Posts tagged as:

April Fool’s Day

Fool Me Once…

2 April 2011

In case you missed it, yesterday’s post was a nod to April Fool’s Day (the IRS won’t really issue you a discount for paying in cash). I have fun with my April Fool’s Day posts every year and you can catch some of the prior posts by clicking below: Obama Administration Takes Heat for Planned [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

IRS Offers Discount for Cash Payments

1 April 2011

Citing a need for immediate liquidity in the U.S. Treasury, the IRS has announced a set of surprising measures for the 2011 tax season, including a 10% discount for taxpayers willing to pay in cash. A further discount – up to 15% depending on the type of coin – is available for taxpayers paying in [...]

9 comments Read the full article →

Fooled Ya!

2 April 2010

In case you missed the humor in yesterday’s post, yes, it was outrageous and silly and it was an April Fool’s Day joke. If you didn’t catch them before, you can view April Fool’s posts from prior years here and here.

3 comments Read the full article →

Obama Administration Takes Heat for Planned Fat Tax

1 April 2010

Citing statistics that nearly 34% of Americans are obese, more than double the percentage 30 years ago, the Obama administration has introduced plans to implement a fat tax. The proposed tax, which has already caused controversy, is expected to raise more than $21 billion in its first year alone. Here’s how it would work: the [...]

14 comments Read the full article →

Fix the Tax Code Friday: National Sales Tax

3 April 2009

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! This week, my post about a national sales tax on online sales was all in jest for April Fool’s Day. But it caught some folks off guard because it really could happen. Proponents say that a national sales tax would increase revenue by taxing consumption rather than income. Critics [...]

23 comments Read the full article →

April Fool’s Day Humor

2 April 2009

In case you missed the not so subtle humor in Thursday’s post (referencing among other things, Dutch cheese), it was an April Fool’s Day joke. I know some people hate them but me, I have that kind of warped sense of humor. If you missed it, you can catch last year’s post here.

2 comments Read the full article →

Congress Proposes Federal Tax on Downloaded Music

1 April 2009

Despite the Obama administration’s efforts to close the gap between decreasing revenues and increasing expenditures, the federal deficit is expected to soar this year. Congress has been scrambling for ways to find extra dollars and one Congressman believes he’s found a way: tax online music. It’s no wonder. The number of songs sold online is [...]

7 comments Read the full article →

IRS Considers Tax Exempt Status for Bloggers

1 April 2008

In a surprising move, the IRS has announced that it is considering exempting bloggers from paying income tax on money earned from blogging. In its proposed regulations on the matter, the IRS pointed out that bloggers provide a valuable public service by making information available to the public for free. In some instances, this includes [...]

24 comments Read the full article →