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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Happy Birthday, Taxdad!
When I was a little girl, I was constantly scribbling away in my notebooks and journals. My head was filled with stories and poems and chapters in books. With a pencil and a piece of paper, I could pretty much get lost all day in my own thoughts. In my small town, I didn’t have…
Dr. Seuss Re-Imagined: One Tax, Two Tax
Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss! Theodor Seuss Geisel, or Dr. Seuss as he is known to most of the world, was born on March 2, 1904. And though he passed away in 1991, his books and his poems are still as popular as ever. I love the idea of combining silliness with reality and over the past few…
A Safe Bet: Protecting Your Tax & Financial Documents
The first part of the year inspires folks to take a closer look at their finances and organization (and often, lack thereof) and make some changes for the rest of the year. That usually involves some measure of sorting through documents, trying to figure out which ones to keep and which ones to toss. So,…
Tax Trivia: Stimulus Bill & The GOP
We have a winner! See comments! Our next tax trivia question is: In February 2009, the House and Senate each initially approved their own version of the stimulus plan. Only three GOP Senators voted in favor of the Senate’s initial version. Name all three. Don’t forget: the first correct answer wins free CCH tax prep…
Scientist Pitches Proposal To Curb Bird Deaths: A Tax On Cats
Birds in Germany are dying by the millions and Peter Berthold of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Radolfzell, Germany, says that cats are to blame. By his calculation, cats kill approximately 50 million birds each year in Germany alone. The solution, he says, to this travesty, is a cat tax. No, this isn’t…
