Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains tax news, IRS updates, scams, financial crime, and money in plain English.
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House Committee Introduces Tax Reform 2.0
Think that we’re done with tax reform? The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was passed in December of 2017, with many of the provisions taking effect in 2018. Now, Congress is pushing for more – what they’re calling “Tax Reform 2.0.” Details regarding what’s being touted as a “second round” of tax reform are…
New Tax Bill Raising Eyebrows
Apparently, Congress is on a roll. Just a couple of months after they pushed through the massive health care bill (referred to as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law in March 2010) and debated the similarly hefty Tax Extenders Bill (referred to as the American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act…
Mom Always Used To Say
That life is not fair. Apparently Wandering Tax Pro agrees with her, at least when it comes to paying taxes. Do you think our tax system is “fair”?
Don't Be Fooled By IRS Phishing Scams
You have to give scammers credit: they sure don’t give up. There’s another set of IRS phishing emails making the rounds this week. I’ve seen two versions, one purporting to be from “info manager@irs.gov” and another from “support manager@irs.gov.” Both have headers announcing “IRS notification.” To be clear, both are scams and should be ignored,…
The Greening Of The Senate
From the popularity of Al Gore’s uber-Power Point “An Inconvenient Truth” to the explosion of hybrid and energy efficient vehicles, the US population is paying more attention to the environment. And Congress is finally catching on (well, sort of). One of the driving forces behind the interest in going green is the increase in oil…
Former Detroit Mayor Found Guilty On Multiple Counts, Including Tax Charges
Guilty. It’s a word that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick heard 24 times today. A former political star, Kilpatrick became the youngest person elected to mayor of Detroit in 2001; he was 31 years old at the time. Detroit residents had high hopes for the new mayor. The city, which had seen its share of…