November 29, 2011
Damned the luck, sometimes life is not fair, and hearing about 3 wealthy money managers in Greenwich CT. winning the $254 million Powerball jackpot seems like one of those times. Yesterday morning, Brandon Lacoff, Greg
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 of five famous movie accountants in honor of tax season, which is also the season of the accountant.
April 18, 2011 Today is tax day, and if you think the stuff WE get taxed for is crazy, check out this list from Cracked.com: It's five of the craziest taxes in history.
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.
While doing (and paying) your taxes is the opposite of a good time, there are some taxes that are so ridiculous, they're actually kind of fun.
Well, maybe not so fun if you actually live in one of these states. Check out our list of seven ridiculous state taxes:
It’s tax time! It can get overwhelming to file all alone. Here are a few resources that might help.
The IRS Website
The IRS’s website, while written in legalese, is the ultimate guide to everything you’ll need to know about your taxes. Here, you can download tax forms and find out which items are deductible. The site is a valuable resource if you’re filing your own taxes.
It’s tax season, but that also means it's tax return season, too. In 2010, the average return was $3,036. That’s a lot of money to get at one time. With all that extra cash, you might be asking yourself, "How should I spend it?"
April 8, 2011 The Bulldog 100 is no more. I would be lying if I said we didn't see it coming, but still, it's a shame. We were very proud to have been a part of this event for all these years, and even more proud to have been associated with the fine people that started the whole show in the first place.
April 8, 2011 There must be something in the fries at McDonald's for a mother to think she'd win a court case that demanded weekly child support funds to sustain her kids' Golden Arches habit.
The Australian mother demanded $1450 per-week to cover living expenses for herself and two children, including a $150 a week for blue jeans, $60 a week for McDonald's binging and $100 weekly for gifts.
April 8, 2011 The University of Leeds in England has been running a major survey on the stripping industry, and they just released a report with their initial findings. We pulled out the six best ones strictly for your intellectual fulfillment.
With tax day just around the corner, the IRS is readying itself to spot this year's round of tax evaders. Given the lack of impulse control and sense of entitlement among the celebrity set (we're looking at you, Charlie Sheen), it should be no surprise that the famous and the powerful are among the worst tax cheats out there. Here are seven celebrities who didn't pay the tax man, and ended up paying the price:
At the end of last year, the President signed a law that kept middle-class tax cuts from expiring - preventing the typical working family from facing a tax increase - and extended unemployment insurance to ensure at least 7 million Americans don't lose their benefits as they search for jobs.
