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Kay Bell
Kay Bell has been
a journalist her entire professional
life, beginning as a reporter
on a West Texas daily newspaper,
detouring into constituent communications
for a U.S. representative and subsequently as a Ways and Means Committee staff
member, before segueing into corporate
communications for a couple
of Fortune 500 companies in
Washington, D.C., and then coming
full circle back to her consumer
writing roots as Bankrate's
tax specialist.
A native Texan,
Kay returned to her home state
in 2005 and started her Austin-based
editorial services company,
Write Here! In addition to that
enterprise and her Bankrate
duties, Kay writes about financial
matters in a monthly column
for austinwoman magazine. Her
other clients include a major
mutual fund company, as well
as national and local business
associations. She also keeps
a separate eye on the IRS at
her other tax blog, Don't
Mess With Taxes.
In November, Kay
was appointed to a three-year
term on the Taxpayer Advocacy
Panel, a federal advisory committee
established under the authority
of the Department of the Treasury
to work with the IRS in finding
ways to improve the tax agency's
customer service.
Kay earned her B.A. in journalism, with a history
minor, from Texas Tech University.
When she's not writing, she
and her husband enjoy bird-watching
in the Texas Hill Country and
beyond.
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