New York might have failed in its efforts to tax sugary sodas but that didn’t keep retail giant Walmart from trying to tax it anyway. This week, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that the state reached a settlement with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (also known as Walmart) over false advertising claims. The settlement…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winner! See the comments for more info.) The first food allergy list has arrived from school this year. According to the school nurse, severe food allergies affect more than 3 million school children. To keep kids safe, each classroom has a list of foods that are…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) Education tax credits can help you pay for the costs of higher education. Credits are great because they are dollar for dollar reductions in your taxes due as opposed to deductions which merely reduce your income subject to tax….
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) So the good news at my house first: my middle daughter made travel team for field hockey. The bad news: we have to figure out how to pay for it. In addition to the fees for travel, we have…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) As a small business owner, my family pays for our own health insurance. It is, after housing, the single biggest check that we write each month (if you don’t count consolidated student loans – more on that later this…
Today, the Tax Foundation released its 2014 International Tax Competitiveness Index (ITCI). The ITCI measures the competitiveness of tax systems in the 34 countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) based on criteria in five categories: corporate income taxes, individual taxes, consumption taxes, property taxes, and the treatment of foreign earnings. So…
The Philadelphia Eagles have found themselves in the spotlight this week not for posting good numbers on the field (they’re sitting atop the NFC East while the Redskins, Cowboys, and Giants each have 0-1 records) but for boasting about low numbers off the field. The news that the Eagles’ star running back, LeSean “Shady” McCoy,…
The Internal Revenue Service has reached the one million mark. In a statement released today, the IRS announced that it has processed over one million tax electronic payments to date through IRS Direct Pay. Those payments have totaled over $1.7 billion. Direct Pay is available to individuals to pay tax bills or estimated tax payments…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have a winner! See the comments for more info.) It’s Back To School on the blog! When my son was in kindergarten, you could find me in his classroom every Friday morning. Like many of my friends, I was a classroom mom since funding cuts meant that there…
700,000. That’s the number of potential plaintiffs in a class action suit filed today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The suit, Adam Steele, Brittany Montrois et al versus United States of America (complaint opens in Scribd), challenges the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) attempts to regulate tax preparers. The two…