As the economy sours, families are forced to make tough decisions, and many already have decided against the state's college savings plan. While usually a popular option for parents, enrollment in the Florida Prepaid College Plan is down 20 percent from this time last year. ...more

January 27, 2009

An accountant was arrested Saturday on charges that he stole $1.6 million from a law firm for which he was doing some work, apparently to support a gambling habit, according to Pinellas County sheriff's records. ...more

January 26, 2009

Many families could only stand by and watch as their 529 college savings accounts plunged along with the stock market in 2008. ...more

January 17, 2009

The Internal Revenue Service kicked off the 2009 tax filing season by announcing steps to help financially distressed taxpayers. And yes, they're literally giving away money. ...more

January 12, 2009

School teachers, college professors and hospital employees should keep an eye out for changes in their retirement plans this year. That's because they are among the 10 million workers at nonprofit and educational organizations who may face fewer investment choices and tighter restrictions on how they can use the money in their retirement plans because of new IRS rules. ...more

January 3, 2009

Robert Nowak of Polk County was convicted today of hiring a hit man called "Reaper" to bump off an Internal Revenue Service tax auditor. ...more

December 18, 2008

Randy Nowak of Mulberry says a friend he loved like a brother manipulated him into hiring a hit man to kill an Internal Revenue Service revenue officer. ...more

December 17, 2008

As Randy Nowak was meeting with an undercover agent he thought was a hit man, the Internal Revenue Service officer Nowak wanted dead went into hiding, according to evidence presented this morning in Nowak's trial. ...more

December 16, 2008

After years of drama, deficits and decline, the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary nearly tripled its charitable income last year, according to a recent filing with the Internal Revenue Service. "Yeah, we just had some great donors. We're really blessed in that area," said Michelle Simoneau, spokeswoman for the sanctuary, now in its 37th year of rescuing birds from a home base at Indian Shores. The year sure didn't start out that way. ...more

December 16, 2008

Even investing in blue-chip companies these days is hair-raising, as anyone with money in the stock market knows. ...more

December 14, 2008