“IRS Issues Apology for Targeting Tea Party Group” I’ll admit that headline caught my attention – but probably not for the reasons you think. The
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US Reps To House: BEER Me
You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team,
Read MoreBerlusconi May Face Bribery Charges As Tax Conviction Upheld, Sex Scandal Case Wraps Up
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s efforts to claw out of a series of legal quagmires suffered a serious setback this week when a Milan
Read MoreIRS Rolls Out More Proposed Regulations On Health Care As ‘Train Wreck’ Comments Continue To Make Rounds
Today, the Internal Revenue Service made available the Proposed Regulations relating to the health insurance premium tax credit established under the Health Care Act. Or,
Read MoreDoes President Obama Want To Tax Your Retirement?
President Obama plans to tax your retirement. That was the subject of an email I received this morning. Only it wasn’t quite on target. You
Read MoreSenate Passes Budget, Calls For Nearly $1 Trillion In Tax Increases
After an extraordinary four year dry spell, the Senate has passed a formal budget proposal. It now goes to the House where, mark my words,
Read MoreFormer Detroit Mayor Found Guilty On Multiple Counts, Including Tax Charges
Guilty. It’s a word that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick heard 24 times today. A former political star, Kilpatrick became the youngest person elected to
Read MoreSome Small Businesses Take A Hit From Sequestration
March 1 came and went and the world was still standing. Sequestration made a big splash at the end of February. Taxpayers were worried… How
Read MoreSenate Fails To Push Through Measures To Avoid Sequestration
What do Republicans and Democrats have in common? Neither party can seem to muster a bill to head off the sequester looming on Friday. Two
Read MoreClergy Stages Pray-In At Boehner’s Office In Response To Sequestration
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. – Will Rogers
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