taxes

Which do you think is easier — doing your own taxes or trying to figure out how to make healthy sections in your diet?

Well we are fast coming upon another tax day and while many have to pay others get that nice refund. That got me to thinking of all the things that you can do with that little bit of extra cash that the government so generously is giving back to you. I have to say I am usually lucky and get some back so here are the Top 5 things I might do with my money.

Tax day is right around the corner — but that doesn’t mean we’ll all pay our fair share. An IRS survey last year found the percentage of people who thought it was acceptable to cheat “as much as possible” on their returns doubled compared to 2010.

This just made me laugh. I know it's not something you should do but these farmers in India are so mad they let snakes loose in a government building in protest. Who hasn't wanted to do that at some point.

I know the country is bad off right now financially but really, a Christmas Tree tax? Well yes and no. It was proposed by those folks in Washington D.C. that earn a lot more money than me, but looks like WE win, this time anyway. The tax was so ridiculed and criticized when revealed Tuesday that they decided to drop it Wednesday.

A town in Illinois spends $1000 on rubber chickens to be thrown out during a local parade and a local watchdog group is not happy. With property values declining and taxes going up they can't understand why the town would spend tax payer money on such novelties.

‘Jersey Shore’ doesn’t just rot brains — it drains tax coffers, too. MTV’s hit reality show, which depicts the exploits of a group of raisin-tanned 20-somethings as they live and party along the New Jersey coastline, has just had $420,000 of its 2009 production costs covered by the state’s Economic Development Authority.

One of the few joys of tax preparation is making deductions and watching your bill from Uncle Sam get lower and lower. Here's a list of five expenses that might be tempting to deduct, but are strictly forbidden by the IRS.

It’s tax season, but that also means it's tax return season, too. In 2010, the average return was $3,036. That’s a lot of money to get at one time. With all that extra cash, you might be asking yourself, "How should I spend it?" Here are few ideas.