Gun and Ammo Tax Proposal Draws Fire
And we say there’s no “magic bullet” to fix the economy… A Cook County official has proposed a surtax on the sale of every bullet and firearm in the nation’s second largest county. The tax was proposed...
View ArticleFinal Presidential Debate – Live Blog
I’ll be live blogging the Third and Final Presidential Debate beginning at 9:00pm (EST). The topic will be foreign policy and the format of the debate will be identical to the first. The moderator will...
View ArticleBill Would Require Pregnant Welfare Recipients To Prove Rape To Keep Benefits
I’m a mom. I have three kids which happens to be one more than originally planned. But sometimes life throws you surprises. And mine turned out to be a terrific surprise with a contagious smile and an...
View ArticleIRS Announces Increase In Annual Exclusion For Gifts, Rest Remains a Mystery
Nobody has a crystal ball. I’ve sat through presentation after presentation (and given a couple myself) on the state of the federal estate and gift tax for 2013 and beyond. There are all kinds of...
View ArticleIRS Issues Warning On Fake Web Site
It’s not just the goblins and ghouls that you have to worry about this month. It’s the real bad guys: scammers and thieves. Just this week, the IRS issued another warning about tax scams. This one – a...
View ArticleBerlusconi Sentenced For Tax Fraud, On Trial For Sex Crimes
Che scandalo! It feels like something out of a Hollywood movie: a once powerful world leader in court on a series of charges including tax fraud, sex crimes and a police cover-up, a Moroccan dancer as...
View ArticleAs Storm Threat Mounts, Take Precautions For Home and Business
As I type this, I am watching the winds pick up outside of my window. It’s a gloomy day out here in eastern Pennsylvania and about to get gloomier: Hurricane Sandy is headed our way. I grew up in...
View ArticleWhy Romney’s ‘Tax Avoidance’ Strategies Don’t Deserve Criticism
Let’s say you’re in the mood for a coffee. You pop into the cafe, order your drink and are informed by the barista that the cost of the coffee is $1.99 in the regular white cardboard cup – or $1.59 if...
View ArticleHelping Out After Hurricane Sandy
Last night, the power came back on in our house, following an outage due to Hurricane Sandy. We were lucky to have the power back on so quickly: our power company, PECO Energy, called Sandy “the most...
View ArticleAs Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts Continue, Here’s How You Can Help
Since posting my article on Hurricane Sandy, I’ve been asked about what was still needed for the clean-up and rebuilding post Hurricane Sandy. I received some additional information today and I’m...
View ArticleElection 2012: Updates and More (LIVE-ish)
It’s shaping up to be a busy today – which is a good thing. Busy means (I hope) that people are voting. I’d love to hear how things are going at the polls! You can email me your updates...
View ArticleElection 2012 Poll: Who Won Your Vote?
One of my friends on Facebook posted earlier today that if you listen to MSNBC, you’d think that Obama had already won, and if you listen to FoxNews, you’d think that Romney had already won. I want to...
View ArticleElection 2012 Poll: What’s The Most Important Issue?
Since this is a tax blog, I tend to focus on, well, taxes. But I want to know from you: – Want more taxgirl goodness? Sign up to receive posts by email, follow me on twitter (@taxgirl), hang out with...
View ArticleElection 2012 Results LIVE Chat
I’ll be covering the results live tonight beginning at 8:30p.m. Come chat! – Want more taxgirl goodness? Sign up to receive posts by email, follow me on twitter (@taxgirl), hang out with me on...
View ArticleBoehner Claims Victory In The House, Mandate To Not Raise Taxes
Election, schmelection. With many news outlets showing the economy as the #1 election issue (like this report from Orlando, which circulated on Drudge today), Representatives in the House dug in their...
View ArticleObama Wins Four More Years, Congress Moves Little
Wow, all that coffee tonight and I didn’t even need to stay up very late! Almost all of the major networks and media have called the race for President Barack Obama. It appears that the Senate will be...
View ArticleAs Nor’Easter Approaches, IRS Offers Tax Break For Sandy Relief Efforts
There is a Winter Weather Advisory in effect across parts of PA and NJ through tomorrow. According to the forecast, snow accumulations are expected of up to 4 inches. Wind gusts could be up to 50 mph...
View ArticleIRS Commissioner Says Public Goodbye After Election 2012
Yesterday was a pretty busy day in the media. There was a lot of thought and commentary about the election and what it meant for the country. You might not have noticed, then, that the 47th...
View ArticleTax Increases Looming in 2013: Who Pays, How Much and Will They Stick?
Over lunch, the day after the election, my husband brought up the “f” word. You know, the one I’ve thus far been refusing to say (hint: it rhymes with “biscal piff”). He had been reading the news and...
View ArticleMaking Sense of Income and Tax Terms
What is income, anyway? A reader sent me an email after my last post and asked me to clarify what I meant when I referred to income when figuring tax rates. That same day, another reader on @twitter...
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