NEW YORK, NY -Most people think of January 1st as the time for resolutions. Savvy Ladies, however, sees April 15th as the date they see women turn a new leaf to achieve their financial goals. Savvy Ladies is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women through financial education. They conduct over 30 seminars a year with a newsletter and hotline providing women with unbiased information on managing their personal finances and maximizing their business earnings. 'Tax time is often ...
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April 20th, 2012 in
Finance
According to CNN Money Magazine, Huntsville Alabama real estate is one of the "100 Best Places to Live." Since World War II, this engineering and technology hub has transformed a sleepy agricultural base into the "Space Capital of America." The area is not only a hub for NASA, but also Boeing, Toyota, DeltaCom, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnologies and the second largest research park in the country (Cummings Research Park). It's not surprising, then, that
Huntsville AL real estate ...
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April 19th, 2012 in
Business
Family limited partnerships, one such traditional limited partnership, have been over marketed as wealth transfer devises. Family limited partnerships are red flags for the Internal Revenue Service as abusive tax-free wealth transfers. Family partnerships have been widely propagated as the devise of choice for transferring the family business and other highly appreciated assets tax-free from parents to their children.
Different programs are available to transfer ownership and the management of ...
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April 18th, 2012 in
Finance
Copyright 2006 Debt or Alive, Inc
What is the biggest problem facing business owners? It's simple.
Not enough money. Money is the lifeblood of business. The goal
of creating a business is to make money, but before you actually
make money, you need to spend money.
You need to spend money to get started. Depending on your
business, your start-up costs can range from minimal to
enormous. An internet business doesn't take much to get started.
A brick and mortar business requires substantial ...
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April 17th, 2012 in
Business
The time is just about right to file for income taxes. The deadline is April 15th, and you should do what you can to avoid missing the deadline. Otherwise, you end up having pay penalties, which is totally unnecessary. When filing for individual income tax, there are 3 types of forms that you can use. Be sure to pick the right form.1) 1040 EZ This is perhaps the most commonly used form. You can use this form if:- Your income is less than $100k- You are filing as a single, or you are filing ...
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April 16th, 2012 in
Finance
In today's housing market, foreclosures are at a high that hasn't been seen since 1979. Seven percent, or roughly one of every 11 homes, is currently in foreclosure. According to the Mortgage Bankers' Association, 6.35 percent of homes are in delinquency but not yet in foreclosure. The housing crisis is happening everywhere -- from Indiana to Texas and Maine to California. Though we most often hear about record foreclosures in California and Florida, a brief internet search will show you it ...
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April 15th, 2012 in
Finance
Madeline Hill may be unique among senior community developers.
She created her multi-million dollar 'city,' ' an upscale, yet
affordable group of single-family homes, condo's and apartments
-- not so she could become a rich and powerful CEO, but so she
could hand the whole thing over, debt-free, to the home-owner's
association.
It was a vision thing. Hill got the idea when she was a
high-level bureaucrat with state senior services and saw her
friends getting old, needing help and having no ...
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April 14th, 2012 in
Business
If you are thinking about filing your taxes online this year, then you may need more information about how to go about doing it. If you want to efile your taxes, it is quite simple. What you need to do first is get software that will walk you through the process step-by-step. You can find this software online, and they are quite cheap when you compare them to the cost of having to hire an accountant to do your taxes. An accountant has had to go through a lot of schooling in order to become ...
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April 13th, 2012 in
Finance
Tax Tidbits: Presented by Wayne M. Davies of
www.YouSaveOnTaxes.com.
Short but sweet nuggets for the Small Biz Owner and/or
Self-Employed Person, each morsel serving up a specific tax
reduction strategy guaranteed to tickle your monetary taste-buds.
The U.S. Tax Code is so big, there's only one way to digest it:
one little nibble at a time.
Just like a piece of candy, one small bite of tax knowledge can
give you one very delicious ...
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April 12th, 2012 in
Finance
It is increasingly common for individuals to own more than one
property and in many cases the first investment after the family
residence is in a holiday home. Whether you are buying a place
in the sun, a country retreat or a city centre apartment, if it
is in a foreign country you will be exposed to an unfamiliar
legal system and to taxes in the country concerned. It is
therefore important, even before a contract is signed, to decide
whether to make the purchase in your personal name or ...
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April 11th, 2012 in
Finance