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The rains and extreme weather continues to pound parts of the country this week. Earlier, I posted about taking steps to protect your personal documents and financial records in the event of a weather-related disaster. But what about your business? When it comes to business, Scan, scan, scan. Businesses deal with so much paper. Scanning…
In my first real job as an attorney, I made a huge mistake: I assumed I would have some time off. I had so much faith, in fact, that I made arrangements to fly home to visit my parents on Christmas Eve. But our office didn’t close on Christmas Eve. And the people in my…
I’ve spent much of this week de-icking my house. I’ve bailed water out of my basement, wiped mildew off of furniture, and emptied the dehumidifier more times than I care to count. I’m hardly alone: it’s been a wet one on the east coast. Heavy rains have been reported this summer from Maine to Florida….
When the Supreme Court handed down its opinion last week on Windsor (the DOMA case), it surprised more than a few folks. Count those as surprised: the Internal Revenue Service which must now come to terms with how to treat what is sure to be an onslaught of amended returns and even more confusion. Some…
Last December, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on two same-sex marriage cases. Those cases include Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s controversial Proposition 8 measure, and a case out of New York, U.S. v Windsor, which considers the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The Supreme Court has now issued opinions on…
Last December, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on two same-sex marriage cases. Those cases include Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s controversial Proposition 8 measure, and a case out of New York, U.S. v Windsor, which considered the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Today, the Supreme Court is issuing opinions…
The Supreme Court released three opinions today: United States v. Windsor, Sekhar v. United States, and Hollingsworth v. Perry (each opinion downloads as a pdf). For policy geeks like me, the release of Supreme Court opinions is one of the highlights of summer. It’s incredibly satisfying to watch a case go from beginning to end…
June is a busy month for taxpayers and tax pros alike. Nestled amid due dates for estimated tax payments and deadlines for taxpayers who were out of the country on Tax Day is one of the most overlooked dates for taxpayers: June 30. June 30, just two weeks away from today, marks the due date…
I don’t golf. If you’ve ever met me in real life, you’d know this in a matter of minutes. I don’t have the patience for it. I can’t sit nicely and wait for my turn. I’m a bit loud. Also, I look terrible in polo shirts. So I’m not really your target audience for golf….
With tax season mostly wrapped up – save for a few hundred thousand returns on extension – spammers and schemers are at it again. In addition to the myriad of “your refund is delayed” type emails that we’ve seen flitting about for months now, there are two new email scams to add to the list….