Tax Talk

The Tax Man Runneth

The 2016 presidential election is 20 months away. Sadly, for those of us who don't watch C-SPAN for fun, that basically means it's right around the... Read More

Big News from Washington

Americans have been complaining about income taxes since the IRS unleashed the first Form 1040 on us back in 1913. Sure, we all hate paying them. But... Read More

Shocking News

This time of year, taxpayers across America are scrambling to put together their last year's mileage records. First you've got to total up how many... Read More

007 for a Day

Who hasn't wanted to be a spy at some point or another? Boys see their first James Bond movie, and they don't want to be like 007 — they want to be... Read More

Crossing the Finnish Line

You know that sinking feeling. You're driving down the road, minding your own business, when you see a cop's "cherries and berries" flashing in your... Read More

You Taxin’ Me?

Actor Robert DeNiro has played some of the most compelling characters in movie history: the schizophrenic ex-marine Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, the... Read More

Some Modest Proposals

Here in America, most of our tax debates center on "income." How do we define it? How do we count it? What do we get to exclude from it, deduct from... Read More

It’s Freezing Where?

Taxpayers across much of the Midwest and East Coast have enjoyed a relatively light winter this year, with mild temperatures and little snow. But Old... Read More

Baby, Don’t Leave

State governments collect billions of dollars in taxes every year, and they work just as hard to protect their revenue base as their friends at the... Read More

Patriots 28, Seahawks 24, IRS Millions

You probably thought the holiday season ended when the last Christmas lights finally came off the house. But then you would have forgotten the... Read More