Damnit, I literally bought stamps last Friday. Oh well, I suppose I will take the $0.40 hit. Still cheaper than UPS or FedEx.

That is a sure fire way to get audited. You’re required, under FBAR, to report all foreign accounts. If you don’t, there’s huge penalties.

I notice a lot of “me me me” from your comments. What about the rest of us? You keep saying “when I have a kid....” Do you know how much taxpayer money goes to kids? I don’t have kids, I don’t ever intend to have kids. Why should I have to pay for your kid? Why can’t you pay for your kid? I’m assuming you’d love a…

You don’t have to worry, as a tax attorney married to a physician, there’s very few people in the US that will have higher incomes than we, in addition to ridiculous student loans. Bernie’s plan will save money over the long term. We get reduced health insurance premiums from my wife’s hospital due to her being a…

This is a horrifically misleading article. At least, the article should have a bold OPINION appended to it. Speaking as a tax attorney, this is yellow journalism, actually, no, this is pure garbage. Journalism implies some form of integrity, this article has none.

I just have to add that, not only has the author not responded to my comment (but responded to others, not that I care, just observing), but my comment went from approved and black text to not approved and grayed out text.

Do people even understand statistics anymore? Saying that women are paid less on average, let’s say, in Healthcare than men is meaningless.

This quiz is somewhat misleading because it compares dissimilar items. Of course a microwave is more efficient than an oven, but a) I don’t use those two items for cooking the same things, and b) microwaves only cook things for a few minutes (usually), whereas an oven, you might be baking for hours. Obviously, if…

I may fall into an unusual category in the context of the general public, but I’d imagine it’s pretty common among professionals.

That’s a bit of an odd assumption. Many people who would be buying a gaming PC either don’t have a PC (probably a laptop), or if they do, may not be replacing the old computer, but adding a new one (unless your old computer is dead, why would you decommission it?).

Because they don’t want to burn all the goodwill they’ve earned and piss off their loyal user base. It’s really not that hard to understand.

Maybe Sony would be cool and not try to piss off their loyal customers by saying, anyone who wants a PS4.5 (ya know, assuming it’s happening and selling for, let’s say, $400) can trade in their PS4 and receive $200 off (i.e., half price).

Being a phony is basically a given in white collar professions. As a lawyer, I can’t tell a client they’re a fucking moron. I have to nod my head and act like I care what they’re saying. Some times I do, some times I don’t. Usually, if it’s fact gathering I do, if they’re trying to tell me the law, that’s when I turn…

Three computers one a 7 year old laptop on Windows 7, one a 3 year old laptop on Windows 8.1, and one a 2 year old desktop on Windows 8.1.

It’s actually not. If you can show a business purpose for that particular thing, then it’s not discrimination.

Yeah, these “averages” seem to be very skewed. Then again, I’ve never actually done a poll on the above information, so maybe I’m the one who has a skewed perception. Maybe people buy houses they can’t afford (50% or so people’s interest is over $11k per year on a $100-200k salary, that’s insane) or something. I don’t…

I think we pay about $120/month for premiums then copays on top of that. We’d have to be the sickest people on the planet to hit $10,000 per year. I’m not saying it couldn’t happen in some instances, but to think that’s the average is pretty crazy.

Seriously! My wife and I don’t have expenses like this at all, save for maybe mortgage and student loan interest. We certainly don’t donate $3,000 to charity. Having $10,000 in medical expenses is legitimately impossible because we only have a $1,000 deductible. But, we certainly paid WAY more than $10,000 in taxes.

As a tax attorney, your friend is going to get raped by the IRS. He’s an idiot.

By “save” I just mean, not spend. We have a checking account, retirement accounts, and brokerage accounts, as well as our assets.