HSA contributions offer tax savings, but add to filing time
HSA contributions offer tax savings, but add to filing time

I've been rearranging some upcoming doctors' appoints that I made months ago, well before anyone had heard of COVID-19,...

Remembering military families, too, on Memorial Day 2020
Remembering military families, too, on Memorial Day 2020

Memorial Day 2020 has an added poignancy. This solemn day to commemorate those who gave their lives in military...

July 15 is still Tax Day (for now), but Form 4868 Oct. 15 extension still available
July 15 is still Tax Day (for now), but Form 4868 Oct. 15 extension still available

We're less than two months from Tax Day 2020, which was pushed to July 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic....

COVID-19 economic relief debit cards are in the mail
COVID-19 economic relief debit cards are in the mail

Americans are plastic addicts. I'm not just talking packaging. We depend on plastic payments, aka credit and debit...

Some taxpayers due a refund and COVID relief money haven’t gotten either
Some taxpayers due a refund and COVID relief money haven’t gotten either

All tax eyes nowadays are on coronavirus relief measures, both the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act that...

Expanded tax help in covering child care costs during coronavirus closure rules
Expanded tax help in covering child care costs during coronavirus closure rules

Earlier this year as the coronavirus was surreptitiously infecting Americans, lots of parents were going about their usual...