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Whew. Tax Day has come and gone. Maybe you’re waiting on a refund - not the rebate (that’s something different) - but a refund.

If at least 28 days has passed since you filed, you can check with the IRS to find out the status of your refund.

You can:

Call the IRS Refund Hotline at 1-800-829-1954
or
Visit the IRS web site’s “Where’s my refund?” feature

You’ll need to have on hand:

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Enneagram Series by Mark McGuinness

Having introduced the three Enneagram Heart types in my last post, I’ll now move on to the three thinking or ‘Head types’.

The minimum you need to know about the Enneagram symbol is that it is divided into three parts, representing the three ‘centres’ or types of intelligence in human beings - emotional, mental and physical. Another way of looking at the three centres is to see them as corresponding to different types of action - relating, thinking and doing.

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Cook Up Something Special With ImageChef!

Great Find:ImageChef

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Target Audience: Anyone interested in creating graphics quickly!

Content:

ImageChef was founded in 2003, so while it’s not a brand new graphics generator, they are always releasing new features and support. You can create custom images without special knowledge or software. Once registered you can email your creations to friends and host your images on the ImageChef site.

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Crikey! The Australia Zoo, which was founded in the 1970s by Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s parents, has acknowledged that it was the victim “a highly sophisticated case of deception.” The zoo is currently being investigation as part of a massive tax-evasion scandal.

The zoo has been charged with $2.3 million in outstanding debts allegedly owed to overseas banks and companies in an effort to avoid tax. Irwin’s widow, Terri Irwin, has been named separately in suits alleging similar debts totaling $55,000. The investments in questions were made through a Singapore based company during Steve Irwin’s lifetime. However, neither the Crocodile Hunter nor his estate were named in court documents as a party to the investigation as his signature was not on any of the papers. It is thought that Steve Irwin left the financial details of the zoo up to his wife.

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Taxpayer asks:
Hello Kelly,

I have a tax question for you:

-I am a normal employee and will be filing a 1040ez for that.
-I also do freelance work on the side, have received 1099-MISCs for that work from clients, and will be filing a 1040 schedule C for that.

Do I simply file the two forms together?
Or is there something else I have to do?

Thank you very much!!

Taxgirl says:

You only file one form 1040.

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Who are the Major Players in the Forex Market?

Posted on January 4, 2008
Filed Under Forex Education |

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Texas Instruments Inc, the main manufacturer of the chip of a mobile phone in the world, has told on Thursday, that she expects, that global sales for analogue chips will increase next seven years.
Gregg Lowe, the senior vice-president TI which is responsible for analogue business of the company, has told, that global analogue sales of the chip should grow approximately for 10 percent every year for the following some years.
He has added, that in that rate of the growth, full global sales should double approximately to $74 billion within seven years from $37 billion last year.

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The semester before I left for law school, my best friend, Bren, and I packed our stuff into my old Buick Regal (the former family car), affectionately named “Bessie” because she looked like a cow. We were on a mission to examine East Coast law schools that were still on my short list. It was easy enough to noodle up I-95 from Raleigh, NC, with stops in, among other places, Washington, DC (to visit Georgetown) and Philadelphia, PA (to visit Temple). We also had a trip to Atlantic City planned but that’s another post altogether…

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After vowing not to change its banking system despite a tax scandal spiraling out of control, the principality of Liechstenstein may be changing its mind.

Prime Minister Otmar Hasler has reportedly told the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung that “the reform process has already begun and I support it being continued.” He says that he is hopeful for a “reasonable compromise” that allows for some transparency that countries like Germany are demanding but also a measure of banking secrecy which would allow Liechtenstein to continue its status as a financial power.

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Ok, you’ve priced your home correctly, de-cluttered, deep cleaned and staged it. Now you are ready for the showings to start but where are the buyers going to come from?

Today, buyers come from a wide range of places both online and off. The National Association of Realtors studies where home buyers actually come from. This study is published in their annual “Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers”.

Here are some statistics from the 2006 study. These numbers show the Information sources used in the home search by home buyers.
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