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This article is about being able to file joint tax returns if married in a location that recognizes it as a marriage. However the IRS will not allow joint filing to civil unions or domestic partners.

Same-sex couples will now be allowed to file under as married filing as jointly taxes or married but separately filing as of August 29 in states that have laws approving of homosexuals.

It seems that same sex couples are taxable across the board just like every couple legally allowed to marry. The IRS sees a new stream of revenue. But what seems off is that the status and legal properties of marriage are still unsettled in a handful of states.

This article discusses same sex married couples qualifying for benefits bestowed upon traditionally married couples. It explains how some companies have gradually begun to recognize and strive to provide benefits to same sex couples. It also explains that though change has come, there is still more work to be done.

Article introduces the recent furry of notices being sent to small business owners suspected of under reporting cash receipts. Some argue that the majority of transactions are now electronic and that they are accurately reporting income.

The Defense of Marriage Act was deemed unconstitutional by a New York district judge. A women whose wife passed was left an estate, upon other things. The government, because of DOMA, did not acknowledge the women's spouses wishes.

Starting in 2014, the IRS will enforce and collect the penalties of not caring healthcare coverage through the annual income tax filing. Basically the government is forcing you to pay for healthcare whether by your choice our theirs.

This website pretty much goes straight to the heart about where and why the cost of tuition is 2-3% higher than inflation. The other good reason I didn't realize is that univerisites are striving to be the best so they will spend more money which we end up paying for.

As technology becomes more popular, we begin to lose our privacy. The internet is becoming harder to avoid, and personal lives are becoming more public. Websites track your use of the internet- where you go, what you do, etc. In some ways this can be beneficial, as people cannot hide who they are anymore. IRS scandals, disease outbreaks, companies abusing power; all at our fingertips. This has sparked the debate between what is more important: your privacy? or our nation's security?

This article explains that there is basically no debate anymore over privacy vs security; privacy lost long ago. With the advent of the "information age" privacy largely died quietly and without much thought. Now that things like Google and Facebook exist, and we spit out private information without much thought, the debate is over.