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July 22nd, 2008

Dave Barry Runs for President, Tax Plan Is Surprisingly Simple

Comedian Dave Barry is running for President (not) and he has a tax plan (also not). Check out this video clip on CNN.
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July 20th, 2008

Rethink Pink: Mary Kay May be a Hobby, Not a Business

At my BlogHer session on blogging and tax, I raised the issue of hobby loss rules. This is an incredibly important matter not only for bloggers but others who work in small or home businesses. Just ask Brenda Konchar.
Brenda Konchar, a Mary Kay Cosmetics representative, reported her Mary Kay activity as business income; […]

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July 20th, 2008

Gas Tax Holiday Takes Well… A Holiday

The proposed gas tax holiday has officially been scrapped.
Of course, this shouldn’t be news - the tax holiday was planned to start on Memorial Day as the kick off to the summer holiday season. Considering that we’re about six weeks away from Labor Day (the proposed end), the idea that the holiday won’t happen […]

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July 19th, 2008

Online Charitable Fundraising and Activism

I attended a great session at BlogHer today about online charitable fundraising and activism. Afterwards, one of the other attendees asked me why I was there.
Hmm.
Well, a lot of it was because I have interest on behalf of my nonprofit clients. Online charitable fundraising and activism is changing the face of the nonprofit world, […]

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July 18th, 2008

Fix the Tax Code Friday: Should Everyday Really be Sunday?

The Vikings apparently can’t win for losing. First, they had to deal with the soap opera that is Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers - in case you somehow remarkably missed the drama, Favre talked to the Vikings about a position on the team - as a result, the Packers, who have indicated […]

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July 16th, 2008

Channeling Tori Spelling

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As excited as I am about the upcoming premiere of “90210″ (and no, I am not embarrassed to say that there’s not an episode of the old one that I haven’t seen), I am a bit perplexed as to why my readers are […]

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July 16th, 2008

Ford Shows IRS They Can Be “Ford Tough”

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Ford Motor Company has filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming it deserves at least $445 million in accrued interest from the IRS.
The years in question are 1983-89, 1992 and 1994 and the issue of interest stems from quarterly tax payments made by Ford that […]

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July 16th, 2008

The BlogHer Countdown

Wow, in just about 12 hours (a little over), I’ll be crawling into a cab (before 5am, anyone would be crawling) to head out to San Francisco to speak at BlogHer.
I am ridiculously excited for a zillion reasons, not the least of which is that I hear that the high in San Francisco is about […]

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July 14th, 2008

Summer Slump: Finding Your Groove

My daughter was invited to a birthday party today where she expected to swim - only the kids decided to go play a little wiffle ball first. For six and seven year olds, some of them were pretty hardcore ballplayers, even wearing their softball outfits to the park. Katie, standing in her glittery […]

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July 6th, 2008

Should You Incorporate?

Hmm… I get asked about incorporation for the sake of taxes quite a bit. So, I decided to tackle it for my guest post over at Problogger. Check it out!
If you have other questions, don’t forget to ask the taxgirl!
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