For the Love of Art

How the Super Rich Uses Art for Tax Breaks!  In today’s new Gilded Age, Americans are constantly vying to one-up each other. You show up at your high-school reunion in a new Mercedes E-Class; then your classmate pulls up in a Maserati Quattroporte. (Some would...

Tax Strategies for Trick or Treats

Interesting Halloween Tax Strategies!  Halloween is almost here, and if it seems like things have changed since you were a kid, you’re right! Halloween has become big business, with the National Retail Federation predicting Americans will spend $9.1 billion...

They Hate Him at the IRS, Too

CEO “Retires” With Millions After Major Data Breach  We live in an unfortunate era of disunity. Cultural divides, racial divides, religious divides, and political divides are threatening to tear America apart. Every so often, though, someone comes...

Too Tasty for the IRS

Restaurant Owners Stretch Meaning of Expenses  Most of us like to eat, even if we choose to deny ourselves this pleasure from time to time. And those of us with an entrepreneurial bent often dream of opening a restaurant. Sometimes it’s a bustling cafe...

Sink Your Teeth Into This One

Who knew! The IRS loves pizza!  “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” Yogi Berra The calendar is full of little-known commemorations that probably escape your attention, and this month is no...

Help With Help – How to Help Storm Victims

Help Storm Victims With Donations After Hurricane Devastation Ordinarily we use this space for lighthearted stories that poke fun at the tax system and some of the clever ways that people endeavor to make it work for them, successfully or not. But the recent stories...