Government Policy
Find a Post Office To Mail Your Taxes
You”ve got until Tuesday, April 18th to file your taxes, if you live in Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, or the District of Columbia. Everyone else, your taxes were due yesterday.
HOWTO: Extend Your Tax Deadline
You can’t dodge the tax reaper but you can at least cast a field from the fourth dimension around his shoes. As any topologist knows, in the fourth dimension, no knot can stay tied, thereby causing the reaper’s laces to unravel and make him trip and slow down to retie his shoes.
Poll: How You’re Doing Taxes
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U.S. Seeks to Silence Tax Evasion Prophet
In a blatant maneuver to put the “scur” into tax evaders, the Justice Department is seeking a court order against a Michigan couple promoting what the government says is the number one tax dodge scheme in America.
Tax Man Tells How to Best Him
Andrew works for the IRS and he writes us about The Taxpayer Advocate, a handy, free service to help you with the arcane and seemingly hopeless tax troubles.
No-Name Tax Site Superior to H&R Block
John writes that he followed one of those free e-file links on the IRS website and clicked on H&R Block, because it was the only name he knew. After his mother’s passing, he had a little death benefits from IRAs and such.
Avoid H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt, Says Accountant
If you haven’t done your taxes, don’t go to H&R Block or Jackson Hewitt. That’s the advice we receive from Peter, a professional accountant. He says they will rip you off. And if they mess up, they’re not liable.
UPDATE: H&R Block Gets Citizen in Tax Trouble, Doesn’t Care
Last month, Farkle Barkle wrote in about how H&R Block totally messed up Farkle’s tax return.
MERCK Gets Mercked for $9 Million in Vioxx Suit
A jury awarded $9 million in punitive damages to John Darby who blamed his heart attacks on Vioxx. The sum is a defeat for drug-maker Merck, which, for some fucking reason, was assumed to be “bulletproof” because the trial took place in New Jersey.
I.R.S. Demands PayPal Records
Would-be Count of Monte Cristo’s beware, the IRS has won approval from a federal court to get Paypal to turn over records about people who may be dodging the taxman by stashing dough in foreign lands.
What Is The Federal Universal Service Fund?
After Andrew S. Fischer discovered that a whopping 40% of his company’s telephone bill was comprised of various taxes and service charges, he decided to suss out one of the most egregious contributors: the mysterious Federal Universal Service Fund.
