(Editor’s note: We have our winners! Congrats to Jeremy Nabors and Mary Sublette. I’ll be contacting you both.) Yes, I know the post title sounds
Read MoreYear: 2011
The Not-Nearly-So-Dramatic Budget Vote
I spent most of my day taking calls and in client meetings (it is, after all, tax season) with occasional glances at the news. At
Read MoreUS Uncut & GE: Imagination (& Hoaxes) At Work
Just around noon, a story caught my eye on Twitter. It was a link to a Forbes story claiming that GE had issued a press
Read MoreAre We Creeping Closer To An Internet Sales Tax?
Like you didn’t see this coming… Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), together with Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), will, if all goes according to plan, announce intentions
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Two Years of Making Work Pay Credit
Taxpayer asks: Ok, I file my tax for 2009 and claim the Making work pay credit for that year. So can I claim for 2010
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Business Expenses
Taxpayer asks: I give monthly to a Christian Radio Station. Is this considered a deduction since it comes out of my blogging business account, not
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Passive Income and The Making Work Pay Credit
Taxpayer asks: Are retired persons who have a working interest in natural gas wells eligible for the making work pay credit? taxgirl says: If the
Read MoreThe Breakfast Club
If you’re in the greater Philadelphia area, I’ll be making an appearance on 98.1 FM (WOGL) with Ross Brittain & The Breakfast Club tomorrow, April
Read MoreI Kid You Not: Filing for Dependents
The arrival of catalogs at my house have done quite a bit to up my daughter’s work ethic. She has it in her head to
Read MoreIRS Commissioner Doug Shulman Addresses National Press Club
On Wednesday, April 6, 2011, IRS Commissioner addressed the National Press Club. Follows is the text of his prepared remarks, as distributed by IRS: Thank
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