- April 11, 2016Tax Day 2016 is a week away. That's seven days to take care of your annual tax duty. It also…
- April 10, 2016Nearly 10 million households didn't have bank accounts in 2013, according to the latest survey of individuals' banking habits by the…
- April 10, 2016A group of South Florida rappers allegedly created a music label as a front for a massive tax refund fraud ring.…
- April 9, 2016We're now into the single digit countdown (you are watching the clock in the right column, right?) to the April…
- April 8, 2016Tax con artists apparently like playing in the Internal Revenue Service's backyard. The 2016 tax-filing deadline is just days away and…
- April 7, 2016The presidential candidates are duking it out for their parties' nomination, with things heating up on both the Democratic and…
- April 6, 2016Diane L. Kroupa was appointed as judge to the U.S. Tax Court in June 2013. Her term was supposed to have run…
- April 5, 2016NOTE: This post was updated Jan. 26, 2017. Obamacare, the popular name for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was supposed…
- April 4, 2016Uncle Sam's favorite month has arrived. By the middle of every April every year, the Internal Revenue Service has heard…
- April 3, 2016We're still waiting for Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, to release any of his personal tax…
- April 2, 2016The hubby and I took a day trip today to check out a cool exhibit of a William Shakespeare First…
- April 2, 2016It's here! Uncle Sam's favorite month, no April fooling, since it's the home to the Internal Revenue Service's annual mid-month…
- April 1, 2016When the hubby and I head to a sporting event where only young fans are given freebies, say a team-logo…
- March 31, 2016Donald Trump has turned to taxes to divert attention from his restrictive, then recanted, comments on women's reproductive rights. Donald…
- March 30, 2016You thought it was the perfect job. And it was. For a while. But it's time to move on because,…
- March 29, 2016"Millions flee Georgia for the safety of North Carolina's bathrooms," quipped New Yorker columnist Andy Borowitz after the Tar Heel…
- March 28, 2016All of us tax procrastinators -- and yes, I use "us" because I'm one of them -- still have three…
- March 27, 2016Each tax season, millions of folks get a large chunk of money. For many, this refund money is the largest…
- March 27, 2016The eggs in your Easter basket are probably tax-free. Only a handful of states tax groceries. But you had to…
- March 26, 2016During this presidential primary season, the cost of higher education has been a major campaign issue, especially on the Democratic…
- March 26, 2016Folks who were at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on March 24 to hear Internal Revenue Service Commissioner…
- March 25, 2016Tax crooks just never stop. Now they're invoking the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) in a phishing scam. Real Taxpayer Advocacy Panel members…
- March 24, 2016Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen addressed today's National Press Club luncheon. I wasn't able to get up to my…
- March 23, 2016If you can come up with a way to make taxpayers' online interaction with the Internal Revenue Service easier, the…
- March 22, 2016In this media saturated age, there's no denying that everyone can benefit from some good PR. That also applies to…
- March 21, 2016This post reviewed and some links changed on March 29, 2017. Spring has sprung here in the Northern Hemisphere, at…
- March 19, 2016The hubby and I have no children. We often, however, seem to find ourselves at places and events chock full…
- March 18, 2016In case you haven't check the countdown clock over in the ol' blog's right column, the filing deadline for your…
- March 17, 2016When the idea to honor an American woman by placing her image on the $10 bill was raised back in…
- March 17, 2016Are you celebrating St. Patrick's Day? Probably at least in some fashion. Everybody and their dogs love celebrating St. Patrick's…
- March 16, 2016We give the Internal Revenue Service an incredible amount of personal data. Our Social Security numbers. Our earnings amounts. Our family…
- March 15, 2016In another post last week, I likened tax security lapses to a wildfire. I've reconsidered that analogy, at least when…
- March 14, 2016Tax identity theft and related refund fraud are major concerns of U.S. taxpayers. That was clear in the recent Bankrate…
- March 13, 2016Nope, that headline date is not wrong. If you didn't file a federal tax return three years ago for the…
- March 12, 2016The IRS is holding more than $950 million that was never sent to more than 1 million taxpayers. The…
- March 12, 2016Opponents of Scientology were jazzed yesterday as word spread across the Internet that the controversial church's tax-exempt status had been…
- March 11, 2016It's been one of those weeks that makes me totally understand exactly why the TGIF acronym was created. Blarghhhh! Arghhhh!…
- March 11, 2016How obsessive am I about taxes … and lists? And how little of a real life do I have? This…
- March 10, 2016This was supposed to be the year that the Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners clamped down on…
- March 9, 2016Crain's New York Business may have shed some light on why Donald J. Trump doesn't want us to see his…