Let's try this again: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday dismissed suggestions […]
Category: Taxes: Because We’re The Little People
David Cay Johnston’s Plan to Save Social Security Has Some Really Big IFs
David Cay Johnston has a story with the counterintuitive headline "Social security is not going […]
This Woman’s Tax Season Has Been Infinitely Worse Than Yours
Yeah, we all have our tax season stories. Like remember the day in April when […]
Kids! Join the Voluntary Tax Accountant Extinction Movement!
The world doesn’t owe us a living. Of course you know that. If you […]
Seasonal Tax Preparers Would Be Wise to Dismiss Drug Trafficking As an Option in the Off-season
The life of the seasonal tax preparer isn’t for sissies. You work your butt off […]
Don’t Immediately Dismiss Naming Your Company After a Murderous Dictator
We’d all like to settle our taxes for pennies on the dollar. Sadly, two of […]
And Now, the Day After: Two Tales of Love and Taxes Gone Wrong
When they set the date for Valentine’s day, they avoided April 15 for good reasons. […]
Could Someone Have Tax Problems Big Enough to Walk Away From $14 million?
That’s one explanation for a weird story where a New York lawyer acting on behalf […]
Maybe We Should Wait to Throw More Money at the IRS’s Problems
Wouldn’t life be sweet if our bosses gave us more money when we failed? Gee, […]
Watch Out for the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Bait-and-switch
If your creepy uncle, known for bad behavior with underaged girlfriends, bought an ice cream […]
The Year in Taxes: Sleepwalking Through 2011
In January, the tax world was still reeling from the extension of the Bush-era […]
It Takes a Special Kind of Scumbag to Steal a Dead Child’s Identity To Commit Tax Fraud
There are crimes, and there are tax crimes. Murder and rape stir primitive urges of […]