Taxgirl

Tip Or Gift: Either Way, Struggling Waitress Can Keep Money

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

With the minutes ticking away until Tax Day, my inbox is rapidly filling up with questions about where to find free tax help. So first,

Do you have what it takes to run the IRS? You may be in luck. Doug Shulman, the current Commissioner of the IRS, announced during

I’ll be the first to admit that the Tax Code is filled with crazy acronyms – like FBAR, EITC, and AGI – and convoluted titles

This week, I’m back in North Carolina to visit with my parents, albeit this time in happier circumstances. Two months ago, my mom was in

It’s T minus 13 days until Tax Day and tax pros everywhere are scrambling to get returns prepared on time. It’s easy to get carried

We’re down to the wire! Tax season is nearly over for the 2011 tax year: just 15 days remain until Tax Day (remember that you

Fooled ya! In case you didn’t read all of the way to the end (ahem) on yesterday’s post, it was, in fact, an April Fool’s

Statistically, more than nine in ten pet owners say they consider a pet to be a member of their family, according to a 2011 Harris

Z is for Zero. If you work a regular job – meaning that you’re not an independent contractor – you pay federal income tax as