- 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…
- September 5, 2016Labor Day is a holiday for many workers. But come Tuesday, most employed folks will be braving traffic again to…
- September 4, 2016Remember back in July when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie indicated that he might end the Garden State's tax reciprocity…
- September 3, 2016I love cats and I love art, but I gotta say that The New York Times story yesterday (Sept. 2)…
- September 2, 2016Parents want the best schools possible for their kids. Heck, even child-free folks like the hubby and I want good schools.…
- September 1, 2016Special tax treatment for businesses has received a lot of attention this week in the wake of the European Commission's…
- August 31, 2016Donald J. Trump's taxes are still under wraps, but a revealing statue of the Republican presidential candidate could be yours if…
- August 31, 2016A workplace retirement plan, where, in most cases, employees automatically put in some pre-tax money each pay period, is the…
- August 30, 2016The European Commission (EC) says Ireland illegally provided tax breaks to U.S. based technology giant Apple. Because of that alleged improper tax…
- August 29, 2016The National Taxpayer Advocate is not giving up on her quest to ensure that digital enhancements to Internal Revenue Service…
- August 28, 2016Music is important to me. I took piano lessons as a kid and even survived some formal recitals and special…
- August 28, 2016The annual Internal Revenue Service Tax Forums are great opportunities to meet tax professionals and pick up some tax tips.…
- August 27, 2016Ezekiel Elliott's visit to a Seattle marijuana retailer was the big weed news this week, and yes, pot has received…
- August 26, 2016One Mississippi. Two Mississippi. Someone just became an identity theft victim. The stealing of an individual's personal data happens every…
- August 25, 2016This post has been updated to reflect the developments of late-August tropical systems. We enjoyed many good years in South…
- August 25, 2016Not to pile on Donald Trump, even though he makes himself such an easy target so often, but there's another…
- August 24, 2016"I can't define tax evasion, but I know it when I see it," Fred T. Goldberg Jr. once said. Fred…
- August 23, 2016I have allergies, but they are just the run-of-the-mill inconveniences -- sniffles, sneezing, red eyes. Neither my life nor those…
- August 22, 2016It was a good Summer Olympics in Rio not only for Team USA, which won 121 medals, but also for…
- August 21, 2016UPDATE, Oct. 11, 2016: The United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act became law this fall. It exempts most…
- August 20, 2016Almost 7 trillion gallons of rain in just one week across Louisiana produced the worst U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane…
- August 19, 2016This post was updated July 12, 2017. Need time to pay off a big tax bill? It's going to cost…
- August 18, 2016Apple CEO Tim Cook is not apologizing for the corporate tax strategies that the California-based multinational technology giant employs. Apple's…
- August 17, 2016Saving soon and often for your or your children's college education is critical. But just as important as putting away…
- August 16, 2016One of the things I always suggest to folks who are having tax trouble, be it with filling out a…
- August 15, 2016Only one thing is worse than getting a notice from the tax collector. Getting a notice that says you owe.…
- August 14, 2016Maryland hosts the penultimate summer 2016 sales tax holiday this coming week. Maryland's sales tax holiday is this week, offering some savings…