Taxes Blog Posts

In the mess of paperwork from adopting, moving, and just plain being unorganized – I am lucky to have remembered to file my taxes this year! Some people DREAD doing their taxes, but for me it is easy! I have used TurboTax Deluxe since I started doi...

Are you one of the millions of Americans who haven't filed (or even started) your taxes yet? With the April 15th tax filing deadline less than two weeks away, here's some last minute tax advice for you. Stop Procrastinating. Resist the temptat...

Working as an independent contractor is a great way to make a living without answering to a boss, but unfortunately it doesn’t absolve you of your responsibility to pay taxes. Everyone must pay their due, and that includes independent contracto...

My kids are on spring break this week which means we are spending a lot of time together. A lot. In the space of a few days, I've learned some invaluable information. The best car ever made? An Audi R8, according to my six year o...

Yesterday I finished filing my state and federal income taxes, a yearly task that I really hate. With the continuing heat and humidity here in Penang this task was even more annoying. When I first moved to Penang, I discovered that the major on-line...

Yesterday I finally completed my 2012 tax returns. As I always owe some money I don't hurry my returns. As some of you may know, I am retired and live in Malaysia. Because I live abroad I not only have to file my federal and state taxes I also have t...

by Michael Schuman   Karl Marx was supposed to be dead and buried. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and China’s Great Leap Forward into capitalism, communism faded into the quaint backdrop of James Bond movies or the deviant mantra of Kim...

Today, we got a great headlines about Senate shows await for Internet sales taxes. We goal we can suffer it. (AP)—Advocates of a pierce to assistance states pick up sales taxes upon Internet exchange have won a Senate victory. In a nonbinding, 75-2...

All of the taxes in the world don’t mean a thing if you can’t collect on them – or so many states and localities are figuring out these days. Taxing authorities from Tennessee to New Jersey are reporting shortfalls and lags...

Today, we got the great headlines about Nick Diaz Taxes: UFC Fighter Said He Doesn’t Pay Taxes After Latest Loss – Huffington Post. We goal we can suffer it. Georges St Pierre, Nick Diaz, Georges St-Pierre, right, from Canada lands the fl...

When you author the largest tax increase on Virginians in the history of the Commonwealth, you're going to anger a lot of Conservatives. A great editorial in today's Washington Times lays out the case why Governor McDonnell has been a disappointment...

Posted in newsvirginiaWhen you author the largest tax increase on Virginians in the history of the Commonwealth, you're going to anger a lot of Conservatives. A great editorial in today's Washington Times lays out the case why Governor McDonnell has...

Nothing is certain in life, they say, except for death and taxes. We all have to deal with taxes in one way or another, which would lead the average person to believe that we all have a relatively firm grasp on what taxes we pay. On the contrary, mos...

There is no way to avoid paying your taxes and every year we must cough up our fair share. Unfortunately, you might get a tax bill that you might not be able to afford. This can be due to a number of reasons, like an increase in your tax bracket or p...

Confused about which credits and deductions you can claim on your 2012 tax return? You're not alone. Even in an ordinary tax year, it's hard to remember which tax breaks you can take, but the fiscal cliff fiasco this year made it even more difficult...

Why Are Taxes Necessary? Taxes steal a big chunk of our annual income, but there’s a good reason why we need to pay them. The only sure thing in life is death and taxes – at least that’s what they say. And that age old maxim wouldn’t be too...

If you haven’t heard, the Washington State Department of Transportation engineers didn’t test the 520 floating bridge pontoon design like they were supposed to do.  Oops.  But not to worry, good taxpayers of Washington State, the DOT set aside...

We all want to win, right?  Well, there’s a little more to it than just collecting the prize.  The winner is responsible for reporting all winnings as income at the end of the year.  Yep, you have to pay taxes on them. Can you Afford to Win...