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A Memorial Day Thanks

25 May 2009

Without revenues, a government can have no power. Alexander Hamilton, First Secretary of the US Treasury You will find no federal holiday dedicated to our love of taxes. There will be no parades in honor of taxes. No ceremonies, concerts or TV specials. This is because many in the US think of taxes as a [...]

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Bailing Out the Government

15 May 2009

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! Remember that study that I cited from the Tax Foundation earlier in the week? That same report offered another statistic. In 2007, the cost of balancing the budget would have cost each taxpayer an additional $1,789 in taxes. This year, due to “the bailouts and the Troubled Asset Relief [...]

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So I’m Not Jessica Alba…

20 March 2009

But I’m still mentioned on esquire.com this morning. You can check out the link to my interview about not paying taxes here.

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Joe the Plumber Owes Taxes (Psst, and Not a Plumber)

17 October 2008

It turns out that “Joe the Plumber” has more tax issues than were spotlighted during the final presidential debate. He doesn’t just not like taxes, he apparently doesn’t like to pay them. He owes the State of Ohio nearly $1200 in back taxes; Ohio has filed a lien against him to recover amounts due. “Joe [...]

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Who Wants to Raise Taxes? Bueller…? Bueller….?

12 August 2008

Ben Stein may be known best by my generation knows as the best as the economics teacher in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (“Bueller…. Bueller….?). But he is also an attorney, former presidential speechwriter (for Nixon and Ford) and regular newspaper columnist for the New York Times. Stein’s political beliefs generally tilt towards the [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Tax dollars for illegal immigrant health care?

28 April 2008

Taxpayer asks: Dear Taxgirl, In the last couple months, I’ve received a spammy e-mail asking me to sign an “electronic petition” against a tax increase so the government can provide health care to illegal aliens. I deleted this whenever I got it, because it just sounds like some urban legend to me. I mean who [...]

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Top 10 Ways to Make Paying Taxes More Fun

25 April 2008

If you’re like me, every year at about this time, you make a vow that the next tax year will be different. If you’re like me, you’re also six feet six inches tall, an incorrigible wise-ass and think you’re way cooler than you actually are. For the purposes of this discussion, though, we should probably [...]

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Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: My Kids Tell All

24 April 2008

My five year old daughter offers this perspective on my job: What do I do? You do taxes and stuff. What are taxes? Taxes are faxes. What are faxes? The taxes. What do I do at my job? Talk, I think. Feed Lyle (that’s our dog). Cook dinnner. For my job? Uh-huh. Do you think [...]

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Extended.

15 April 2008

I am officially extended. No, my hair is the same (are you kidding me? I saw Britney’s extensions at the MTV Awards and have chosen to stay far, far away from fake hair). But I have filed extensions and paid a little cash (just a little) to the feds and to PA. This was my [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: More cell phone questions

14 April 2008

Taxpayer asks: I have a quick question regarding tax deductions. My husband and I are both military. I am National Guard and he is active duty National Guard. It was brought to my attention that we can deduct internet service & cell phone service as a deduction under unreimbursed employee expenses. The justification is that [...]

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