As voters head to the polls to cast ballots in local, state and federal elections, questions linger. It’s been an ugly political season. Allegations of voter fraud, voter tampering, and voter suppression have been in constant circulation and might make you think that our voting system is irretrievably broken. The truth is that voting in…
Over the past few days, like many of you, I’ve been glued to the NFL draft board (Forbes’ Darren Heitner had great coverage here). It was exciting to see who was picked first (Houston took Jadeveon Clowney); who bit on Johnny Manziel (sorry, Cleveland), and where Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be…
Admit it, you’ve stared at that checkbox for the presidential election fund and you have no idea what it really means… It’s one of the great mysteries of the form 1040. First of all, you have to understand that the checkbox has nothing to do with your actual tax calculation. If you check “you” or…
Our first installment of Tax Talk 2010 features Jon Runyan, the Republican candidate for New Jersey’s Third Congressional District. I emailed Mr. Runyan a set of six questions related to tax. Follows are his unedited answers: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? ANSWER: It’s tough to nail down just one…