Last week, President Obama signed the biggest government economic rescue plan in history, a $787 billion package of spending, tax cuts and tax credits. ...more

March 2, 2009

The stimulus package is a terrible piece of necessary legislation. Its flaws are gaudily obvious. The bill was written in monopartisan secrecy, weighed down by irrelevant spending, considered in a rushed, uninformed debate and passed on a party-line vote. The law contains provisions that seem to weaken welfare reform and invite trade disputes. ...more

February 19, 2009

An examination of the effects of the stimulus package: ...more

February 13, 2009

President Barack Obama, seeking to broaden the appeal of his signature initiative, said Saturday that a proposed $825 billion package of spending programs and tax breaks is critical not only to turn around the economy but also to rebuild the nation for a new era. ...more

January 25, 2009

2010 Year that tax cuts for high earners enacted by President Bush expire $250,000 ...more

January 19, 2009

The stimulus check season is rolling along, and you're still looking forward to getting your hands on the money. ...more

July 6, 2008

United Way of Hernando County, in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service, spearheaded the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for Hernando County. Between January and April 15, Volunteer Hernando volunteers prepared free tax returns for more than 700 residents in the county, resulting in refunds totaling a quarter of a million dollars. More than 95 percent of these returns were e-filed. ...more

May 18, 2008

You could fill a fat book with often-overlooked tax breaks - in fact, many such guides jockey for shelf space at bookstores throughout tax season. Here are some deductions, credits and other tax-saving ideas worth exploring: ...more

February 17, 2008

many haven't - but forget all those horrors that recently haunted Halloween movie and TV screens. AMT is the real thing - a monster that's about to eat you up. Well, a lot of you anyway. ...more

November 14, 2007

Alexander Hamilton was an ambitious young striver, and he created an economy where people like him could rise and succeed. He used government to rouse the energies of the merchant class, to widen the circle of property owners and to dissolve the constraints on commerce and mobility. ...more

October 14, 2007