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The Pot Plot Thickens: Update

So even as I was writing the story about the IRS’ audit of Harborside yesterday, I couldn’t make sense of it. It felt so heavy-handed

I know I’m dating myself but I remember when people used to pay for purchases in cash and occasionally, with checks. Not so much anymore.

I hate to fly. There. I said it. It’s not a phobia or anything. I just find the whole experience grossly unpleasant from start to

Is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) about to throw his hat into the race for the GOP nomination for President? It sure looks like

I love that scene in When Harry Met Sally when Billy Crystal’s Harry Burns looks at Meg Ryan’s Sally Albright and says: I came here

It’s taken the country more than 100 years to make the Tax Code as complicated as it stands today. And yet, in clear DC fashion,

President Obama will send his new jobs creation plan to Congress later today. He’s going to pitch it first in the Rose Garden surrounded by

Kids, put on some good clothes and get in the car! We’re going out to celebrate! As it turns out, the country is only $1.28

(Quick note from Taxgirl: Guest post by Brash Tax in response to the debt ceiling crisis and the Congressional fix. The post was submitted prior

Never look a gift Congress in the mouth. What they give today can always be taken away. And if you know Congress, it probably will.