Archive for the ‘taxes’ Category
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
My goal every year is to give Uncle Sam as little of my money as possible and the only way to do that accurately is to maximize every tax deduction possible. I filed online using TurboTax for the first time in 2001 and never looked back. Every year since I ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
From Wikipedia, a tax haven is a place (usually a country) where certain taxes are levied at a low rate or not at all. It is commonly stated that our government has a difficult time exactly defining a tax haven, but usually tax havens have some or all of the ...
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
I am a big fan of the original Boston Tea Party. I think it was smart, funny and made a strong point about taxes that has resonated down through the ages. The original Boston Tea Party was more or less a satire that highlighted the tyranny of the King of ...
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
I read a theory once that stated if a certain percentage of the population starts to break a particular law, then that law can no longer be enforced. I don't recall the exact percentage, but I would make an educated guess that it lies somewhere between five and fifteen percent. ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
We talk about taxes quite a bit on rocket finance. I am generally in favor of any type of tax cut and/or reductions in government spending. Naturally, I have received several questions about the tax rebate that is part of the government stimulus package.
Here are some of my comments and ...
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