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You decide: how much is broadband worth in a property?You're looking for a new place to live, and you've found a marvellous place - beautiful location, surprisingly good transport when you consider the lovely views, and it's got electricity, gas and water. Compared to other places you've looked at with similar qualities, it's pretty cheap.
tiscali.co.uk Friday, September 11, 2009Interest rates held at historic lowThe Bank of England said today that its programme of creating electronic money would continue for a further two months until it had pumped £175bn into the economy. But the Bank kept interest rates on hold at 0.5% and did not increase its quantitative easing (QE) programme, defying some City speculation that it might ease monetary policy further.
tiscali.co.uk Friday, September 11, 2009Child poverty reduced if both parents go to workBoth parents in families living below the breadline will be urged to go to work to lift their children out of poverty, one of the ministers responsible for developing the government's child poverty strategy said yesterday.
tiscali.co.uk Friday, September 11, 2009Fake IRS Email - Underreported IncomeIf there is one agency everyone responds to, it is the IRS. Scammers know this and have developed a host of campaigns using the name of the agency to sucker taxpayers into releasing information. A new email scam uses the threat of underreported income to get consumers to download a malicious file.
E-Zine Friday, September 11, 2009Employee Or Independent Contractor? - The Three Prong IRS TestThe age of hiring employees to handle all the needs of a business are long gone. We now live in the age of consulting and outsourcing. In many situations, it can be difficult to determine where the employee relationship ends and the independent contractor one begins. The IRS uses a three prong test.
E-Zine Friday, September 11, 2009MySpace and TaxesAccording to The Wall Street Journal, the taxman may be checking MySpace and Facebook to find tax evaders. In an article released on Aug. 27 by The Wall Street Journal (1), several state tax agencies have started mining social networks to find tax evaders.
E-Zine Friday, September 11, 2009What is Inheritance Tax?Taxation and revenue collection is a universal phenomenon. Governments collect taxes from their citizens in order to provide law and order, education and health facilities. Tax money is also used in the development of a country.
E-Zine Friday, September 11, 2009The poor need help, not lecturesWe don't read much about poverty in the media, except for the sporadic cases of gargantuan families, preferably foreign, living in Dallas-style splendour on the state, avoiding all labour - unless of course it's black market labour.
tiscali.co.uk Friday, September 11, 2009Train fares take passengers for a rideRail users should brace themselves for big price increases in the new year, in sharp contrast to headlines last month which promised the first fare cuts since privatisation. Transport secretary Lord Adonis said in August that "regulated" train fares would fall in January.
tiscali.co.uk Friday, September 11, 2009Ryanair reaps more than £500m from extra chargesBudget airline Ryanair made almost £550m last year in extra charges such as baggage fees, in-flight food and insurance costs, according to researchers in America.
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