Being a mom is a tough gig. I didn’t realize how tough until I had three of my own and figured out that in addition to the stuff that I expected (cooking, cleaning, kissing boo-boos), I had to master identifying dinosaurs (by type and time period), whipping up costumes at the drop of a hat…
Taxpayer asks: I have a question about my Paycheck that will determine my Taxes in 2009/10. I get paid Bi-weekly and I get paid this Friday. The next two weeks I wrk will that check be on my 2009 Taxes or rollover into my 2010 Taxes. Taxgirl says: The general rule is that cash-based taxpayers…
Years ago, in my Tax Policy class, we had a discussion about the value of intangible labor. The discussion was whether it was appropriate to quantify (and therefore, tax) the value of work brought into a home. Sound “out there”? Not really. Salary.com basically does the same thing (minus the taxing part) every year as…