Federal Tax Rebate 2008

Pay day loan shops (and cash checking and other similar short term loan shops) are often singled out as places that prey on consumers in a tight spot. While I don’t dispute that, I want to point out other places that also prey on consumers in a tight spot that don’t often get the spotlight. [...]

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By Flexo in Administration. A few weeks ago, I mentioned that 100,000 unique visitors browsed Consumerism Commentary during the month of January, the highest monthly count in this website’s history, 106,492 to be exact. There’s a good chance that February’s count will double that. I hope some of this month’s new readers plan [...]

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Don’t fear this IRS letter Love Your Family Health Money and Relationship Don’t be afraid to open an IRS letter that you will be receiving. Most Americans will get mail from the Internal Revenue Service next week, but it’s no cause for alarm. There [...]

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IRS letters to tell people how to get stimulus checks Updated at 10:45 a.m. | WASHINGTON — More than 130 million households will get letters from the Internal Revenue Service beginning next week as part of an extensive outreach effort to make sure people don’t miss out if they are eligible to receive a tax [...]

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Rep. Linda Miller Votes for Income Tax Break February 28th, 2008 by Linda J. Miller Federal rebate checks are exempted from state income taxes (Des Moines) – Rep. Linda Miller (R-Bettendorf) voted for House 2417 today that exempts the 2008 federal income tax rebate. House File 2417 [...]

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IRS Notices To Go Out Posted on February 28, 2008 by Jamie There’s got to be a better way to do this: Don’t be alarmed. More than 130 million households will get letters from the Internal Revenue Service beginning next week and it’s good news, not bad. The letters [...]

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WASHINGTON — Don’t be alarmed. More than 130 million households will get letters from the Internal Revenue Service beginning next week and it’s good news, not bad. The letters are part of an extensive outreach effort to make sure people don’t miss out if they are eligible to receive a tax rebate check under [...]

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posted by Chris | Now that Congress has passed and the President has signed the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, those who will receive a check can start making a list of how they will spend their newfound wealth. Our government borrowed from Peter (our children & grandchildren) to pay [...]

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Ask for tax information and you shall receive. In this case, it’s info on state taxation of the federal stimulus package checks that will be issued beginning in May. As noted in yesterday’s blog item, folks who live in states that collect income taxes are starting to wonder if this IRS rebate bonus will [...]

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What follows is coverage of the February 28 presidential news conference. I focused mostly on the questions posited by the media. Video of the most biased questions should be posted shortly thereafter. I’ll also post a link to the official White House transcript when it’s available. Bottom line: Most of the really biased questions [...]

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