If you're thinking of buying a house, run, don't walk, to the nearest real estate office. Time is running out for first-time homebuyers to get an $8,000 tax credit. ...more

October 25, 2009

aka the economic stimulus payment - that you received last spring? It's creating confusion among taxpayers, so the Internal Revenue Service put out a bulletin in response to errors showing up in early tax filings. ...more

March 6, 2009

Oct. 15 is the deadline for residents who have not filed for the rebate. With a week to go, more than 18,000 eligible residents in Hillsborough County have yet to file the required paperwork to receive a rebate check, according to the IRS. ...more

October 8, 2008

Editor's Note: This is the first in an occasional series about how Brandon area residents and businesses are coping with inflation, high gas prices and other effects of the nation's troubled economy. ...more

July 23, 2008

Spend it or save it? That's the question Pasco County residents must answer as income tax rebate checks for $300 or more begin arriving. ...more

May 26, 2008

Politicians who tell us there's nothing wrong with the U.S. economy that a quick rebate check won't fix are only half right. ...more

January 22, 2008

Motorman was born in the Bronx, raised in upstate New York and has spent most of his life in Florida. He's part entertainer, part educator, part entrepreneur. ...more

October 13, 2007