What movies, music, and celebrity headlines can teach us about taxes — Taxgirl’s take on tax in pop culture and the news.
Beanie Sigel has a little excitement planned for Tuesday but it has nothing to do with taxes. Sigel’s new album, Broad Street Empire Vol. 1: Lost Files, is scheduled to drop on Tax Day, April 17, according to Philly’s own DJ Damage. Coincidence? Maybe. Or perhaps it’s a clever reference to Sigel’s tax troubles. When…
Money is an issue – and that’s on the fa shizzle… It feels like rapper Beanie Sigel is channeling the 2002 track “Guess Who’s Back” (on Scarface’s album The Fix, featuring Sigel and Jay-Z), all over again. Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, is currently awaiting sentencing on tax troubles. The Philadelphia rapper pleaded…
It was a good Easter weekend for Stacy Knutson, a waitress at the Fryn’ Pan restaurant in Moorhead, Minnesota. Knutson was working a shift in November when a customer left a take out box on the table. Knutson tried to return the box to the customer but was told that she could keep it. When…
Many years ago, a crack unit of specialists from Big Four audit firms and boutique consultancy firms – were working on the mean streets of Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. These men promptly escaped from the financial district to the nation’s capital. Today, they are wanted by the government….
We’re hot into election season so that means that things are going to get ugly. YouTube ugly. Herman Cain has cleverly inserted himself back into the public dialogue with an ad on YouTube. The ad, which airs below, is simply called “Rabbit.” Cain touts the piece as part of his “Cain’s Solutions Revolution” on his…
When you think post-apocalyptic North America, you think western North Carolina, right? That’s what Lionsgate Entertainment is betting on. On March 23, the über-hyped Hunger Games will open worldwide. The movie is expected to make millions for Lionsgate Entertainment and author Suzanne Collins despite being made on a relatively shoestring budget for a project of…
Once upon a time, professional ballplayers went to play for a team and they stayed. They were franchise players – so good that entire teams were built around them. Think Jon Elway. Dan Marino. Larry Bird. Cal Ripken. Things aren’t exactly the same anymore. It took more than a few minutes to adjust to seeing…
“It’s hard. I am struggling.” That’s how Amanda Clayton justified her use of taxpayer-funded benefits – after winning $1 million in the Michigan lottery. Until last Wednesday, Clayton was still collecting state benefits after winning big on the Michigan Lottery’s “Make Me Rich!” television show. Clayton, who is a single mom of two, continued to…
You had a lot to say about my NFL bounty scandal post. I’ve received a number of comments, emails, direct messages and tweets asking all kinds of variations on “what if?” with respect to the Saints, the Redskins and the NFL. I was also asked what the allegations mean for college sports. Today, guest post…
Growing up in North Carolina, I’ve seen my share of the inside of a Waffle House or two. In fact, my college roommate and I even had a favorite song on the Waffle House jukebox. I’m not kidding. But alas, as much as I frequented the Waffle House, I was never the kind of customer…