, but it appears they have at…
- October 5, 2016Did you watch the vice presidential debate? Stephen Colbert took advantage of a live broadcast of his Late Show on…
- October 4, 2016Will taxes, specifically, Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump's still officially secret federal filings dominate tonight's vice presidential debate? It's…
- October 3, 2016No, we still haven't seen Donald Trump's federal tax returns. Donald Trump shared this photo on his Twitter account last…
- October 2, 2016October is one of my favorite months, as it ushers in crisp, cooler temperatures. This time of year has two…
- October 1, 2016Gasoline prices were amazingly low this past summer. One reason that drivers nationwide paid less at the pump was that…
- September 29, 2016I'm raising my third cup to celebrate National Coffee Day. I must admit, though, that I tend to follow my…
- September 28, 2016There's an old tax myth that filing an amended tax return will get you audited. Not true. In fact, failing to…
- September 27, 2016Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton finally went toe-to-toe last night in the first debate of the 2016 presidential election campaign…
- September 27, 2016Click image to go to C-SPAN's 2016 campaign coverage. The 2016 presidential campaign was kicked up a notch the evening of Sept. 26…
- September 26, 2016If you have an old federal tax debt, you might be getting a call from a private debt collection agency…
- September 25, 2016I'm a bit slow today. I got up at o'dark-thirty to catch a flight home from San Diego, California, where…
- September 24, 2016Computer users, which nowadays means almost everyone, used to be told to follow the X-file's advice when it came to cyber…
- September 23, 2016Saving is the key to the kind of retirement you want. The earlier you start, the better. Among the goals…
- September 22, 2016Place your Amazon orders soon D.C. residents. On Oct. 1, the Seattle-based giant e-commerce operation will begin tacking the District…
- September 21, 2016Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen gets his day in court, I mean before a House panel, today. The appearance comes…
- September 20, 2016If you follow celebrity news, you've already heard about the impending dissolution of the marriage of one of Hollywood's highest profile…
- September 19, 2016The Internal Revenue Service is pushing via its Future State plan a transition to digital tax systems. That's life in…
- September 17, 2016Personal note, Saturday, June 10, 2017: Batman has always been my favorite comic book superhero. While I love the Caped…
- September 16, 2016Music and tax fans have heard by now that rapper Nelly is in big tax trouble. Many have rallied to…
- September 15, 2016Donald J. Trump finally has released some traditionally private information about himself. No, not his taxes you dreamers. His most…
- September 14, 2016Whether Donald J. Trump's admiration of Russian President Vladimir Putin is simply a one-sided man crush on Trump's part or a…
- September 13, 2016Welsh officials are sooooo happy. On Sept. 12, lawmakers in Wales introduced the country's first homegrown tax in 800 years,…
- September 12, 2016This presidential election year, the candidates' tax focus is, as usual, on how to lower income tax rates for at…
- September 11, 2016Fifteen years ago today, terrorists hijacked four planes and killed 2,977 people in New York City, the Pentagon just outside…
- September 10, 2016$10,162. That's how much of a federal tax refund that Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence and his wife Karen received…
- September 9, 2016Donald Trump is still refusing to release any of his tax returns, but word is that we could get a look…
- September 8, 2016Embattled Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen this week met with House Republicans who want him out of his job.…
- September 7, 2016How's your first sort of full week of September going? The "sort of" question qualification comes, of course, because this…
- September 6, 2016A group of Republican lawmakers is expected to resume efforts to impeach the Internal Revenue Service commissioner, despite the ambivalence of…