Monday, February 15, 2010

Bill Seeks to End Some Furloughs for California Workers

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From MercuryNews.com: California would end three-day-a-month furloughs for tens of thousands of state employees under a jobs bill that i...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Jobless Claims in U.S. Fall More Than Forecast to One-Month Low

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According to new reports , the number of applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell again last week, leading to a one-month lo...

How The U.S. Can Avoid the Greek Problem

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Greece’s economic troubles have sparked concern among the rest of the world, especially here in the U.S. Their huge debt, and inability ...

Obama's Budget Would Redistribute $112 Billion From Top 1% of Taxpayers

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From The Tax Prof Blog: True to his campaign promise to "spread the wealth around," President Obama's recently released bud...

Severe Weather Won't Stall US Taxpayer Services, IRS Says

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With the serious snowstorms crippling Washington and most of the Northeast over the past week, the IRS is reassuring taxpayers by assertin...

Latest Good Reads

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Tax Scams--there's a lot of it out there Debating the motherhood penalty Need debt motivation? Calculate your daily costs. Back to...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Tax Deduction of the Week: Job Relocation Expenses

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Earlier in the week, I posted a new entry on the RDTC Tax Help Blog deduction of the week series. The new article explains the job reloc...

Senate Democrats Unveil Jobs Package with Tax Breaks to Entice GOP

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According to the Boston Globe , Democratic leaders in the Senate are hoping to round up support from Republican Senators for their job bi...

Jobs Bill Likely to Be Delayed in Senate

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Although the Obama administration is hoping to sign the job create bill into law before the end of this week, yesterday Senate Republicans...

Obama's Budget 'Cheats' (by $98 Billion) in Reporting Cost of Child Tax Credit & EITC Expansion

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From the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget via TaxProf : A few months ago, we pointed out that the Administration was cheating...

10 Smart Tax Planning Moves to Make in 2010

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A lot is changing in the tax world. Many of the changes are intended to improve the state of the U.S economy. While next year’s tax retur...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

7 Signs you may need a Tax Attorney

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Last week, my YouTube team shot another new episode for our YouTube tax tips video series. In this episode, host James Owen discusses when...

San Francisco Sets U.S. Example by Using Property Taxes to Finance Green Upgrades

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom signed new legislation yesterday allowing homeowners and businesses to finance eco-friendly upgrades thro...

Jobs Legislation to Be Introduced in Senate Today

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From Bloomberg.com: Senate Democrats said they will push for passage this week of a U.S. job-creation plan that includes a $20 billion e...

Exotic ETFs May Hide an Unpleasant Tax Surprise

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I was recently quoted in a DailyFinance.com piece discussing the hidden tax surprises in exchange-traded funds. You can find a segment of ...
Monday, February 08, 2010

Questions for the Tax Lady: February 8th, 2010

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Check out the followi ng new Questions for the Tax Lady answers and fe el free to ask me questions through one of the links below. You can...

IRS Silent So Far On New US Tax Rules For Inherited Wealth

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From TradeSignalOnline.com : The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is taking a wait-and-see approach on issuing guidance dealing with taxes o...

Hiring Tax Credit Will Not Create Long-Term Jobs

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According to this new report from the Heritage Foundation , the temporary tax credit President Obama proposed will not create sustainable ...

IRS Debunks Frivolous Tax Arguments

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According to their new press release , last week the IRS “released the 2010 version of its discussion and rebuttal of many of the more comm...
Thursday, February 04, 2010

Home Shopping Reminder!

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Like I mentioned yesterday, I am going to appear on the Home Shopping Network tomorrow to debut my new financial planning program, Win Ba...