Tax Talk

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Getting mail from the IRS is rarely something to celebrate. If it's a bill, consider yourself lucky — at least you can just pay it and be done. If... Read More

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?

Way back in 1963, the singer Andy Williams introduced one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the... Read More

Trick Play Backfires; Team Thrown For Loss

College football fans have been crying for a season-ending playoff tournament for years, to replace the invitational "bowl championship" series that... Read More

A Royal Mess!

Most of us don't get to choose our parents. And while we're usually grateful for the ones we have, we've also dreamed of lives that might have been.... Read More

Decoding the Code

The Imitation Game is the critically acclaimed story of Alan Turing, a British mathematician who is widely credited as being the father of computer... Read More

Our Twelve Days of Christmas

Every year, PNC Bank publishes their "Christmas Wealth Index" to track the cost of the Twelve Days of Christmas. For 2014, it's $116,273.06, up 1.4%... Read More

#1 on the Naughty List?

"Christmas comes this time each year," as the Beach Boys astutely observed in "Little Saint Nick." That means Santa Claus will be making his annual... Read More

Battery-Powered Tax Savings

We know something that's on your holiday shopping list. And we don't even have to read your mind to know it. You're buying batteries — and you're... Read More

Taxation for the Other Guy’s Representation

Our United States of America was forged in the flame of tax protest. As early as 1750, our Founding Fathers objected that taxation without... Read More

400 People Giving Thanks

Back in 1982, Forbes magazine compiled their first "Forbes 400" list of the richest Americans. It took $75 million to gain entry to that first list,... Read More