Archive for July, 2007
Who’s Buying What
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER INSURER CHOOSES RULES MANAGEMENT SYSTEMPrecedent Insurance Co., a subsidiary of American Community Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in Livonia, Mich., chose Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Corticon Technologies’ Business Rules Management System as a critical component in the development and management of Precedent’s direct-to-consumer healthcare insurance solution. Precedent plans to deliver a suite of health insurance solutions [...]
Posted: July 25th, 2007 under .
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Tips On Saving Money
… and having your money make you money.
Tyra Banks calls herself the Queen of Cheap. She gives lots of great money-saving tips on her show as well as on her website www.tyrashow.com
My husband says I could give Tyra a run for her money. I use coupons for almost everything and sign up for every free [...]
Posted: July 25th, 2007 under .
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Cash-out Refi Vs. Home Equity Loan
So it’s time to consolidate some debt, maybe pay off some credit cards, but a consolidation loan isn’t for you. Have you really taken the time to compare all of your available choices?
I’d like to do a quick, generic comparisson of a Cash-Out Refinance vs. a Home Equity Loan (also sometimes called a second mortgage).
Cash-Out [...]
Posted: July 25th, 2007 under .
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Get Uncle Sam to Fund Your Barbecue
some of those expenses may be deductible next April. So save your receipts as you prepare for that family trip or your company’s BBQ.
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Posted: July 24th, 2007 under .
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How to Find Your First Apartment
One of the worst things a potential tenant can do is make a property manager go through the whole application process only to find out they have credit problems or they need a cosignerread more | digg story
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Posted: July 24th, 2007 under .
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Thank You, 5 Commissioners Who Voted To Raise Taxes
five commissioners voted to raise property taxesread more | digg story
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Posted: July 24th, 2007 under .
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Surviving Bankruptcy
Personal bankruptcy story shared by Michele michele@twixal.com
Whether you’re considering filing or trying to dig your way out, I hope this information will prove helpful to you!
As the story usually goes, I got married young, fresh out of high school and immediately started collecting debt. My husband was military, so four-days after we married, he [...]
Posted: July 24th, 2007 under .
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Alaska Being Short-Changed Via Oil Taxes
According to information from Daniel Johnston, world oil tax consultant, and consultants EconOne & Wood Mackenzie, Alaska is being short-changed under the current oil tax structure. Studies indicate Alaskans are being cheated out of roughly $1.2 to $2 Billion every year.
Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) said, “We already know from our experts that Alaskans are [...]
Posted: July 24th, 2007 under .
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US House Panel Votes To Ban Private Tax Collectors
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee voted Wednesday to halt the Internal Revenue Service from expanding use of private collection agencies to pursue tax debts.
The committee voted 23-18 to ban the IRS from entering any contract with private tax collection agencies after July 18, 2007. The bill would reduce federal tax revenue by $1.1 [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2007 under .
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Panel Accord on Increasing Cigarette Tax
By ROBERT PEAR
Published: July 14, 2007
The NY TimesWASHINGTON, July 13 — Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee reached agreement Friday on a bipartisan plan calling for a big increase in the cigarette tax to pay for a $35 billion expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program over the next five years.
The agreement, probably to be [...]
Posted: July 18th, 2007 under .
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E-mails From the IRS? Be Skeptical
 Appleton, WI  54912-8002  July 16 2007 Â
Information ReleaseFor Release: Immediate Release
Date: July 16, 2007
Subject: Business / Tax / Financial / Personal Finance / Consumer Interest
Media Contact: Nancy Kuenster, Editor & Public Relations Coordinator
720 Association Drive, PO Box 8002, Appleton, WI 54912-8002
Phone: 920.749.1040 or 800.558.3402, ext. 1172
FAX: 920.968.7472 E-mail: nkuenster@natptax.com
E-mails From the IRS? Be [...]
Posted: July 18th, 2007 under .
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Best States For Retirees Seeking Low Taxes, Costs
Go to www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/dreamtowns.html and read AARP magazine’s article on five places to retire to that are “the cheapest states to live in as a retiree, based on income, property and sales taxes” and have good weather and recreational opportunities.Or join the Free State Project, the Libertarian-influenced movement to recruit 20,000 people to move to New [...]
Posted: July 15th, 2007 under .
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Fair Taxes? Depends What You Mean By ‘Fair’
DO the rich pay their fair share in taxes? This is likely to become a defining question during the presidential campaign.
At a recent fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton, the billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett said that rich guys like him weren’t paying enough. Mr. Buffett asserted that his taxes last year equaled only 17.7 percent of [...]
Posted: July 15th, 2007 under .
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Steven Seagal Sues Law Firm For Fees
Steven Seagal is suing a law firm that once represented him, accusing it of charging him excessive fees, according to court papers.
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The actor hired Loeb & Loeb in April 2002 for when he testified before a federal grand jury and in the criminal trial of his former business [...]
Posted: July 15th, 2007 under .
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Unpaid Taxes: $2,680 Per Household
The IRS says cheaters are robbing the U.S. Treasury of about $300 billion a year, and lawmakers dream of capturing that money to fund programs without tax increases.
But Chris Edwards, the director of tax-policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, said the taxpayer compliance rate is one of the highest in the West, well above [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2007 under .
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