Welcome to Taxgirl®.
I’m Kelly Phillips Erb, a tax attorney, writer, and the person behind Taxgirl. I’ve been writing about taxes for more than 20 years, with a focus on explaining what’s happening—and why it matters—without assuming you already speak tax.
Taxgirl covers federal and state tax news, IRS developments, court cases, tax policy, financial crime and scams, and the occasional tax story that is simply too strange or interesting to ignore.
Some articles are written for taxpayers. Others dig into issues affecting tax professionals, lawyers, businesses, and the tax system itself. The goal is the same: to make complicated tax stories easier to understand.
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Here are a few places to start:
Tax News & Analysis
Breaking developments, IRS news, legislation, court decisions, and analysis of what they mean.
Ask The Taxgirl®
Real tax questions from readers, answered in plain English.
Taxes From A to Z®
Short explainers covering tax terms and concepts—from adjusted basis to withholding and plenty in between.
You Be the Tax Judge
Real tax cases with a twist: you get the facts and make the call before finding out how the court ruled.
Getting To Know You Tuesday
Meet the people who work in and around tax: accountants, lawyers, enrolled agents, academics, government officials, financial professionals, and others with interesting stories to tell.
Taxgirl + Pop Culture
Because taxes turn up everywhere—including movies, television, music, sports, celebrity news, and occasionally places nobody expected them to.
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The Taxgirl Newsletter is where I pull everything together each week: tax news, reader questions, quick explainers, trivia, deadlines, interesting links, and other things worth knowing.
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Want to know more about my background? Visit About Taxgirl.
Interested in having me speak, appear on a podcast or program, provide commentary, or collaborate on a project? Visit Work With Taxgirl.
Taxgirl Podcast
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The Extras
Finally, I get lots of questions about process. You can find the nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes info at the links below:
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I appreciate you!