Every April people include the weirdest expenses as tax deductions. They hope to convince IRS agents and tax court officials that they were legitimate expenses that should help lower their tax burden. Sometimes tax courts deny them, but other times t...

For millions of Americans, April 15 is that dreaded day when we go head-to-head with the IRS, making that trip to the post office or sitting at the computer to file our tax returns. It either goes well with a nice refund heading our way, or it goes b...