Your $300 – $1,200 Economic Stimulus Payment Cost $767 Million
GAO-08-620T Testimony: IRS estimated that the costs of implementing the economic stimulus legislation may be up to a total of $767 million—including a $202 million supplemental appropriation. In...
View ArticleUPDATE: Economic Stimulus Check Glitch
The IRS has announced a “glitch in the economic stimulus payment schedule for taxpayers using H&R Block and other services. As discussed in the comments of a previous post, BossKitty and I have...
View ArticleRefund Anticipation Loans, Rapid Refunds, Sleazy Tax Preparers
The sleaziest thing a tax preparer can do is sell you a “fast refund”, “two or three day refund”, “instant refund”, “EZ-Money or “Rapid Refund”. They are selling you a BANK LOAN at an extraordinary...
View ArticleEconomic Stimulus 2008; Beware of Promised Fast Refunds
The Recovery Rebate Credit is a one-time benefit for people who didn’t receive their full Economic Stimulus Payment in 2008 and whose circumstances may have changed for 2009, making them eligible now...
View ArticleIllegal Immigrants Pay More Taxes Than Many Top U.S. Corporations
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy If ‘corporations’ are people, then why are they NOT paying their fair shaire of taxes? Some pay very little! Some pay no taxes at all! The tax burden has, in...
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