I’ve been tagged by Dexie over at She Knows Best to do a meme. I’ve never done a meme for Taxgirl before – it’s never seemed to fit. But I thought I’d give it a go, incorporating facts about me that have to do with tax. Here we go: 1. In law school, I swore…
Part of the fun of blogging is meeting – even virtually so – some really great folks that you wouldn’t normally run into. And if you’ve been blogging for even a second, you likely know about Darren Rowse. I was psyched to have had the opportunity to guest over at his excellent blog, Problogger.net. I…
No, not Paris and Nicole. Italia and Jack. As in Italia Federici, president (still!) of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy (CREA), and Jack Abramoff. Federici has entered a guilty plea to one count of income tax evasion and one count of obstructing the U.S. Senate’s investigation into Jack A. Abramoff’s corruption activities. CREA…
It’s Getting to Know You Tuesday! Today’s guest is Wendi Kotzen. Wendi is a partner in the tax and real estate groups at Ballard Spahr Ingersoll Andrews LLP. When I entered the practice, it became apparent to me that tax law was not exactly chock full of female attorneys. In fact, at any given Tax…
When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D – Nevada) pulled the immigration bill last week, the blame game started immediately. Conservatives blamed Liberals. Liberals blamed Conservatives. But nobody pointed the finger where it rightly belonged: at the American people. While most surveys indicate that Americans aren’t opposed to an immigration bill that offers some form…
I like to give people the benefit of the doubt on a lot of things, especially when it comes to taxes. It is, after all, easy to rely on the advice of others – tax professionals – and make bad choices. In fact, a lot of what I do involves helping people get out of…
Joan Collins has expressed her outrage at a fraud scheme which has been confirmed by the UK involving children’s charities. The charity in question was founded by Trevor England, 60, of Carmarthenshire, and Mary Johnson, also 60, of Warrington, who were both were jailed after a judge heard they stole more than £500,000 (as of…
When I first moved to Philadelphia, I used to describe the area that I grew up in as “that place that they report from on the Weather Channel during hurricane season.” That’s because I hail from Hampstead, NC, just a few miles north of Wilmington, NC, which is sort of a hurricane magnet. But even…
Earlier in the week, I reported that Georgia is considering implementing a tax on personal services, meaning that professions like barber shops, law firms and accountants would impose a tax on their services, which would likely be passed through to the consumer. This tax would replace property taxes in Georgia. Now, normally, my Fix the…
It’s only a test. Had it been a real tax emergency, there might have actually been a break in the news about Paris Hilton’s house arrest to discuss a slightly more exciting one… that of Ed Brown. Earlier today, SWAT team personnel arrived at land owned by Ed Brown in New Hampshire. Mr. Brown claimed…