Exams Are Fast Approaching
Getting nervous about your grades? Need an A? Consider entering the taxgirl.com writing competition – you could win an A! Well, sort of. Read more details here. The deadline is quickly approaching!
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Tax Law: The Musical
TaxProfBlog has a wonderful round up of tax-related songs. Here’s my favorite: Stephen Stubbs’ Taxes are Best When You Pay Nothing At All. Looking for more tax fun? Try tax haiku.
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Does The E In E-file Mean Excessive?
Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner & Weinstock, a plaintiff’s firm out of Philadelphia, thinks so. They have filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of Philadelphia resident Stacie Byers against members of an income tax software group, Free File Alliance. The suit, Byers v. Intuit Inc., alleges that…
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Tax & The Single Girl
When my husband saw a bright yellow post-it with the word “divorce” on it tacked onto my Mac, he began to worry a little. Nothing to worry about (yet – he still owes me a trip to Europe) on his part, it was just a reminder to me that I needed to finish an article…
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Getting To Know You Tuesday: Kathy Mandelbaum
It’s not a secret that I am a huge fan of Temple Law School’s tax program. Yes, I’m biased because it’s my alma mater. But I can back it up with real world experiences (yes, plural). In fact, having worked closely with a number of tax professionals over the years, both as colleagues and in…
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Obama’s Plans For Social Security
It seems that nobody really knows what to do about Social Security. Or maybe it’s that lots of folks do really know, but nobody has the guts to do it… At any rate, presidential candidate Barack Obama and other Democratic presidential candidates have previously indicated that something needs to happen to save Social Security. Initially,…
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Does Mitt Romney Favor Stay At Home Moms?
Mitt Romney has said publicly that parents who home school their children should get a federal tax credit to help offset the expense of teaching. “I also believe parents who are teaching their kids at home, homeschoolers, deserve a break, and I’ve asked for a tax credit to help parents in their homes with the…
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Got Milk?
Kentucky taxpayers George and Katherine Davis have filed suit against the State of Kentucky alleging that the state violates the Commerce Clause by allowing an exemption for interest income from Kentucky municipal bonds while taxing income from out-of-state bonds. The state has argued that the Court “has never held that a law which favors government,…
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Is Dark Chocolate Really More Of A Tax Burden?
I’m such a sucker for Milky Ways – especially the Milky Way Midnight (note to readers contemplating holiday gifts…). And Iowa has brought to the forefront an issue that I’ve been claiming for years: all candy bars are not created equal. Iowa has stirred up some serious candy tax controversy with its definitions of “candy”…
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IRS Announces New Chinese, Korean, Russian & Vietnamese Tax Glossaries to Assist Taxpayers
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that new tax glossaries are available in Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Korean, Russian and Vietnamese. A Spanish version was previously made available online to view and as a pdf to download. The Chinese, Korean, Russian and Vietnamese versions of Publication 850 are only available as a download (click here…