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Deduct This: History of the IRA Deduction

27 June 2011

Remember Studebaker? Studebaker was a manufacturing company that started in 1852 in South Bend, Indiana, making wagons for farmers, miners, and the military. Ten years after the first gasoline-powered car was tested in the U.S., Studebaker entered the car manufacturing business and it was, at one point, the largest automobile maker in the world. By [...]

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Deduct This: The History of Student Loan Interest

13 June 2011

This week, I reached a pretty significant milestone: I finally paid off my undergraduate student loans. Hold the champagne: I now get to plug away at graduate loans which are much bigger. Don’t read too much into that, it’s not a complaint in the real sense. I have always considered my education an investment and [...]

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What’s Worse Than Confusing Legislation?

4 October 2010

What’s worse than confusing legislation? Creepy companies that try to capitalize on it. Here’s what we just received in the mail today… On the outside, we’re notified that we’re holding a “SECURED DOCUMENT” which we must “Open Immediately – Time Sensitive Information Enclosed” for our “Economic Stimulus Package Recovery Act.” A picture of the White [...]

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Tax Trivia: Reading the Tax Code

20 January 2010

We have a winner! It’s Brad! For the answer, see the comments! Our next tax trivia question for the giveaway is: Assuming that you read out loud at the same speed as you count (on average), how many days would it take to read the entire Tax Code out loud without stopping? The first correct [...]

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Tax Trivia: Sex in the Tax Code?

12 March 2009

We have a winner! See comments! Our next tax trivia question is: Which comedian joked that if you actually read the entire Tax Code, you’d probably find a sex scene? Don’t forget: the first correct answer wins free CCH tax prep software. What’s your guess?

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Fix The Tax Code Friday: Flat Tax

11 May 2007

A number of the presidential candidates have suggested replacing the current tax system with a more simple program. It feels like it shouldn’t be hard to do since Title 26, the Tax Code, is the largest section of the U.S. Code. To put the laws and related documents on paper now takes more than 55,000 [...]

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