This financial crisis has been one long headache brought on by deception, confusion and incomprehension. Unless you have a Ph.D. in economics, your eyes probably glazed over long ago at long-winded descriptions of credit default swaps, collateralized debt obligations, mortgage-backed securities and the [...]
One more quick hit on the topic of excess Making Work Pay credit payments.
I wrote a piece for Bankrate.com on some steps you can take now if you fear you might be one of the folks who will have to pay back the credit next filing season.
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It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! This week, there has been a lot of discussion across the internet about “going Dutch” a la the pay-per-kilometer system recently passed in Amsterdam.
So today’s Fix the Tax Code Friday question is:
Should the US consider a pay-per-mile tax system to [...]