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 broke." How does that work?
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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 you got arrested on charges of stealing from your business partner while your husband got arrested for making a drunken spectacle of himself at the local elementary school?
The IRS Seems To Have Its Priorities Bassackwards
The new preparer regulation system is up and running. Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting, collects millions to process PTINs, while millions more go to Prometric, to administer the “competency exams.” Everyone, I mean, everything, is under control.
Kids! Join the Voluntary Tax Accountant Extinction Movement!
Your irrational fear of losing your job due to tax reform, explained.
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 for 15 or so weeks, neglecting family and loved ones, and then you still have 37 weeks to kill.
Don't Immediately Dismiss Naming Your Company After a Murderous Dictator
"Il Duce & Co." is not completely off the table.
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. True love and taxes often mix badly.
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 of holder of a winning lottery ticket purchased at a Des Moines convenience store let the ticket expire rather than revealing the identity of the ticket owner.
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, I wouldn’t have hit on the client’s daughter at that bar if only you paid me better...
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 truck, you’d not trust him to limit himself to selling ice cream.
