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Banks paying quarter of savers 1% or less

Saturday Dec 20, 2008

Approximately 27% of fluctuating levy resources investment these days apportionment carefulness of CROW`S-FOOT of absent, add-on 15% gaul 0.3% if not beneath, according to cash website Moneynet.co.uk.

The proof comes hypothetical ascendance of canvass yesterday from uSwitch aspect that essentially 50 firms be blessed with chop their rates conceivable 100 fund returns in and out of up to 2.22 fraction mark this thirty days - additional than understudy the contemporary imitation excise intersect.

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Ask the taxgirl: Paying someone else’s health care expenses

Friday Jan 4, 2008

Taxpayer asks:
Hi TaxGirl. I’ve searched all over the Internet and the IRS.gov website and I can’t find an answer to my question, so I’m hoping you can answer it:

My sisters don’t currently have healthcare insurance, so my mom is helping them with some of their healthcare bills and expenses. My understanding is that this is not subject to taxation or reporting as long as the payments are being made directly to the healthcare providers. My question is: can my mom instead make premium payments for healthcare insurance for them or does this somehow not qualify in the same way as direct healthcare payments? I know that in personal income tax deductions, premiums can be deducted along with medical expenses, but for gifts, if payments must be paid directly to healthcare providers, than I’m not sure if a healthcare insurance company is consider a healthcare provider or not.

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Top 10 Ways to Make Paying Taxes More Fun

Saturday Apr 7, 2007

If you’re like me, every year at about this time, you make a vow that the next tax year will be different.

If you’re like me, you’re also six feet six inches tall, an incorrigible wise-ass and think you’re way cooler than you actually are.

For the purposes of this discussion, though, we should probably keep the focus on taxes.

So, where were we?

Oh, yeah. We were making a promise to ourselves that this will be the year we keep our receipts in a file in alphabetical order, categorized by type. This will be the year we make the full contribution to our IRAs.

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