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S.C. lawmakers split on tax credits for pets
By Roddie Burris - McClatchy Newspapers

In South Carolina, roughly 900,000 people own a family pet, and about 360,000 of those households have two to three pets.
In the nation’s capital, where $12.1 trillion of national debt looms and Democratic President Obama’s projected 2010 budget shortfall is expected to hit [...]

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Scott Reeves May 27, 2008 8:30 am
Listen up, kids: After you’ve decided who takes out the garbage and other weighty logistical issues of marriage, it’s time to think about taxes.
Start by filing Form 8822 with the Social Security Administration to get a new Social Security card in your married name. Many couples overlook this step, [...]

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by Donnie Taylor
PBS INTERVIEW WITH MELVIN OLIVER
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Sociologist Melvin Oliver is vice president of asset building and community development at the Ford Foundation and co-author of Black Wealth, White Wealth.
What inspired your studies of race and wealth?
When I went to UCLA it was the common experience of many African American faculty that they could not [...]

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DIANE ABBOTT
Sunday, March 23, 2008

All over the world we are watching spellbound as the American economy goes through its turmoil. As major banks like Bear Stearns crash and Wall Street totters, we all know that our own economies will inevitably be affected. At the heart of the current financial mayhem are sub-prime mortgages. People who [...]

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I’m Calum MacKenzie, Broker/Owner of Real Living Southern Homes, a residential real estae brokerage located in Wesley Chapel, Florida.
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Calum MacKenzie
March 08, 2008
 On December 20, President Bush signed a law that is meant to help [...]

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Want a tax rebate? File a return
Even if you haven’t done so recently, you’ll need to file this time.
February 16, 2008
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By G. Jeffrey Aaron
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Star-Gazette

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This happens almost every time, as our regular, everyday language having to do with our marital status and how we run our households does not jive or exactly “shake hands” with the IRS tax code.  In other words, as we used to say, it doesn’t “compute.”
 Not computing can cost us thousands of dollars in cash [...]

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By Jeremy Grant in Washington
Published: January 23 2008 03:49 | Last updated: January 23 2008 03:49
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Brendan Smialowski for The New York Times
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By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: January 25, 2008
 
WASHINGTON — Hoping to give a quick adrenaline shot to the ailing economy, President Bush and House leaders struck a [...]

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Wallstreet Journal
January 22, 2008 1:46 p.m.

(See Corrections & Amplifications item below.)
The tax man is on your side when you’re job hunting. Search expenses are deductible as long as you are looking for a new position in your current field — even if you’re still working.
Job hunters may be eligible for can take the following deductions, [...]

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