What movies, music, and celebrity headlines can teach us about taxes — Taxgirl’s take on tax in pop culture and the news.
This season, the Nashville Predators are having a pretty good run on the ice. According to NHL.com, they’re ranked sixth in the league, well ahead of my husband’s perennial favorites, the Philadelphia Flyers. But off the ice? It’s not so good. The Nashville Predators recently filed a lawsuit against a company called the Sommet Group…
Today, for the first time in 30 years, Temple is going to a bowl game (excuse me while I wipe a tear of joy from my cheek). It’s a pretty remarkable feat, considering that, just four years before, the university nearly shuttered its football program altogether. The committee decided to keep the program, despite the…
Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it. – Richard Lamm
The holidays have became a lot merrier for the families of those taken hostage in a standoff in Wytheville, Virginia on yesterday. Late last night, the gunman, identified as Warren “Gator” Taylor, 53, of Sullivan County, Tennessee, surrendered. All three hostages walked out of the post office – thankfully, no one was injured. There were…
That collective sigh of relief that you just heard? It was Hollywood, taking comfort in the fact that the cosmetic surgery tax is off the table in the race to pay for health care reform. But don’t start laughing just yet, George Hamilton. It’s been replaced with a 10% tax on tanning services. And yes,…
How much does it cost to win a world championship? Apparently, just over $226 million. That’s how much the New York Yankees reportedly paid their players this year. Today, the reigning world champs in baseball were assessed a luxury tax of $25.69 million as a result of their crazy spending. The Yanks are the only…
For the most part, I’ve tried to avoid blogging the Tiger Woods scandal. I mean, you can pretty much turn on any channel at any time and hear all about it. And, except for the potential prenup/divorce issues, it has zippo to do with tax. And this is a tax blog. And even I have…
I don’t play golf. Despite growing up in a town with no actual supermarket for years – and yet, three golf courses – I never really moved beyond mini golf. My father-in-law and my husband, however, like to play golf. I won’t speculate on how well they do – but I will note that there…
I start the week off with an apology: I have missed many of your collective parties, happy hours and other social occasions. I was under the impression that I needed to be invited to these events in order to attend. Thank goodness for Tareq and Michaele Salahi, to set me straight. The Salahis are, as…
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is not having the best holiday weekend. On Black Friday (which may take on a completely different meaning for the “Governator”), TMZ.com posted information about a federal lien filed by the IRS in May against Schwarzenegger for nearly $80,000. Schwarzenegger’s office promptly (imagine that) claimed that the lien was a…