Thursday, October 15, 2009

Obama Calls for $250 Payments to Seniors

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President Barack Obama is asking congress to pass a new plan to give senior citizens $250 payments next year to compensate for not receivi...

U.S. Will Set Guidelines to Modify Real-Estate Loans

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From Bloomberg.com: U.S. bank regulators, saying losses on souring commercial real-estate loans pose the biggest risk to lenders, will i...

Latest Good Reads

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CBO Reports and the Home Buyers Tax Credit Is Your Business Ready For The Recovery? First Check the Tax Facts I Hate Extensions! Whi...

California Laws Get Tough on Mortgage Finance

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed seven new mortgage finance bills in to law on Monday, most of which crack down on fraud a...

Does Fido Deserve a Tax Break?

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From BloggingStocks.com: There is a bill making rounds on Capitol Hill that would provide a tax break for up to $3,500 for pet expenses. ...

Halloween and Taxes: Top IRS Horror Stories

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Yesterday the RDTC Tax Help Blog posted a new blog entry celebrating the Halloween season with some chilling tales of IRS horror stories. ...

Ivanka Trump's Business Advice for Women

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Ivanka Trump, daughter of famed entrepreneur Donald Trump, was on Good Morning America today and offered useful business advice to women a...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Top Foreclosure Alternatives

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Every day it seems like I hear a new report about the economy. Some claim the recession is easing, with real estate values leveling and ho...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Planning Early for Tax Season

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Yesterday, my team shot another video for our tax tips video series. In this episode, host Edward Lester discusses how to plan early for n...

Obama Drops Plan for Corporate Tax Increase

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While still looking for a way to fund health care reform, the Obama administration has dropped a plan to raise over $200 billion by changi...

Deadline Looms for Americans to Disclose Accounts in Foreign Tax Havens

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From LATimes.com : Wealthy U.S. taxpayers, concerned about an Internal Revenue Service crackdown on the use of secret overseas bank accou...

New IRS Retirement Plan Navigator Aims to Help Small Businesses

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According to their newest press release , the IRS has created a new Web-based tool to help small business owners determine which tax-favore...
Monday, October 12, 2009

Questions for the Tax Lady: October 12th, 2009

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Check out the following n ew Questions for the Tax Lady answer s and feel free to ask me questions through one of the links below. You can...

Cage Owes $6,617,550.84 in Tax Debts

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Earlier in the year I put together list of the 5 biggest celebrity tax evaders of 2009, and although Nicolas Cage was already at the top o...

The Tax Implications of Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

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After it was revealed last week that U.S. President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace prize, Obama was quick to announce that he would ...

California’s Budget Suffers ‘Major Blow’ as Debt Sales Loom

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From Bloomberg.com : California’s revenue collections trailed its forecasts by $1.1 billion during the first three months of the fiscal y...
Thursday, October 08, 2009

Three Signs that the Economy Could be Poised to Boom

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Every day there are new reports predicting how long the recession will last. Some assert that unemployment rates will continue to increase...

Joe Biden on Jobs: Mission Accomplished

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From the WallStreetJournal.com : Vice President Joe Biden is spending much of his time these days stumping for Democrats occupying vulnera...

Even the IRS Has Time Limits

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I am always writing about how important it is for taxpayers to know their rights, and one of the biggest defenses they have against the IR...

FHA Shortfall Seen at $54 Billion May Lead to Bailout

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The Federal Housing Administration may be asking taxpayers for a bailout within the next year, claims former Fannie Mae executive Edward P...