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What I Think Of Taxes: A Child’s Perspective

I woke up this morning the mother of an eleven-year-old. I’m still not sure how that happened. But I’m sure glad that it did. Here’s

You’re probably firing up the grill later today. It is, of course, the unofficial first day of summer. But it’s also something more: Memorial Day.

Birds in Germany are dying by the millions and Peter Berthold of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Radolfzell, Germany, says that cats are

April 15. It’s that red-letter day on the calendar that many taxpayers have come to hate: time to pay up to Uncle Sam. It may

(Note: Now that this post is a few days old, not everyone gets the joke. I don’t want to spoil the surprise at the end

My kids are on spring break this week which means we are spending a lot of time together. A lot. In the space of a

It’s Dr. Seuss’ birthday! Theodor Seuss Geisel, or Dr. Seuss as he is better known, was born on March 2, 1904. If he were still

(Updated: We have our winner! See the comments below.) Our next tax trivia question is: The term “budget sequestration” was first used to describe a

(Update: We have our winner. See comments below.) Our next tax trivia question is: We all know that the Tax Code is becoming more unmanageable

Opening your form W-2 can be traumatic for many folks but for one Tennessee man, it was enough to make him quit his job. Walter