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The Taxation of Currency Exchange Traded Notes for Certain Individual Investors
Exchange traded notes are long-term, unsecured notes issued by a bank that do not require any interest or principal payments prior to maturity. The ultimate payment at maturity is equal to the value of the principal payments as if they were investe...
The Taxation of Master Limited Partnerships for Individual Investors
A Master Limited Partnership (MLP) is a limited partnership that is publicly traded on a securities exchange. These partnerships have met the exception under Code Section 7704(c) that allows them to be taxed as a partnership instead of a corporati...
Washington State Economic Climate Study - October 2009
The Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council recently published the latest Washington State Economic Climate Study. Interesting statistics 1) Washington has one of the worst unemployment insurance costs as a percent of total wages. This...
Grant Thornton Webcast
Grant Thornton is presenting a webcast entitled "Going Green Without Paying Retail: Taking Advantage of Green Tax Credits and Incentives. The webcast begins Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 2pm (EST) and runs for just over one hour. Register here....
This Week In Taxes (Through November 20th)
A. Making Work Pay Credit Based on my quick calculations for two married individuals that work and receive the stimulus (i.e. are not above the AGI phase-outs), the stimulus amount is $133 per month. For this example, the stimulus was received for 10...
First Eagle Funds on the Use of Gold in Asset Allocation
With Gold having reached front page status since it crossed over $1,000 an ounce (it was page 16 back in 2000 when it was around $200 an ounce, and it should be noted it was front page back in the early 1980's when it was back up around $800 - talkin...

