Tax Day is officially over here on the East Coast. And whew, what a day it was. Here’s hoping yours was pleasant!
But just because your returns may (or may not, if you’re like me and you filed extensions) be filed away neatly with Uncle Sam, don’t think that this is the end of tax news here on the blog. Oh no. Not by a mile. There are questions to answer, felonies to report, politicians to chastise. So stick around. I’m just getting warmed up.
Last week, Vice President Joe Biden was in Milwaukee when he stopped in at Kopp’s Frozen Custard (not ice cream!) for a quick bite. After getting a cone, the vice president asked, “What do we owe ya?” The store manager replied, “Don’t worry, it’s on us. Lower our taxes and we’ll call it even.” Biden’s…
If you were to make a list of things about me and things about my mom, you’d notice a lot of differences. She lives in the south and likes rodeos, westerns on AMC, and Christmas sweaters. Me? I live up north and I like baseball games, quirky British comedies and I wear a lot of…
One month into tax season, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reporting that nearly 40 million tax refunds worth $125 billion have been issued. The average refund per taxpayer is $3,120. Those statistics are roughly equal to 2014 numbers. At this time last year, IRS had received 49,558,000 returns, just a little under the 49,651,000…
I started running again this spring – I haven’t really run since law school (gosh, that’s getting further and further away). For my first big event, I’m training for the Philadelphia Marathon’s Rothman Institute 8k – it’s in November and it is a great event for me to work towards. It’s a daunting challenge but…
*squeal!* I’m really excited! The BlogHer 08 Schedule is up and my session is all nailed down. The description is as follows: Taking Care of Business. If you’re a blogger, and your blog contributes to your livelihood…whether through direct monetization or as a platform to get freelance and consulting work…then it’s a business. But what…
Happy Labor Day to all of my readers! I hope that you enjoy your day off (if you have one). Tomorrow, stop back by for more taxgirl goodness! Kelly Phillips Erb Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains tax news, IRS updates, scams, financial crime, and money…
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not going anywhere, love your blog 🙂
and i’m running a small tax day stress relief contest on my blog, stop on by if you’d like!
Thanks much! And I’m headed over to your blog to check out the contest…
Thanks for all of your taxday tips Taxgirl! it was really great to have a real time resource for those silly little last minute questions that always seem to pop up.