Tag: Proceeds
Bad Investments Can Be Good Tax News
Plummeting stock prices can cast a dark cloud over anyone’s finances. However, at tax time, these capital losses can produce a ray of write-off sunshine.
When you sell any pharmaceutical flops or biotech blunders, you can use them to offset gains from more successful ventures — or even a portion of your everyday income.
A capital [...]
Posted: August 3rd, 2008 under Income Taxes, Money, Personal Finance.
Tags: Adjusted Basis, Biotech Blunders, Capital Losses, Consolation Prize, Dark Cloud, Internal Revenue Service, Key Point, Losers, Market Tanks, Personal Use, Proceeds, Short Term Capital Gain, Stock Market, Stock Prices, Stock Tanks, Surprise Winners, Tax News, Tax Time, Taxable Income, Taxman, True Loss
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Cash Payments Or a Structured Settlement?
In traditional settlements, compensation for damages has usually consisted of a single cash payment. History has shown that this money is often unwisely managed and quickly spent, leaving no funds available to provide for future needs. Alternative arrangements know as structured settlements were created in the 1980’s. Under these arrangements the beneficiary would receive cash [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2007 under Annuities, Money, Structured Settlements.
Tags: Alternative Arrangements, Annuities, Annuity Income, Annuity Payments, Beneficiary, Cash Flow, Cash Payments, Cash Settlement, Compensation For Damages, Favorable Tax Treatment, Lifetime, Living Expenses, Money, Payment History, Periodic Basis, Personal Finance, Proceeds, Public Assistance, Settlement Agreement, State Laws, Structured Settlement Payments, Structured Settlements, Traditional Settlements
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