It’s the second day of our 12 Days of Charitable Giving! Today we feature Flashes of Hope, an organization which provides families of children with cancer with portraits – along with a cool photo shoot. The organization touches the lives of about half of all children with cancer in the country.
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Budget Faces Challenge From Senators Wary Of Spending, User Fees To Taxpayers
The House has passed a budget deal – and convincingly so. But it will pass muster in the Senate? There are challenges, including concerns about increased spending and those pesky user fees. Are we in for another filibuster?
Read More12 Days of Charitable Giving 2013: Kids Making It
It’s day one of the 12 Days of Charitable Giving! Kicking it off? Kids Making It.
Read MoreState Takes Measures To Combat ‘Obama Phone’ Abuse As FCC Ramps Up Fines
‘Obama Phones’ are making news again but this time at the state level. One state, fed up with abuse, is taking the issue head on by imposing a new fee on beneficiaries of the program.
Read MoreYou’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch: Christmas Tree Tax Proposal Returns
The Grinch is coming early this year. The much-maligned Christmas tree tax has reappeared. The provision, which would add a tax onto the sale of Christmas trees, had been killed off by the Obama administration in 2011 but has found its way back courtesy of the farm bill. Will this one stick?
Read MoreTax Scammers Continue To Dial-Up Trouble For America’s Seniors
Phone ringing off the hook? It could be scammers.
Read MoreIRS To Rapper: It’s Hammertime!
Rapper MC Hammer was on top of the world in the late 1980s and early 1990s producing hit after hit. He was practically a household name before his financial troubles made a different kind of headline in 1996. Since that time, Hammer has reinvented himself as a pastor, reality television star and now, CEO of an athletic management company. And just when it seemed that things were back on their way up, the IRS has come calling…
Read MoreDrake Drops Big Donation On Philadelphia High School After ABC Special Airs
What’s it like to go to school in one of the most dangerous high schools in America? Diane Sawyer offered a window into that world when her special “Hidden America” profiled Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion High School. The feature touched viewers all across America – including Grammy-award winning singer Drake – who stopped by the school during a follow-up visit by ABC News to offer some news and a message of hope.
Read MoreIRS Announces 2014 Standard Mileage Rates
Gas prices are on their way down… and so are the standard mileage rates. The IRS has announced the standard mileage rates for business, moving and medical expenses for the calendar year 2014.
Read MoreFlushing Out The Toilet Paper Tax Exemption
There’s currently a petition to exempt what from taxation? Yep, it’s toilet paper. Focusing on the belief that it’s not fair to tax toilet paper and other basic products, a Florida journalist is hoping to “spare the squares.”
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