Filed under: Tax , Taxes-audit In 2008, about 1.4 million taxpayers were chosen for audit. This represents about 1% of the 140 million tax returns filed — pretty good odds. Of those, about two-thirds were correspondence, or “paper” audits, and the remaining one third were field or “in person” audits.

Filed under: Tax If it seems like tax laws are changing every time you time around, it’s not your imagination. Over the past eight years, changes to the Tax Code have been made at a rate of more than one a day.

Filed under: Fantastic Freebies Saturday, Jan. 23 is National Pie Day. Sounds like a good excuse to eat pie! If you head to Marie Callender’s for a lunch or dinner entree you’ll get a free slice of pie too.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced mounting Senate opposition for another four-year term Friday, and the White House worked aggressively to keep his nomination afloat. President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner were on the phone throughout the day to key senators to shore up support, said two senior administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to more freely discuss behind the scenes activity. Continue reading White House Fights for Bernanke Support in Senate White House Fights for Bernanke Support in Senate originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:09:00.

Filed under: Extracurriculars , Consumer Ally The Declaration of Independence says “that all men are created equal.” Anyone who’s ever dealt with a failed product or the world’s most annoying customer service knows that not all corporations are created equal. But according to yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , that undid crucial parts of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, a corporation is equal to a person, when it comes to freedom of speech