The Daily Fix

Offering perspective on today's issues

The Daily Fix

Offering perspective on today's issues

The Daily Fix

Offering perspective on today's issues

The Daily Fix

Offering perspective on today's issues

Chuck Berry in London Airport 1979 with IRS Tax Problems

Singer Chuck Berry is shown with his young, blonde unidentified companion at London's Heathrow Airport before flying home to the United States to face a four-month jail sentence for tax evasion in this July 23, 1979 file photo.

OFFBEAT: Region readers recognize vintage Chuck Berry Hammond poster

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

M'ville businessman sentenced to probation for tax evasion

HAMMOND | A local business owner won’t see any jail time despite his guilty plea to federal tax evasion charges this week.

IRS shouldn't act as our nation's tax collector

U.S. Sen. Dan Coats said, "Let's get serious on cuts."

OFFBEAT: Never too late for new Edie Adams' Christmas album

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Hospitals unite for health assessment

Three major region health care systems are collaborating to assess the health needs of Northwest Indiana residents, as required by the Affordable Care Act and the IRS.

What does the IRS have to do with health care?

On April 9, the Obama administration diverted $500 million to expand the IRS to enforce Obamacare, which is designed to make us totally dependent on the government, even for our most personal needs.

Gary woman indicted, accused of making phony IRS employment claims

HAMMOND | A grand jury indicted a former Gary mayoral candidate Thursday for allegedly impersonating an Internal Revenue Service agent and lying to federal agents.

Dyer woman admits IRS swindle

HAMMOND | An emotional Dyer woman changed her plea to guilty Wednesday in a case in which she was accused of swindling more than $28,000 from the IRS by lying on clients' tax returns.

Fed probe of Lake law enforcement could affect pending, closed cases

CROWN POINT | An unknown number of criminal cases six Lake County law enforcement officers worked on could be dismissed as a result of their being targets of a federal investigation, according to legal experts.

Pamela Anderson

Actress Pamela Anderson agreed to appear on last season's installment of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" as a means of helping pay her back taxes.

OFFBEAT: Celebrities often the victim of poor accountant advice resulting in IRS face-off

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Only one week left to finish state, federal income taxes

INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosiers, start your calculators.

CONSUMER AFFAIRS: IRS Free File is back

Free File, an online tax preparation program, is available once more this tax season to taxpayers through the use of one of two options -- either brand-name software or an electronic version of the Internal Revenue Service paper forms.

Claim those tax deductions: social security numbers for kids

There's good news for tax filers in 2011. The due date for your 2010 Federal income tax returns is April 18, instead of the usual date of April 15. As you prepare your tax documents, don't forget you'll need Social Security numbers for your children if you want to claim them as dependents on…