Tax history, trivia, and the lighter side of the tax world — because even tax law can be entertaining sometimes.
If your house is like mine, you likely have a lot of leftover Halloween candy right about now. How can you get rid of it? And are there any tax consequences to disposing of candy (assuming you just don’t eat it)?
The “candy tax” on Halloween trick or treat loot is all the rage these days… but are we sending the wrong message to our kids?
Over the weekend, John Bell thought he’d go for a run. He ended up at the center of controversy over the government shutdown and what it means for taxpayers. How did that happen?
We read a lot about what’s wrong with kids today. This story, about four football players from Division III William Paterson University, is all about what’s right with kids today – and what’s wrong with sales tax.
Robert Fernandes took his issue with his school tax bill straight to the tax collectors – as well as $7,143 in single dollar bills. Was he justified?
It’s National Hot Dog Day! Here’s a brief look back at the hot dog tax, an expansion of the sales tax in New York under then Governor Rockefeller.
The compound of tax protestors Ed and Elaine Brown, the site of an infamous nine month standoff in 2007, is up for sale. It’s big. It’s beautiful. And it’s possibly booby-trapped.
Every parent believes that their little darling is an artistic genius – but most of us settle for putting up a couple of paintings and drawings on the fridge door. That isn’t the case for Michelle and Jon Heinemann who felt that they could put a price on their child’s artwork. The exact price of…
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…
Hold on to your Carlsberg: it’s about to get a lot more expensive to drink a pint in Ukraine. Ukraine, which is the largest country wholly in Europe, borders Russia, and Poland. At the turn of the 19th century, the country was poor and largely ignored by its bordering countries. Conflicts within Europe following World…