Here’s wishing you and yours the happiest of holidays! May 2011 treat you well.
Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains taxes, IRS news, financial crime, scams, and the law in plain English.
I often get asked about holographic wills. Holographic wills are wills that you write yourself – and they are legal in Pennsylvania (with some caveats). One of the more amusing holographic wills that I have seen lately comes to me courtesy of the Wills, Trusts, and Estates Prof Blog. It’s a helpful read since I…
As seen over on YouTube, this hard-hitting expose on Street Accountants is worth a peek (and hilarious, to boot):
Citing a need for immediate liquidity in the U.S. Treasury, the IRS has announced a set of surprising measures for the 2011 tax season, including a 10% discount for taxpayers willing to pay in cash. A further discount – up to 15% depending on the type of coin – is available for taxpayers paying in…
Want to win a billion dollars? Here’s your chance.
Go ahead. Start making fun now. But I have a new (catching drool) toy to lust over… It’s the Internal Revenue Code for the iPhone. Ok, I don’t have an iPhone. I can’t bring myself to use AT&T (it’s a long story). But I do have an iTouch. And I love it. My favorite bit…
Police in Des Moines weren’t dusting for thumbprints after a robbery: they were checking tax forms. A man robbed a Git-N-Go store in Des Moines last Friday after threatening a clerk, claiming that he had a gun in his jacket. He pocketed $115 for his troubles. Apparently, he felt the need to pare down after…
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Same back to you. Thank you for all the good tax info you provide.