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Tax Free Shopping Scheme

My Prosperous World | November 22nd 2009 by Bev

If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU and you are visiting the UK, mainly London, then if you shop in the right places, you can claim any tax back that you pay on purchases. There are many shops located all around the city that display the read more

susilohardi

Plan your Tax While Selling your Home

Promise of Finance | November 21st 2009 by Susilo Hardi

While selling your home, if you miss out on some tax friendly moves, you may face a big tax hit. In order to reap the maximum tax benefits, you need to follow some simple strategies. Let’s first understand the tax aspect when you sell your home. read more

JeffG

ObamaCare — it really wasn’t ever about “health” [Darleen…

protein wisdom | November 21st 2009 by Jeff Goldstein

Michael Ramirez The power to tax is the power to destroy and ObamaCrats need to tear down America to rebuild it in their image. Hence: The U.S. Senate recently released its long-awaited proposal for a government-run hostile takeover of the entire U. read more

cbowler

More Taxes for War?: Democrat Carl Levin Thinks Rich Need War Inc…

Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom | November 21st 2009 by Clay Bowler

Well we know there are all sorts of new taxes coming to pay for healthcare. We also know we are going to eventually bend over and take it with cap and trade. Now they are talking about needing to raise taxes to pay for Afghanistan--a war the Obama ad read more

PIOverseas

Turkish Real Estate Investor Guide

Property Investing Overseas | November 21st 2009

The growth and development of the Turkish real estate market amongst foreign investors has been largely attributed to the excellent realistic opportunities the market represents for pure investment, buy-to-let and lifestyle purchases. read more

cehill

Financial Woes Grow For California, Florida

Boom2Bust.com | November 21st 2009 by Christopher E. Hill

More well-known for their sunny weather than stormy finances, both California and Florida— along with their residents— are suffering from the lousy economy. Bloomberg’s Michael B. Marois wrote Wednesday: California’s budget deficit ma read more

JRShown

De Pere Adopts 2010 Budget

Rhymes With Clown | November 20th 2009

Press Gazette:Overall, the council unanimously adopted a $15.35 million general fund budget for 2010, up about 1.41 percent from $15.14 million for 2009. Members approved a $10.56 million total tax levy to support the budget, up 2.49 percent from $10 read more

ECitizen

What joy! S.C. jobless rate rises to 12.1 percent

Everyday Citizen | November 20th 2009 by Everyday Citizen

Republicans rejoice!!! The state's unemployment numbers are out for October. State GOPers, have fun explaining this. read more

mpinkeyes

Senate version of healthcare reform includes federally funded abo…

America's Watchtower | November 20th 2009 by steve dennis

    I started writing this post before it was known that Mary Landrieu had accepted a $100 million bribe for her vote on healthcare reform. While it now seems pointless to fight this legislation anymore because the end result will be passage no read more

mpinkeyes

Mary Landrieu accepts $100 million bribe from Harry Reid to vote…

America's Watchtower | November 20th 2009 by steve dennis

  If you are opposed to the healthcare reform bill the prospects look bleak. It is hard to imagine any plausible scenario in which the bill will be defeated when you read a story like this one.   One wavering Democrat, Mary Landrieu, basically  read more

apedroza

Mike Schroeder fails to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams

Orange Juice! | November 20th 2009 by Art Pedroza

Mike Schroeder hasn’t been the same since he had to turn in his Reserve Sheriff Deputy badge and gun… “An anti-tax recall movement against Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia, has failed to gather enough valid signatures to go to read more

arlettegre

Arrests made in massive, $390/hour Video Relay Service scam

apple ipcc academies 2050 | November 20th 2009 by apple ipcc academies 2050

Dealing with some technology is challenging enough for the hearing-impaired without scammers taking advantage of federal dollars meant to help them. That's exactly what has happened with the Federal Communications Commission's read more

somenewlanguage

The Leviathan Swallows Santa’s Comm Center

some new langauge | November 20th 2009 by E. Staggs

Have you ever noticed how each economist has a different theory about why things are the way they are? It’s almost as if they’re all guessing… The ebb and flow of cash, the little trails and secret paths that money takes from consum read more

goldringsabo

No such thing as a bad tax cut… is there?

Free Market Mojo | November 20th 2009 by Ariel Goldring

Don Boudreaux of Cafe Hayek points out an interesting paragraph from a 2005 CBO study: The resulting [tax] rate on equity-financed corporate capital income is 36.1 percent and that on debt-financed corporate capital income is -6.4 percent, a differen read more

ctrlshift

California Students Protest, Riot Over Tuition Gouging [Protests]

Financial Tips and Tricks | November 20th 2009 by ctrlshift

Responding to UC regents' efforts to slap students with a 32 percent tuition increase, groups at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA and other schools took to the streets, 1960s style , the San... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for read more

ctrlshift

Insurance Company Mails Out Postcards With SSNs [Identity Theft R…

Financial Tips and Tricks | November 20th 2009 by ctrlshift

It's always nice when an insurance company mails your Social Security Number out on bare naked postcards for anyone to ogle, right? Universal American Action Network, a subsidiary of Universal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f read more

MartinZwilling

Founder’s Stock Can be Very Expensive

Startup Professionals Blog | November 20th 2009 by Martin Zwilling

In reality, so-called “founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. But that’s read more

Rongstad

Zygi Has a Fit

Preserving Freedom | November 20th 2009 by Jim Rongstad

Free rent and a $675,000 payment from the taxpayers is not good enough for poor little rich man Zygi Wilf. From the St.Paul Pioneer Press:The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission unanimously passed a proposal today to offer the Minnesota Vikings read more

mpinkeyes

Ben Nelson threatens to filibuster the healthcare reform bill

America's Watchtower | November 20th 2009 by steve dennis

   Nebraska senator, Democrat Ben Nelson, is has joined the ranks of Joe Lieberman and is threatening to filibuster the senate’s version of the healthcare reform bill.   Ben Nelson’s has different issues that he wants resolved before read more

kristian99

Citizine Community Political Forum 10/28/2008 – Part 3 of 9

austin dwi lawyers-get solution for best austin dwi lawyers | November 20th 2009 by kristiandi

com … Citizine Thom White Texans For Accountable Government John Bush Community Political Forum Spider House Austin Texas Erica Grignon Kat Swift Bill Holloway Wes Benedict Don Zimmerman Debbie Russell Andy Brown Scott Horton Hurricane Ike Kat read more

rootswire

Florida’s Worst Tax Burden

RootsWire | November 19th 2009 by Steve Hanson

Original Author:  dantilson Republican political opportunism.  That, in a nutshell, is the Sunshine State’s worst and not so well hidden tax burden. read more

xynny

Is the University of California still affordable?

The Baglady | November 19th 2009 by baglady

In the last couple days thousands of students have been protesting a 32% increase in tuition at the campuses of the University of California.  They are waving signs such as “Don’t take our education away”, and “affordable edu read more

JRShown

Consider the Levy

Rhymes With Clown | November 19th 2009

Jo Egelhoff writing at Fox Politics reminds us that at budget time you should always remember the levy:If there’s nothing else you remember about your property taxes, remember this: It’s the tax levy, friend, the tax levy. (“Stupid” is memora read more

mpinkeyes

Senate to take a “test vote” on healthcare reform this Saturd…

America's Watchtower | November 19th 2009 by steve dennis

  It is now being reported that Harry Reid will take a “test vote” on healthcare reform this Saturday. He is refusing to predict whether he will gain the 60 votes needed to pass this bill while stating that he will not use reconciliation read more

mgreco

Can The Move-Up Buyer Tax Credit Help You?

The Mario Greco Group | November 19th 2009 by Mario Greco

You probably read a lot earlier this month about the first-time homebuyer tax credit. That’s because Congress approved an extension of this important measure that provides first-time buyers an $8,000 tax credit when they purchase a house. Many in t read more

Shocker! Voters Say Cut Taxes And Spending To Create Jobs

Stop The ACLU.Com | November 19th 2009

Eh, but what do they know? They’re probably all teabaggers and raaaaacists The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 62% believe tax cuts are a better way to create jobs and fight unemployment. Only 21% believe that addi read more

wisebread

Urgent: Check Your Withholdings

Wise Bread | November 19th 2009 by Will Chen

By Philip Brewer Your paycheck has probably been bigger this year because the government stimulus package cut the amount of tax withheld from people who were expected to get the new "Making Work Pay" tax credit. But there's a problem: Ac read more

thescribe

New Report Ranks Pennsylvania Among 'Terrible 10' Most Regressive…

TONY PHYRILLAS | November 19th 2009 by Tony Phyrillas

Working families in Pennsylvania pay a far higher share of their income in state and local taxes than their wealthiest counterparts, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy.Other highlights (or low lights) from the stu read more

ctrlshift

Gibson CEO Takes Leave Of Absence From Rainforest Group While Fed…

Financial Tips and Tricks | November 19th 2009 by ctrlshift

When agents raided Gibson Guitar's manufacturing facility earlier this week, some articles pointed out that the company's CEO Henry Juszkiewicz was on the board of the Rainforest Alliance, a group... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi read more