U.S. income tax returns must be in the mail by Monday, but most p...  ...mention the few hundred bucks you might spend for tax preparation. "Essentially, they're charging peopl...  ...nal Consumer Law Center. A few hundred bucks for tax preparation? Really? "These businesses a...

Why are states like California in dire bud...  ...all these budget woes is the states' reliance on taxing the rich. Before you reach out for the met...  ...Nearly half of California's income taxes before the recession came from the to...  ...t are the most heavily reliant on the *s...

Like many countries, Romania is in a recession so it's doing whatever it can to raise revenue. This year, the Romanian government identified a new source of heretofore untaxed profession: witches!Naturally, the witches a...

Facing mounting federal deficit and an expensive h...  ...health care reform bill that includes a 5% excise tax on elective cosmetic surgery, beginning Jan. 1, 2...  ...ort to convince lawmakers and the public that the tax wouldn't be limited to wealthy people who are unh...  ...e shape of their chins. Among the...

While it's chic to complain about the ev...  ...it's chic to complain about the evil of taxes and government, there's an implicit ass...  ...re's an implicit assumption that higher taxes translate to more government services (...  ...size, is optimal.) But do highe...

People have deducted swimming pools, breast implan...  ...east implants, and body oil from their income for tax purposes -and the IRS allowed it! You can deduct...  ...ce safer for customers. When the case reached the Tax Court, IRS lawyers conceded that the cost was ded...

The following is reprinted from Uncle John's...  ...r. They say the only certainties are death and taxes . Death may be the better option… BACKGROUND O...  ...tion… BACKGROUND Oliver Wendell Holmes called taxes “the price we pay for civilization.” But few...  ...things provoke more outrage in peop...