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Will Eagles Score With Tax Credit – and Vick?

27 August 2009

In just a little under three hours, the Philadelphia Eagles will hit the field for the third of their four pre-season games. So far, they’ve given their fans nothing to cheer about. They have, however, given them plenty to talk about – not the least of which is the signing of former bad [...]

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taxgirl is a hypocrite

14 August 2009

Earlier today, I wrote this post wherein I more or less insinuated that I believed that Daniel Andersen might be inclined to tout his tax evasion nonsense again, despite being caught and serving time in a California federal prison.
A few hours earlier, I had been tweeting away about the signing of Michael Vick with my [...]

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New Orleans Saints Players Involved in Tax Credit Loss

5 July 2009

As previously blogged, film tax credits may be popular in many states, but in Louisiana, there are at least 27 members of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints who are not yet ready for their close up.
A number of people associated with the team including Kevin Houser, Drew Brees, Sean Payton, Archie Manning (dad [...]

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Castroneves Ends May With Two Big Wins

26 May 2009

It turns out that May was a pretty good month for Helio Castroneves.
On last Friday, the last remaining criminal charge against Castroneves – for conspiracy – was dropped. The month before, Castroneves was acquitted of six counts of tax evasion; the jury did not reach a verdict on the conspiracy charge. The feds [...]

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Twitter Tax Tips #13

15 March 2009

Filling out those tourney brackets? Remember that your winnings (and all gambling winnings) are taxable! #TwitterTaxTip
(For more on twitter tax tips, see my prior explanatory post.)

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Castroneves Dances His Way Through Court

9 March 2009

On the day that the new season of “Dancing With the Stars” debuts, the former DWTS champ did some fancy footwork of his own in his first day of court. Helio Castroneves and his sister Katiucia Castroneves, together with their lawyer, Alan Miller, faced prosecutors on the first day of a federal tax trial [...]

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Fore! Golfer Hit With Tax Evasion Charges

24 February 2009

Pro golfer Jim Thorpe is facing a new challenge these days: allegations that he did not pay $1.6 million in federal taxes. Thorpe is accused of failing to file and pay taxes on income he earned in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Altogether, Thorpe faces four counts of failure to file an income [...]

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Castroneves Maintains Innocence at Hearing

6 February 2009

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US District Court Judge Donald Graham has ruled that the show will go one: two time Indy 500 champ Helio Castroneves – and more importantly, one time winner of the “Dancing With the Stars” mirrored disco ball – failed to convince Judge Graham to grant his motion to dismiss charges [...]

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A Fantastic Super Bowl Sunday? You Can Bet On it.

1 February 2009

There are a few things that we know for sure about today’s Super Bowl game:

This year, no Manning will win the Super Bowl (thank goodness).
The two quarterbacks who are playing in the big game (Warner and Roethlisberger) have not been particularly stellar throughout the regular season. Trust me. They were my fantasy football [...]

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PA Attorney General Warns of Super Bowl Scams

23 January 2009

While most of Philadelphia has been trying to get over the pain of the elimination of the Eagles from Super Bowl contention by the Cardinals (the Cardinals?!), scam artists have been looking for ways to turn Pittsburgh Steelers gold into real gold… Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has alerted consumers to be wary of [...]

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