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This week, I reached a pretty significant milestone: I finally paid off my undergraduate student loans. Hold the champagne: I now get to plug away
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This week, the big political news (other than the continuing saga of Weiner-gate) was the release of Sarah Palin’s emails. The emails – about 24,000
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The bizarre saga involving former Hollywood tax attorney Matthew G. Krane appears to finally have come to a close. Krane was sentenced yesterday to 2-1/2
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It’s the return of Fix the Tax Code Friday! Earlier this month, executives from Boeing Co., Sears Holding Management Corp., Emerson Electric Co. and Perrigo
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The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it has now passed the one billion mark for individual tax returns processed through its electronic filing (or
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Today, the Internal Revenue Service announced that approximately 275,000 formerly tax-exempt organizations have lost their charitable status as a result of failing to file the
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Prepare to keep waiting. A flurry of dismal news including a somber May jobs report and a less than encouraging report from Federal Reserve Chairman
Read MoreTax Attorney Alleges Racism At Gucci
Josephine Robinson, a former tax attorney for the Italian luxury fashion house Gucci has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of racial discrimination. The lawsuit,
Read MoreAnd Scene: Snipes Denied By The Supreme Court
When Wesley Snipes was found guilty on tax evasion charges, he vowed to appeal. And appeal he did. Over and over. That, however, may finally
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