Tax Code Special Rules Help IRS Get Leprechaun’s Treasure St. Patrick’s Day is here, and every “Irish for a day” tippler in your social circle will take advantage of this convenient excuse to haul grandma out of the house for a little...
Can This Company Bar Tab Qualify As A Deductible Business Expense? The three-martini lunch has a long and mostly honorable history as a deductible business expense. As former President Gerald Ford once said, “Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful, and...
An Income Tax on “Potential Earnings” We Americans have fought with our internal revenue code since 1913. But slicing and dicing income, deductions, and a dizzying array of business and personal credits is hardly the only way that Uncle Sam could raise the...
A Way Around the Soda Tax! Traffic apps have revolutionized how many of us get from Point A to Point B. They started with in-dash navigation systems that needed updates every time a new subdivision or interchange appeared. Then they migrated to the phone with Google...
Valentine’s Day Great for Taxes It’s February, and love is in the air. Restaurants are advertising intimate Valentine’s Day specials for two. Florists are rolling out the red carpet. And in the greeting card racks across the country, Hallmark’s...
Judge Rules In Favor Of Country Music Producer Country music embraces a long tradition of songs about sadness and ruin, heartbreak and pain. It just makes sense, then, that country sometimes runs afoul of the tax system. Most famously, Willie Nelson found...
