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Happy Holidays!

25 December 2008

No matter how you celebrate this holiday season, I wish you and your family the very best!

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Ask the taxgirl: Gifts to Spouses

18 December 2008

Taxpayer asks: I think this should be an easy question for you… are monetary gifts ($250) given to employee spouses taxable as W-2 wages to the employee? Taxgirl says: Au contraire. This one feels like it should be easy but it isn’t. And the reason it’s not easy is because I am fairly certain that [...]

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taxgirl Holiday Tax Article on law.com

26 November 2008

I was honored to find that one of my articles for the Legal Intelligencer was posted on law.com. You can read the piece, which focuses on tax issues related to holiday gifts and bonuses for employees, by clicking here.

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Massachusetts takes a holiday.

27 July 2007

Apparently, not to be outdone by other states with sales tax holidays for back to school, Massachusetts may create a holiday for all retail goods on purchases up to $2,500 during the second weekend in August (August 11-12). If you’re from Massachussetts, you may be experiencing a little deja vu all over again… Didn’t the [...]

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Sales Tax Takes a Holiday

18 July 2007

Each year, several states offer a “holiday” from sales tax in order to increase spending before school begins. Here are some sales tax holidays that I’m aware of. As the mother of three children, I can appreciate this nod towards back to school spending. And according to the National Retail Federation, families with school-age children [...]

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Got duct tape?

8 June 2007

When I first moved to Philadelphia, I used to describe the area that I grew up in as “that place that they report from on the Weather Channel during hurricane season.” That’s because I hail from Hampstead, NC, just a few miles north of Wilmington, NC, which is sort of a hurricane magnet. But even [...]

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