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government/federal agencies

IRS To Mail Out Furlough Notices Next Week, Announcing Agency-Wide Shutdowns

19 April 2013

Tweet One week. That’s all it took. One week after Tax Day came and went, the Internal Revenue Service will send out furlough notices to its entire workforce. According to a press release from the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), those notices will identify five days when the IRS will be shut down entirely – [...]

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Postal Service Says Saturday Delivery Will Continue Because Of Budget Provision

10 April 2013

Tweet Dust off those stamps: the U.S. Postal Service isn’t ending Saturday mail delivery this summer after all. What’s the reason for the apparent change of heart? A bill passed by Congress this spring. As it turns out, the language in the bill bars such a change in plans. This, according to the U.S. Postal [...]

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Does President Obama Want To Tax Your Retirement?

8 April 2013

Tweet President Obama plans to tax your retirement. That was the subject of an email I received this morning. Only it wasn’t quite on target. You see, while it’s true that President Obama’s budget proposal, which is to be released on April 10, has included a proposal aimed at retirement accounts, he’s not targeting my [...]

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As Squabbles Over Budget Continue, Annual White House Easter Egg Tradition Rolls On

30 March 2013

Tweet My kids are minutes away from their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Set among the backdrop of rural North Carolina, it’s miles away – both literally and figuratively – from the White House Easter Egg Roll. Both are scheduled to go on this year, despite fears to the contrary. While there was no scandal at [...]

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FAFSA, Tax Return Delays Could Slow College Enrollment Decisions

19 March 2013

Tweet The delay in processing forms 8863, Education Credits, at the IRS is causing more trouble than just slowing down refunds. The delay, which was formally addressed this week by the Department of Education, is the result of “a technical error with a limited number of tax filing software products” and has affected hundreds of [...]

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Taxes From A To Z (2013): G Is For Government Debt

11 March 2013

Tweet Practically every year, I get a query or two about how to make a donation to the federal government to pay down the debt. Apparently, it’s keeping some of you up at night. It’s a complicated issue because most of us can’t explain, at any given time, what the debt is and how it’s [...]

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Senate Fails To Push Through Last Minute Measures To Avoid Sequestration

28 February 2013

Tweet What do Republicans and Democrats have in common? Neither party can seem to muster a bill to head off the sequester looming on Friday. Two proposals were raised in the Senate today to address the sequester. Both failed. The Republican proposal would have let the cuts stand and allowed the President to decide on [...]

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About Those Leaked Wal-Mart Emails… Is IRS To Blame For Sluggish Sales?

22 February 2013

Wal-Mart had the worst sales start in seven years. So what gives? Are consumers unhappy with Wal-Mart or is it something more?

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The Cost Of Health Care Insurance, Taxes and Your W-2

14 February 2013

Tweet Notice any different about your form W-2? Take a look at Box 12. See anything that wasn’t there last year? The value of health care coverage provided by your employer is now reported in Box 12 with Code DD to identify the amount. The amount reported in the box should include both the portion [...]

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