taxes

Expense reports usually have the standard boring stuff — hotel rooms, gas, cab fares, client dinners and the like. But Robert Half Management Resources has evidence of creativity within the work force.

With a feeble economy that's threatening to derail the Christmas plans of many families across America comes this piece of news:  The Obama administration has imposed a 15-cent tax on Christmas trees. According to the Obama administration this "board" is to run a '“program of promotion, research, evaluation, and information designed to strengthen the Christmas tree industry’s position in

...Or, so says a new study published by the New York Times.  File this under the current "Far-Reaching-Scope" of the U.S. Government. The answer, for New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman, is obvious: Put the government in charge of what people eat...

With the tax deadline here and gone, a new study highlights the fact that U.S. taxpayers receive more from the government than they pay in. For the first time since the Great Depression, households are receiving more income from the government than they are paying the government in taxes...

Because of Emancipation Day, a little known Washington D.C. holiday that this year is being celebrated on April 15, US taxpayers had until April 18 to file their taxes. For some people that still won't be enough time to get all their papers in order. If you find yourself in that boat, you can file for an extension with the IRS. It's important to remember that filing an extension doesn't extend the

Often a character in a movie will be made an accountant to indicate that they're . . . well . . . boring. But being a movie, this boring accountant has to be put in an interesting situation or nobody is going to want to pay ten bucks to see it. So, in fact, many celluloid accountants turn out to be interesting and dynamic characters, rather than just soul-less bean counters. We've compiled a list

One of the few joys of tax preparation is making deductions and watching your bill from Uncle Sam get lower and lower. Here's a list of five expenses that might be tempting to deduct, but are strictly forbidden by the IRS.

Here's the ultimate Tax checklist. I hate doing taxes and with all the new laws I never know what  I can claim.