President Obama and the First Lady managed to do something that many taxpayers haven’t yet done: they have filed their federal income tax returns for
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Payroll Tax Cuts And Unemployment Benefits Extended
It’s done. The Senate and the House both voted today to extend the payroll tax cuts for the rest of 2012. Also in the bill?
Read MoreTaxes & The State Of The Union 2012
Last night was the State of the Union speech as delivered by President Obama. Traditionally, the State of the Union speech is delivered once a year
Read MoreCongress Still Struggles With Payroll Tax Cut Proposals
With the clock ticking away on the deadline for the one year payroll tax cut (this one, as it turns out, is a real deadline),
Read MoreObama Rejects Pipeline Tied To Payroll Tax Cut Deal
It is, in fact, true that the Republicans are moving ahead with plans to tack on the Keystone XL pipeline as part of a package
Read MoreObama Warns Congress About Payroll Tax: Don’t Be A Grinch
It’s getting chilly in Pennsylvania… You can almost (almost) sense that Christmas is on the way. It’s no wonder then that President Obama would invoke
Read MoreDeadline, Schmeadline: Congress May Eliminate Automatic Spending Cuts
It was originally touted as the worst thing that could possibly happen. Okay, the second worst. Yet, the failure to meet the self-imposed Congressional deadline
Read MoreVoters Chime In On Super Committee
It’s all about the Super Committee today. Over on Facebook, Joanne Bamberger (a/k/a Pundit Mom) asked voters a simple question: Please finish this sentence — If
Read More7 Days To Go: Will The Super Committee Make Its Deadline?
For those of you keeping score at home, the so called “super committee” has seven days left until it hits the November 23 deadline to
Read MoreChristmas Tree Fee Out For The Holidays
Hooray! Christmas has been saved! Okay, a bit dramatic. But the hue and cry surrounding the so-called Christmas tree tax had reached such a fevered
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