By the Numbers 2014

Happy 2014! Another year has arrived and that means it's also time for a whole new set of By the Numbers.

As with the 2011, 2012 and 2013 numerical posts, a new figure -- a percentage, dollar amount, piece of tax legislation, raw number and the like -- that has a tax connection will be featured. I aim for Sunday posting, but….

Whatever day the new number goes up, you can find a link to it here.

• 2.3 cents
  Wind power generators get 2014 tax break, but 2015 iffy (Dec. 28, 2014)
  
• 61 percent
  Congress gets low marks for honesty, ethical behavior (Dec. 21, 2014)
  
• 18.4 cents and 1993
  Gas prices, taxes and mileage deduction rates (Dec. 13, 2014)
• $46.4 million
  IRS holding millions of dollars in frozen taxpayer accounts (Dec. 7, 2014)
• 14 percent
  IRS' positive public perception picking up a bit (Nov. 30, 2014)
• 30,000
  Possible break in hunt for Lois Lerner's lost IRS emails (Nov. 23, 2014)
• 2 percent
  Navajo lawmakers approve 2% sales tax on snacks, sodas (Nov. 16, 2014)
• 2015
  2015 inflation adjustments for exemptions, deductions, more! (Nov. 10, 2014)
• $100 million
  Illinois recovers $100 million+ in unpaid gasoline sales taxes (Nov. 2, 2014)
  
• $253.39 million
  Dolce & Gabbana tax conviction overturned by Italy's top court (Oct. 26, 2014)
• 10 percent
  More businesses are electronically filing tax returns (Oct. 19, 2014)
• $14 million
  Estate gets $14 million tax refund on value of art (Oct. 4, 2014)
• $20
  Arizona smokers get tax bills for old online cigarette purchases (Sept. 28, 2014)
• $5.2 billion
  Identity theft tax refund fraud is increasing, but ways to prevent the crime are not likely to be popular (Sept. 22, 2014)
• 3
  Amounts you'll need to calculate your estimated tax payments (Sept. 15, 2014)
• 3
  NFL 2014 season underway, along with the taxable betting (Sept. 7, 2014)
• 6.2 percent
  Labor Day 2014 facts, figures, fun and taxes (Sept. 1, 2014)
  
• 12
  Coverdell Education Savings Account's pre-college options (Aug. 25, 2014)
  
• $40 million
  Elvis estate seeks tax breaks for Graceland expansion (Aug. 17, 2014)
• $1.6 million
  Actor Robert Redford sues NY tax office over $1.6 million bill (Aug. 9, 2014)
• Sept. 8
  Congress is required to take August off. Really! (Aug. 2, 2014)
• $16 million
  $16 million in tax breaks ensure CBS' Late Show stays in NYC (July 27, 2014)
• $1.5 million
  Philadelphia loses effort to collect $1.5 million from strip clubs (July 19, 2014)
• 1961
  Do you know when you state adopted its sales tax? (July 13, 2014)
• $846.2 billion
  Tax collectors want us to keep shopping (July 6, 2014)
  
• $125,000
  N.C. police discover that some crime does pay ... them! (June 29, 2014)
• 12 cents
  Federal gasoline tax hike among proposals to stave off the Highway Trust Fund's impending bankruptcy (June 23, 2014)
  
• 2 million
  A Father's Day gift for single dads: 5 tax breaks (June 15, 2014)
  
• 29.1 percent
  A look at the wide range of corporate U.S. tax rates (June 8, 2014)
• 3 percent
  Illinois voters will get a say, sort of, on a millionaires' tax (June 2, 2014)
• $3.3 billion
  Federal workers, including members of Congress and Treasury employees, owe Uncle Sam $3.3 billion in back taxes (May 27, 2014)
• 47 percent
  Rich, poor, middle class: Where are you on the income scale? (May 18, 2014)
• 10
  All U.S. taxpayers now finally enjoy Tax Freedom Day (May 10, 2014)
• 4544
  Representatives want to prevent Los Angeles Clippers' owner Donald Sterling from deducting his $2.5 million NBA fine (May 5, 2014)
• 46 million
  Electronic tax filing popularity continues to grow (April 26, 2014)
• $2,751
  How are you spending your federal tax bill? (April 21, 2014)
• 15
  15 tax-filing tips for April 15 (April 14, 2014)
• 1 million
  Being DIFferent could prompt a tax audit (April 8, 2014)
  
• 200 million
  How much is your tax refund and where the heck is it? (April 2, 2014)
• $1,500
  IRS offers an easier way to deduct your home office (March 24, 2014)
  
• $1.17
  Tax collectors raise a glass of green beer to St. Patrick (March 17, 2014)
  
• 49.72 cents
  Daylight Saving Time + gas taxes = boon for tax collectors, but some money-saving options for added daylight drivers (March 9, 2014)
  
• 74,608
  Tax code still ginormous, but growth has slowed a bit (March 1, 2014)
• 96 percent
  Most taxpayers support tax preparer competency standards (Feb. 24, 2014)
• $3,317
  IRS' first batch of 2014 tax refund checks averages $3,317 (Feb. 16, 2014)
• $25,000
  IRS takes a bite out of U.S. Olympic medalists' winnings (Feb. 10, 2014)
• $1,250
  Paying taxes on Super Bowl (and other gambling) winnings (Feb. 3, 2014)
• $379 billion
  Mortgage tax break contributes to fading American dream (Jan. 28, 2014)
• $4 billion
  $4 billion more tax breaks for Boeing from Washington State (Jan. 21, 2014)
  
• $16 million
  California has $16 million in undeliverable 2012 tax refunds (Jan. 14, 2014)
• $117,000
  Social Security taxable earnings cap in 2014 is $117,000. Thousands have already hit that tax limit. (Jan. 5, 2014)

Happy tax counting!