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This Is Not a Post About Jessica Alba

May 6, 2009 – 5:03 pm

April 15th has come and gone, but taxes are still very much in the news these days. The passage of a new $3.5 trillion budget (and the projected $1.75 trillion deficit) has a lot of people talking about the taxes we’ll need to pay all of this money back.  In that vein, I was checking [...]

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Haven’t Filed Your Taxes Yet? Here’s What You Need To Know

April 15, 2009 – 10:42 am

If you haven’t filed your tax returns yet, you’re not alone. The IRS is expecting to receive 20 million returns this week, which means about 16% of Americans put it off until the last minute. It’s not too late to file on time, but the midnight deadline is definitely approaching. If you owe the government [...]

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Uncle Sam Giveth New Auto Tax Breaks, Taketh Old Auto CEOs

March 30, 2009 – 4:33 pm

As you already probably know, General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner has been asked to step down by the White House after 32 years with the company. As the AP notes: Wagoner isn’t the first CEO to lose his job as part of a government bailout. The CEOs of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac [...]

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Explaining the Obama Nominees’ Tax Reporting Woes

February 3, 2009 – 1:13 pm

With tax season approaching, and a tax code that’s more complicated than ever, there are many Americans who are confused about just what Tim Geithner, Tom Daschle, and Nancy Killefer did to get themselves into trouble.

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