It's Back To School Week on the blog! This week my daughter will begin clarinet lessons. I am apologizing to all of my neighbors in advance. The clarinet will be her contribution to her school's ...

The U.S. tax code is filled loopholes — credits, write-offs, exceptions and exemptions. This complicated system is costly and time-consuming for taxpayers. And it’s pretty unique to the U.S. In 1962, ...

Can you deduct clarinet lessons if your child’s orthodontist prescribed them for an overbite? Here’s what the IRS really says about medical expense deductions, quirky treatments, and how to stay out ...