Well, somebody was working today. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) advising that the U.S. will hit its
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Why Santa Claus Won’t Have To Pay Income Tax This Year
It’s Christmas Eve and, at my house, we’re busy preparing for guests. Mostly, we’re waiting on the cousins but my kids are also waiting for
Read MoreGun & Ammo Tax Proposal Draws Fire
And we say there’s no “magic bullet” to fix the economy… A Cook County official has proposed a surtax on the sale of every bullet
Read MorePA Revenue Goof Sends Taxpayers To Viagra Site
Two years ago, I wrote my very first piece for Forbes. The article, titled Tax Amnesty Works Without Big Brother, was the result of criticisms
Read MoreTax Revenues Lowest Since Depression
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Okay, not really. But revenues are falling. And it feels just as dramatic. As the economy slowly
Read MoreStates Find It May Not (*Gasp*) Be Necessary To Raise Taxes
With budget deadlines looming, many states felt that there were no alternatives to balancing the budget other than raising taxes or adding new ones. More
Read MoreState Tax Primer From A To W: California
Welcome to my fifth in a series on state taxes! For information about what I’m trying to do, read my introductory bit. Next on the
Read MoreTaxgirl Trivia: Raising Revenue
We have a winner! See comments! Our next tax trivia question is: Beginning in the early 19th century, the US did not impose any direct
Read MoreUse Tax On iTunes? It Doesn’t Make Sense.
Another Tax Geek asked me whether I pay Use Tax on my iTunes purchases (you can answer him, too, by voting in our poll in
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