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The taxgirl.com ban is over! I had a telephone conversation this morning with the folks at Secure Computing regarding the Smart Filter ban on taxgirl.com. Apparently, the site was earmarked as inappropriate for, um, we’ll just say “not safe for work” content (in case my mother is reading) back in 2004 – before I owned…
The ask the taxgirl LIVE segment originally scheduled for today will be rescheduled. Stay tuned for details!
For those of you who can only access taxgirl.com from your home because of the ban by SmartFilter, here’s where things stand” SmartFilter has banned my site – I have been notified of this by a few readers, including over at Roth & Co. The content is apparently too racy for the SmartFilter software. I…
You might have noticed that I was strangely silent for most of today… In fact, my normal taxgirl blogginess was replaced by a host of 404 errors, 403 errors and errors that I had never heard of before. We had some kind of hardware thing (yes, be very impressed by my technical knowledge) that brought…
Ooh, you can tell that tax season is beginning! My inbox is chock full. I do not always answer questions in the order that I receive them. I consider the timeliness of the question (1099 reporting instructions before deductions, for example), the number of similar questions that I’ve received, the value to the reader and…
It has been called to my attention that my web site has been blocked by at least one firewall that filters content for adult content. And here, some of you didn’t think that tax was exciting? I suspect that the offending posts were this one and this one. I hope that none of you find…
A couple of quick things to note as we get closer to tax season… 1, I recommend that you search my site before asking your question. I might have already answered it and it will save you some agita. Use the search feature in the sidebar or browse the ask the taxgirl category. 2, Don’t…
2007 was definitely a newsworthy year for businesses. Some businesses experienced record profits, some businesses spiraled into bankruptcy. Here, in one convenient package, are your top business stories of the year as compiled by the b5media Business Channel: If you read Behind the Buzz even a little, you knew that Barbie Girl would make the…
I know nothing, nothing, nothing about Facebook. But I’m trying. One of our fab bloggers at b5media created a nifty app that allows you to access taxgirl on Facebook. So if you’re a Facebook user (or even if you’re not), check it out: taxgirl’s Facebook Application (Update: Or just visit www.facebook.com/taxgirl)
Well, as determined by me, so they’re certainly subjective. But isn’t that why you read the blog to begin with? 10, My personal headlines slide in at #10: Taxgirl jumps to b5media, speaks at BlogHer and becomes Channel Editor of the Business Channel. Oh, and I found out that I’ll be writing a monthly column…