Just one week after I published my primer on Alabama state taxes, an article was posted on TheRoot.com touting a new tax in Alabama: the fat tax. It’s not as literal as it sounds. The Alabama State Employees’ Insurance Board has approved a plan which requires state workers to pay up if they don’t utilize…
Wednesday will not be just any day. It is the day that I take my four-year-old daughter to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where she will see a pediatric cardiologist. If all goes well, and I am hopeful that it does, they will tell us that she has an “innocent murmur” and send us on our…
Taxpayer asks: Hi TaxGirl. I’ve searched all over the Internet and the IRS.gov website and I can’t find an answer to my question, so I’m hoping you can answer it: My sisters don’t currently have healthcare insurance, so my mom is helping them with some of their healthcare bills and expenses. My understanding is that…
Taxpayer asks: Dear Taxgirl, In the last couple months, I’ve received a spammy e-mail asking me to sign an “electronic petition” against a tax increase so the government can provide health care to illegal aliens. I deleted this whenever I got it, because it just sounds like some urban legend to me. I mean who…
Okay, don’t get me wrong. I think that providing universal health care options for children should be a priority in our country. However, shifting the burden to smokers to avoid what is essentially a political fight (the “who will pay for it” argument going on between the President and the Senate) is just a bit…