After I wrote my piece on religion and taxes, I emailed the link to my priest, Father Kirk Berlenbach, at St. Timothys because I thought he might have some interesting perspective. He responded by posting a fairly lengthy comment which I thought deserved its own post. Here’s what he has to say… I welcome your…
Dennis Kennedy’s annual Best of Law-related Blogging Awards, the Blawggies, have named a winner in the Best Law Professor Blog category. The winner is a tax blog! Professor Jim Maule’s excellent blog, Mauled Again, took top honors. I’m a big fan and have interviewed Professor Maule here on taxgirl. You can get to know Professor…
And why does it matter on a tax blog? Consider this. You buy a house in the midst of a housing boom. Prices go up, up, up. Subprime mortgage mess hits. Other credit woes ensue. Housing market drops. As in plummets. And suddenly, your house isn’t worth as much as you thought. Sound familiar? It…
2007 was definitely a newsworthy year for businesses. Some businesses experienced record profits, some businesses spiraled into bankruptcy. Here, in one convenient package, are your top business stories of the year as compiled by the b5media Business Channel: If you read Behind the Buzz even a little, you knew that Barbie Girl would make the…
Taxpayer asks: I loved your presentation at BlogHer. Your session addressed more of my blogging concerns than any other I attended. My friend and I have been discussing taxes and blog product reviews lately, and I have a few interrelated questions. I would really appreciate whatever help advice or resources you can offer. I have…
The Internal Revenue Service reported yesterday that as many as 13.5 million taxpayers will have to wait to file tax returns until computers can be reprogrammed to comply with the new law. It estimated that taxpayers cannot file forms related to the AMT until February 11, nearly a month after the usual start of the…
I know nothing, nothing, nothing about Facebook. But I’m trying. One of our fab bloggers at b5media created a nifty app that allows you to access taxgirl on Facebook. So if you’re a Facebook user (or even if you’re not), check it out: taxgirl’s Facebook Application (Update: Or just visit www.facebook.com/taxgirl)
Well, as determined by me, so they’re certainly subjective. But isn’t that why you read the blog to begin with? 10, My personal headlines slide in at #10: Taxgirl jumps to b5media, speaks at BlogHer and becomes Channel Editor of the Business Channel. Oh, and I found out that I’ll be writing a monthly column…
I hear the weather’s lovely there this time of year. US District Judge William T. Hodges has ruled that Wesley Snipes’ federal tax-evasion trial will go forward in Ocala, Florida, despite a plea from Snipes’ attorney to move the trial to New York to avoid what he calls “a hotbed of KKK activity.” This is…
Aww (*blushing*). Thanks so much to Marenda over at Living Life Abundantly for including me on her “Top 50 Best Blogs of 2007” list! I’m honored to be on the list with such terrific bloggers! Brian, over at Copyblogger, is a colleague in b5media’s Business Channel – and so is Kevin, at Pointless Banter (though…