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Senior writer Erb departing Forbes

August 18, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Kelly Phillips Erb

Kelly Phillips Erb, a senior writer at Forbes since January 2023, is leaving the publication at the end of the week.

She is starting a newsletter at Taxgirl.com about tax-related news.

Erb previously worked at Forbes for nearly a decade from 2011 to 2021. She had been a columnist/editor/insights and commentary team lead at Bloomberg Tax.

Erb joined Bloomberg to write a weekly column with commentary on the latest in tax news, tax law, and tax policy. She wrote about tax and tax policy, including tax-related security and technology issues for her website Taxgirl. She was a podcaster for the Taxgirl Podcast, which focuses on issues that matter to taxpayers and tax professionals.

Erb has a B.A. from Meredith College and a JD/LLM from Temple University.

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