Whew, it’s nearly mid-December already. How did this happen? The month has flown by so quickly that I haven’t had time to thank the editors of the ABA Journal for selecting taxgirl as one of the Blawg 100, the top 100 best law blogs by lawyers. The ABA said, about my blog: Kelly Phillips Erb…
Martin Scorsese once said about his work: There’s no such thing as simple. Simple is hard. As taxpayers, that’s what we want, right, simple? I firmly believe that it’s the complexity of the Tax Code that frustrates taxpayers the most – not so much the actual dollars (though I get that we’re not terribly fond of…
Remember the IRS redesign? Like many others, I was puzzled by the new color combination (blue and orange, really?). As promised, I sent IRS an email asking them why those particular colors. To my surprise, they replied fairly quickly. Perhaps not so surprising, there was no real answer. Instead, I received this reply: We have…
I opened up my calendar this morning and had to switch from the month view to the week view because all of my appointments were overlapping into some kind of freaky Ven diagram. My summer (which I thought would be slow) has been a whirlwind of activity, from client meetings to chauffeuring to and from…
It’s not officially summer yet but it sure feels like it here in the northeast. We had a scorcher in Philadelphia today with temps hitting nearly 100 degrees (I think the official high was 96 degrees), marking the end (we hope) of a heat wave that saw schools close early. It seems fitting, then, to…
Sometime tomorrow, I’m pulling the switch and you’ll start to see my new and improved taxgirl site on Forbes. If you just can’t wait, you can check it out here, subscribe to the feed here and follow me on Forbes by clicking here. Of course, don’t forget about my Facebook page and twitter. In terms…
It’s finally springtime here in Philadelphia. The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming and (cough, cough) the pollen levels are crazy. And with springtime, my schedule picks up. In fact, there’s a lot happening here these days. You’ve probably noticed that the blog is a little sparse. I’ve gotten your notes about what’s happening,…
No need to squint funny at the computer screen, there are indeed some changes headed to taxgirl.com. I’m moving some things around and if all goes according to plan, it will be virtually seamless. But if you do see anything out of whack, don’t panic, we’re on it. The changes are related to my new…
With the significant increase in the personal exemption for federal estate tax (albeit temporary), many folks believe that they no longer need a will. That couldn’t be further from the truth: there are a lots of non-tax reasons to have a will (I just rolled back in from Center City with three of them: my…
I was thrilled to be asked by the folks at Forbes to follow up on my tax amnesty piece that was posted here on taxgirl. You can read my take here.