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  • Throwing a tax-deductible Cinco de Mayo office party

    May 5, 2016
    When most folks think holiday office party, they think Christmas. Here in Texas, though, Cinco de Mayo is a great…
  • Tax collectors use shaming to prompt delinquents to pay

    May 4, 2016
    Given all we see on social media, it seems that many people nowadays have no shame. Some government officials, however,…
  • House Democrats seek return of a tougher estate tax

    May 3, 2016
    While most of the world this week was watching the court battle begin over pop icon Prince's estate, some U.S.…
  • Sex sells, enough to cause Oz madam a $2M tax bill

    May 1, 2016
    Brothels are legal in New South Wales, Australia, so officials there had no problem when Jamelie Lahood ran the Stiletto brothel…
  • Tax gap hits $458 billion

    April 30, 2016
    Last week, millions of last-minute filers got their returns to the Internal Revenue Service. As of April 22, the federal…
  • Happy Arbor Day! Plant a tree or make a potentially tax-deductible donation to an environmental group

    April 29, 2016
    J. Sterling Morton started Arbor Day back in 1872 with a simple idea: Set aside a special day for tree…
  • Tennessee legalizes — & taxes — fantasy sports gambling

    April 28, 2016
    It's a wonderful day. In preparation for the 2016 National Football League draft that starts tonight at 8 p.m./7 Central,…
  • Prince’s lack of a will highlights the need for estate and inheritance tax planning

    April 27, 2016
    The estate planning world is stunned by the news that Prince passed away without a will. Prince performing at Coachella…
  • IRS needs to address its insider tax ID theft risks

    April 26, 2016
    Trust no one. That X-Files admonition has been co-opted for just about everything, but it's particularly appropriate in this time…
  • Arizona and Massachusetts also will lose tax money on Tom Brady’s court-approved suspension

    April 25, 2016
    Tom Brady could be sitting out the start of the 2016 National Football League season.  Tom Brady taking the field in Denver Colorado,…
  • You rang? IRS was better at answering in 2016

    April 24, 2016
    The Internal Revenue Service and millions of taxpayers are breathing easier. Overall, the 2016 filing season went pretty smoothly. A…
  • Celebrating Shakespeare: poet, playwright, tax cheat

    April 23, 2016
    To be, or not to be, a tax cheat, that is the question that William Shakespeare might have asked himself.…
  • Happy Earth Day to goat farmer Donald J. Trump

    April 22, 2016
    Happy Earth Day 2016. April 22 marks the anniversary of the birth in 1970 of the modern environmental movement. For…
  • 4 steps to take now if you missed the tax filing deadline

    April 21, 2016
    Even with three extra days to complete taxes this year, some folks missed the April 18 (or 19) tax filing…
  • Weekly Tax Tips 2016

    April 20, 2016
      Whew! Finally. Tax Day 2016, which was pushed to April 18 this year -- the 19th for you filers in…
  • Coachella fans thwarted in effort to mail tax returns

    April 20, 2016
    Here's a tax-related travel tip. Mail your return before you head out to your favorite festival. Some of the attendees…
  • Considering marijuana and taxes on 4/20

    April 20, 2016
    There are many nicknames for marijuana. Weed. Pot. Mary Jane. Cash cow. OK, that last one isn't an official moniker…
  • Happy Tax Day, take 2, for Maine & Massachusetts filers

    April 19, 2016
    Finally! Tax Day 2016 has arrived for folks in Maine and Massachusetts. While procrastinators in the other 48 states and…
  • 3 tax tasks to take care of on Tax Day

    April 18, 2016
    Finally! Tax Day 2016 has arrived. Here are three things to do to make sure you and the Internal Revenue…
  • Fix the tax code, not just the tax-filing process

    April 17, 2016
    Tax returns are due tomorrow. Most of us have filed. But there are around 10 million procrastinating holdouts. Part of…
  • Tax facts, fake vs. real

    April 17, 2016
    This post was updated Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 Fake news. Alternative facts. We've all grown familiar with, and perhaps a…
  • Tax identity thieves working up to filing deadline, too

    April 15, 2016
    Millions of folks are working diligently these last few days before the April 18 (19th in Maine and Massachusetts) tax…
  • April 18 deadline means weekend tax work for some

    April 15, 2016
    If you started off today freaking out because you haven't finished -- or even started -- your 2015 tax return,…
  • Don’t make these 10 last-minute tax-filing mistakes

    April 14, 2016
    Tax Day is almost here. If you're one of the millions still to file, I understand. No judging here. I'm…
  • Snail mail, private delivery tips for old-school tax filers

    April 13, 2016
    Most of us rely on digital services to get us through our days. The Internal Revenue Service has taken advantage…
  • Hillary Clinton’s old Olds Cutlass for sale
    Sale brings cash, but donation could provide possible tax deduction

    April 12, 2016
    One man hopes Hillary Clinton's drive for the White House will help him sell her former ride. Hillary Clinton's old…
  • 8 tax tasks to take care of by April 18

    April 11, 2016
    Tax Day 2016 is a week away. That's seven days to take care of your annual tax duty. It also…
  • Near a 7-Eleven? Pop in, pick up a Slurpee and pay your IRS tax bill in cash … but plan ahead and be careful

    April 10, 2016
    Nearly 10 million households didn't have bank accounts in 2013, according to the latest survey of individuals' banking habits by the…
  • SoFla rappers sentenced for roles in tax fraud
    6 men face a combined 52+ years in jail and nearly $30 million in restitution

    April 10, 2016
    A group of South Florida rappers allegedly created a music label as a front for a massive tax refund fraud ring.…
  • Tax mistakes, breaks and post-filing drinks!

    April 9, 2016
    We're now into the single digit countdown (you are watching the clock in the right column, right?)  to the April…
  • New tax phishing scam targets D.C. area residents
    Senate Judiciary chairman introduces bill to increase tax identity theft penalties

    April 8, 2016
    Tax con artists apparently like playing in the Internal Revenue Service's backyard. The 2016 tax-filing deadline is just days away and…
  • Dueling tax calculators: Vox & The Nation face off over presidential candidate tax proposal costs, benefits

    April 7, 2016
    The presidential candidates are duking it out for their parties' nomination, with things heating up on both the Democratic and…
  • Former tax court judge indicted for tax evasion

    April 6, 2016
    Diane L. Kroupa was appointed as judge to the U.S. Tax Court in June 2013. Her term was supposed to have run…
  • 6 Obamacare tax-filing tips

    April 5, 2016
    NOTE: This post was updated Jan. 26, 2017. Obamacare, the popular name for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was supposed…
  • Tax moves to make on April 18 and beyond

    April 4, 2016
    Uncle Sam's favorite month has arrived. By the middle of every April every year, the Internal Revenue Service has heard…
  • Still waiting for more Bernie Sanders tax returns, too
    Hillary Clinton is lone White House hopeful to more fully open her tax life to the public

    April 3, 2016
    We're still waiting for Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, to release any of his personal tax…
  • Not saving enough for retirement? The tax code can help

    April 2, 2016
    The hubby and I took a day trip today to check out a cool exhibit of a William Shakespeare First…
  • Daily Tax Tips April 2016

    April 2, 2016
    It's here! Uncle Sam's favorite month, no April fooling, since it's the home to the Internal Revenue Service's annual mid-month…
  • Craigslist ad seeking false tax dependent filing data leads to federal indictment of Missouri man

    April 1, 2016
    When the hubby and I head to a sporting event where only young fans are given freebies, say a team-logo…
  • Letter from Trump lawyers confirms IRS audits
    Also provides GOP presidential front-runner a legal excuse for not releasing tax returns

    March 31, 2016
    Donald Trump has turned to taxes to divert attention from his restrictive, then recanted, comments on women's reproductive rights. Donald…
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