Maybe the Internal Revenue Service has some of your cash! The IRS is looking for 115,478 taxpayers who are due refund checks worth about $110 million after the checks were returned as undeliverable. Yep, that averages out to nearly $1000 a pop. If you are expecting a refund and have not received one for the…
I’m getting quite a few in the queue, so beginning the week after Thanksgiving, I’ll ramp up to at least once per week. Have a question about charitable donations, individual tax planning or reporting? Ask the Taxgirl.
Following up on my post yesterday, today’s Fix the Tax Code Friday question is: Do you think that the IRS should be allow to select which providers offer electronic tax filing?
Getting nervous about your grades? Need an A? Consider entering the taxgirl.com writing competition – you could win an A! Well, sort of. Read more details here. The deadline is quickly approaching!
TaxProfBlog has a wonderful round up of tax-related songs. Here’s my favorite: Stephen Stubbs’ Taxes are Best When You Pay Nothing At All. Looking for more tax fun? Try tax haiku.
Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner & Weinstock, a plaintiff’s firm out of Philadelphia, thinks so. They have filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of Philadelphia resident Stacie Byers against members of an income tax software group, Free File Alliance. The suit, Byers v. Intuit Inc., alleges that…
When my husband saw a bright yellow post-it with the word “divorce” on it tacked onto my Mac, he began to worry a little. Nothing to worry about (yet – he still owes me a trip to Europe) on his part, it was just a reminder to me that I needed to finish an article…
It’s not a secret that I am a huge fan of Temple Law School’s tax program. Yes, I’m biased because it’s my alma mater. But I can back it up with real world experiences (yes, plural). In fact, having worked closely with a number of tax professionals over the years, both as colleagues and in…
It seems that nobody really knows what to do about Social Security. Or maybe it’s that lots of folks do really know, but nobody has the guts to do it… At any rate, presidential candidate Barack Obama and other Democratic presidential candidates have previously indicated that something needs to happen to save Social Security. Initially,…
The UK is pushing ahead with its plans for a greener country. Recommendations for a greener policy include an increase for drivers who opt for larger cars of up to £1,000 under a plan to force people to switch to greener vehicles. The Times is reporting that drivers who choose high-emission vehicles will face much…
