Week in Insights: What I’ve Learned About Tax From My Mom

There are lots of things that I didn’t inherit from mom.

She is often quiet and still has her Southern drawl, while I am much louder and, according to my mom, sound “just like a Yankee.”

She loves to watch bull riding on TV, while I prefer to listen to baseball on the radio.

And when it comes to wardrobe, I prefer black with clean lines, while she has never met a bedazzled shirt she didn’t love.

But even though it sometimes feels like we come from different worlds, I am always aware of how much she ...