We’ve been talking a lot about charitable orgs lately on Taxgirl.com – due in large part to a great session that I attended at BlogHer. This week, one of the bloggers on the business channel, Miki over at Leadership Turn, gave us the heads up on an organization called Any Soldier that helps provide care…
The long saga of the notorious “Spam King” Edward Davidson ended on a sad note this weekend. The bodies of Davidson, his wife and young daughter were found in Davidson’ SUV, the result of an apparent murder-suicide. Federal authorities had been searching for Davidson since the beginning of the week when he literally walked away…
Earlier this week, I headed off to the store with school supply check list in hand. Boy, how things have changed since I was a kid. Tops on my list? Latex-free erasers. Pencils with latex-free erasers. Pencil sharpener together with Ziploc bag. The list went on and on. Shopping went pretty well until we hit…
Joe Francis, the rich and troubled founder of Girls Gone Wild, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of federal tax evasion. He claims that he was the victim of a scheme by his accountant to profit from the IRS whistleblower program. The indictment alleges that Francis claimed over $20 million in phony business expenses…
Not a lot was done right after Hurricane Katrina but Congress did step in with some disaster relief that include tax breaks for victims and tax incentives for those to give to charities assisting victims. Congress passed similar legislation for victims of other disaster areas, including those who suffered through catastrophic hurricanes and tornados. Why…
I’ve resisted blogging this before – but the lawsuits keep coming and it is practically impossible to ignore. It’s a story of a tax attorney gone bad, really bad. And while I don’t usually like to call attention to a colleague’s misery on the blog, this guy deserves it. Read on. James Colliton once worked…
Chicago has the highest sales tax in the country with its newest sales tax increase and surprisingly, folks aren’t happy about it. So the politicians did what they always did – they argued about it. And here’s where it gets complicated. County Board President Todd Stroger had instituted the ordinance that actually raised the tax,…
There has been a lot of talk about which presidential candidate has the best tax plan for “middle class” America. It’s an interesting question because I’m not sure that anyone can actually define “middle class” anymore – my readers seem to feel that it’s all over the place. Middle class – as it’s widely defined…
Despite the fact that former Sen. Phil Gramm thinks that Americans are merely in a “mental recession”, a survey conducted by Suffolk University seems to imply otherwise. More than 80% of those surveyed (all small business owners from across the country with 100 employees or less) believe the country is in an actual economic recession….
Comedian Dave Barry is running for President (not) and he has a tax plan (also not). Check out this video clip on CNN.