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Limbo Your Way to Lower Taxes
You may be able to lower your 2009 federal income tax bill by finding ways to bring your income below certain thresholds, which would otherwise limit your write-offs. Here's how to get into those sweet spots and pay less to the Internal Revenue Service as a result... Most days, being...
Tags: Tax Credit, Income, MoneyWatch, Adjusted Gross Income, Taxes, Personal Finance, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Tax, Deduction, Credit, Phase-out, Threshold, 401(k), Retirement Planning, Health, Deductible, Dependent, College, Paperwork, Obama, Stimulus, Above-The-Line, First-Time Homebuyer Credit, American Opportunity Tax Credit, Hope Tax Credit, Lifetime Learning Credit, Making Work Pay Credit, MoneyWatch Briefing, Kathy M. Kristof
Articles 2009-03-09
The Upside of Apocalypse
Scammed in 2008? Laid off? Your portfolio in tatters? Well, look on the bright side. At least you'll get some tax breaks. Here are three that could make the final reckoning a little less painful. Who could fault you for thinking that 2008 marked the end of the financial...
Tags: Financial, MoneyWatch, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, MoneyWatch Feature Package, Kathy Kristof, Tax, Deduction, Credit, Phase-Out, Threshold Income, Above-The-Line, First-Time Homebuyer Credit, American Opportunity Tax Credit, Hope Tax Credit, Lifetime Learning Credit, Making Work Pay Credit, Write-Off, Schedule C, Loss, Ponzi Scheme, Madoff, IRS
Articles 2009-03-09

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More Support for $15,000 Tax Credit for Home Buyers
The Mortgage Bankers Association just announced its support for Sen. Johnny Isakson's (R-GA) $15,000 home buyer tax credit. In a press released issued today, David Kittle, Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association stated his support of SB 1230, The Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2009: "Stimulating the housing market...
Tags: Housing Market, Tax Credit, Taxes, Personal Finance, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Ilyce Glink
Blog posts 2009-06-15
California Farmers Seek U.S. Tax Credit for Water Conservation.
By Michael Doyle, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 22--WASHINGTON - California farmers hope their patience will pay off as Congress weighs a long-sought tax credit to encourage water conservation. More than a decade after Golden State...
Tags: California, conservation, FINANCE, Taxes, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2004-05-22
Community Reinvestment Fund, USA Receives $110 Million New Markets Tax Credit Allocation To Stimulate Small Business Growth
Second-largest federal allocation represents "ray of hope" for entrepreneurs in a difficult economy MINNEAPOLIS -- Community Reinvestment Fund, USA CRF, a nonprofit organization that connects community-based and economic development lenders with the capital resources of Wall Street, today announced it received $110 million in federal New Markets Tax Credit...
Tags: Community Reinvestment Fund Inc.
Research articles 2008-10-22
White House Plans New Education Tax Break
WASHINGTON--The Clinton administration again is touting new tax benefits for higher education, though its ideas may not fare as well as they did back in 1997. That year, Congress approved two new tax credit programs -- the HOPE Scholarship and the lifelong learning credit. HOPE provides up to $1,500...
Tags: FINANCE, Taxes, White House
Research articles 2000-02-17
A primer on the Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits.
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (TRA '97) added Sec. 25A, providing the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits, to foster higher education. Proposed regulations explaining these credits with many helpful examples were released for public comment on Jan. 6, 1999. ...
Tags: Education, FINANCE, income, payment, Sec, Taxes
Research articles 1999-04-01
Extended Tax Credits Should Cause Solar Stocks to Heat Up
Dr. Duru submits: After the Senate finished grilling the Wall Street bailout triumvirate of Bernanke, Paulson, and Cox, it got to work passing HR 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, aka the Investment Tax Credit [ITC]. This bill has churned endlessly in Congress this year,...
Tags: Energy, Energy Conversion Devices Inc.
External links 2008-09-24
Daily Tax Update: Republican Leaders Will Try to Move Tax Extenders Package by September 20.
WASHINGTON PHOENIX LOS ANGELES LONDON BRUSSELS House and Senate Republican leaders are hopeful to act on a $125 billion, five-year extension of several expiring tax cuts by the week of September 20. The package includes extending the $1000 per child tax credit, the expanded 10-percent income tax bracket,...
Tags: FINANCE, leader, Steptoe & Johnson, Taxes, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2004-09-13
Tax legislation feeds industry frenzy; new bills offer chains hope, jolt of adrenaline
WASHINGTON -- Although the end of the tax-bill marathon is still weeks away, the foodservice industry is feeling a rush of adrenaline as it moves toward a finish line that could include a number of notable prizes. So far issues important to chains, such as an expanded Work...
Tags: exemption, FINANCE, Taxes, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1997-07-14
H&R Block Pitches In To Help Americans Hit by Katrina Claim a Major Tax Benefit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Company Offers Free Tax Preparation; Joins President Clinton, Operation HOPE and Others To Boost Awareness Of The Earned Income Tax Credit
Tags: H&R Block Inc., tax
Research articles 2006-02-16
Senate rejects tax write-off in stimulus bill
On Jan. 25, 2002, by a vote of 39 to 45, Senate Democrats defeated an amendment that would have given businesses a threeyear tax write-off on capital purchases. Sen. Gordon Smith (R.-Ore.) had introduced the amendment to the Hope for Children Act (HR 622), which expands the adoption tax credit,...
Tags: FINANCE, Taxes, U.S. Senate, writeoff
Research articles 2002-02-04
No automatic review for tax credit study
A Utah State University study on tuition tax credits will not be automatically subjected to an outside review when it comes out in November. The Legislature last session set aside $150,000 for an unbiased study on potential effects of tuition tax credits. They hope the study will inspire...
Tags: FINANCE, Taxes, Utah State University
Research articles 2004-08-24
BUSINESS VIEW: One day soon, we'll all be tax collectors
Apart from the stewards' inquiry about the number of times he said "prudence", Gordon Brown's last Budget of Labour's first term has little to hold the interest. But with this Chancellor, you should always pay attention. The devil is in the detail. The long-awaited reform of tax...
Tags: Burberry Ltd.
Research articles 2001-03-11
New Legal Aid Society of Orange County I-CAN! Program Allows Eligible Working Families to Collect Up to $4,000 Each in Federal Earned Income Tax Refunds
Business/News Editors SANTA ANA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 1, 2002 Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) has announced the start of a national Web-based computer network designed to allow low-income families and seniors to file their federal income taxes electronically and become eligible for up to $4,000 in Earned Income Tax Credit...
Tags: Legal Aid Society Inc.
Research articles 2002-11-01
Backers Hope Wisconsin Tax Credit Will Carry Farmers into Next Generation.
By Steven Walters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 2--MADISON, Wis. -- Bob and Mary Jo Prahl are fourth-generation Wisconsin dairy farmers who hope a bill signed into law Monday will help ensure there is a fifth generation. ...
Tags: Farmers
Research articles 2004-03-02
Hope for the Housing Market in Existing Home Sales
Dear Ali; You wrote yesterday that the most recent real estate price data was lousy -- but today's existing home-sales numbers are up! Is that a contradiction? A: It's not a contradiction -- these April existing-home sales numbers are from...
Tags: Housing Market, Contradiction, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-05-28
Higher Taxes for the Mass Affluent
A multitude of recent and proposed law changes aim to raise the taxes of people like you. Here are a few key steps that could help you head off these impending tax hikes. ...
Tags: Income, MoneyWatch, Odds, Coming Storm President Obama, Taxes, Personal Finance, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Kathy Kristof, IRS, Capital Gains, Marginal Tax Rates, Charitable Contributions, Mortgage Interest Deduction, Deductions, Write-Offs, Obama, First-Time Home Buyer, American Opportunity Tax Credit, Lifetime Learning Tax Credit, Itemized Deductions, Kathy M. Kristof
Articles 2009-05-04
VF Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Very good. [Operator Instructions]. And our first question will come from Brian McGough with Morgan Stanley. Brian McGough - Morgan Stanley Thanks guys. Agreed with your comments. Certainly, nice to see a company beat numbers in this kind of date [ph] and also congratulations...
Tags: VF Corp.
Earnings calls 2007-10-20
Lessons from Your '08 Return
Your 2008 taxes are done. Congrats! But you're not done yet. This is the perfect time to look for ways to lower your 2009 taxes, while you have all your records and forms handy. The sooner you get started, the more you'll save. ...
Tags: MoneyWatch, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Jill Schlesinger, IRS, Internal Revenue Service, Tax Refund, Estimated Taxes, Making Work Pay Tax Credit, Tax Withholding, 401(k), Municipal Bonds, Tax Equivalent Yield, Morningstar, Tax-Managed Mutual Funds, Tax-Efficient Funds, Extension to File, Extension to Pay, Installment Agreement, Offer in Compromise, IRS.gov, Online Payment Agreement, MoneyWatch Crash Course, MoneyWatch.com Editor-at-Large, Jill Schlesinger, MoneyWatch.com Editor-at-Large
Articles 2009-04-03
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