Posts tagged as:

Philadelphia

Why Justice Matters

16 January 2012

Today, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. To honor the day, I am reposting something that I wrote around this time three years ago. It remains one of my favorite posts. Enjoy! — I’ll be frank. I don’t always love being a lawyer. When I was a little girl, I used to watch [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

12 Days of Charitable Giving: Jon Bon Jovi Soul Kitchen

2 January 2012

Our twelfth and final charitable organization in the series is the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Kitchen, located at 207 Monmouth St. Red Bank, NJ 07701. I know what you’re thinking: the Philly girl is touting a restaurant in New Jersey? All joking and anti-Giants sentiment aside, I have a good reason and it’s not just [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

12 Days of Charitable Giving: Back on My Feet

22 December 2011

It’s the fifth day of my annual 12 Days of Charitable Giving. Each of the 12 charities that I’ll be featuring in the series was suggested by a reader as a charity that could use a boost this holiday season. I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Should Millionaires Be Eligible for Unemployment Benefits?

5 December 2011

Last week, the Department of Labor released the latest unemployment figures. The good news is that the unemployment rate fell by 0.4% to 8.6% in November. The bad news is that still puts the number of unemployed persons at 13.3 million. On the one hand, I feel for those folks who want to work and [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Cost of 12 Days of Christmas Mirrors National Economy

29 November 2011

Finally some good news: the cost of living is apparently holding steady. Earlier this week, the IRS announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning January 1, 2012. And that’s not the only indicator… The PNC Christmas Price Index® has been released this year and prices seem to be holding [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Philadelphia: The City That Taxes You Back

12 August 2011

So let’s get one thing out of the way from the start… I love Philadelphia. I love that I can grab an authentic Ethiopean meal in one part of the city and a greasy cheesesteak in another. I love the way the modern cut of the relatively new Cira Centre contrasts with Billy Penn sitting [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Rapper Beanie Sigel Back in Court, This Time On Tax Charges

10 August 2011

Rapper Beanie Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, may be facing more time in prison – this time for tax troubles. The Philadelphia rapper pleaded guilty this week to failing to file federal income tax returns for 2003, 2004 and 2005. The IRS believes that Sigel failed to pay nearly $350,000 in federal income [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Cheers for a Soda Tax?

15 June 2011

Americans love their soda. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (report downloads as a pdf), in 2004, the average American consumed 37 gallons of carbonated, non-diet soft drinks. That works out 59,000 calories – or roughly the equivalent of 17 pounds in one year. In good news for the soda industry, [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

An Early Summer with Taxgirl

1 June 2011

It’s not officially summer yet but it sure feels like it here in the northeast. We had a scorcher in Philadelphia today with temps hitting nearly 100 degrees (I think the official high was 96 degrees), marking the end (we hope) of a heat wave that saw schools close early. It seems fitting, then, to [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Is SDP Getting Schooled by the IRS?

27 May 2011

It’s never a good thing to have a handful of auditors descend upon your business. It’s even worse when you planned to spend the day lobbying City Council to plug holes in your budget. That’s exactly what happened to the School District of Philadelphia. As noted previously, the embattled district is facing massive shortfalls in its [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries