“No good deed goes unpunished.”  My husband loves to give me this warning all the time.  An unfortunate Waffle House waitress in Alabama and her customer found this out the hard way.  Tonda Lynn Dickerson won $10 Million when a frequent customer gave her the winning lottery...

When you look past the federal income tax rate cuts , there are several significant hidden tax increases and invisible taxes coming in 2011 that will negatively impact the average American tax payer.  Not surprisingly, the corporate media has mostly ignored the following tax issues: 1)  ...

Trying to do tax planning for 2011 yet? Good luck. Will they extend the Bush tax cuts, let them lapse, or adopt the Democratic plan. Forget the political spin for a moment: now is the time to determine how your specific tax situation be impacted by each scenario. Remember that there are...

I remember the first time my brother got his paycheck.  His reaction was horrified shock, then quickly followed by the question; “Where did my money go?”   All I could say was “Welcome to the real world.”   That was his unpleasant introduction to payroll...

HOMEBUYER TAX CREDIT UPDATE To help the real estate industry survive the current economic slowdown, the government decided to give out money to people to buy their first home in 2009 through the Homebuyer Tax Credit. This law was revised and expanded on November 2009 to add in existing...