When everything was going down with UBS, a different Swiss banking firm came out with a very strongly worded letter bashing the United States. I have no idea how this possibly got past my radar, but it did.
The Swiss Banking firm, which claims to be the oldest in the country, founded in 1741, is known as Wegelin & Co.
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Last year, I wrote that it was inevitable that Estate Audits were Going to Increase. The reason Estate Audits were going to increase was inevitable - there were/are less people who are subject to the estate tax, but no auditors were being fired (i.e. they have nothing else to do lol). Well it seems that there is
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As I previously posted about, I learned that, Cancellation of Debt is Taxable Income, when my brother received notice that a creditor he had settled with 2 years ago filed a 1099-C for a deduction for Cancellation of Debt. Luckily he has a brother who is nice and is willing to do research for him.
Five
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I read a post today on the Tax Policy Blog which now has me applying for the coolest position ever. Be forewarned, this position is only cool for finance and tax tools.
Apparently the IRS is accepting applications for membership in the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) for a three year term beginning January
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I was doing research on the recent changes in income taxes for one of the planners at my office, and I came across one of the coolest sites summarizing the changes (that is if you can describe any kind of tax stuff as “cool”). I am only going to highlight those income tax changes in 2008
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I was on the IRS’ website today for a different research project (something associated with 403(b)s and the final reguations which become effective Jan 1, 2009 – if there is any interest in this info let me know and I”ll do a post) and I came along some great useful information for almost everyone.
The amount
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