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Frequent-Flier Tax Traps
Consumers who got a chunk of frequent-flier miles as a reward for signing up for a new Citibank credit card are upset that Citi has sent a list of recipients to the IRS. Does this mean such rewards are taxable?

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Annuitizing Your 401(k)
Washington is making it easier for workers to purchase lifetime-income products in retirement-savings plans—and insurers are following suit.
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Business
Corporate Taxes Fall to 12.1%
Total corporate federal taxes paid fell to 12.1% of U.S. profits in the government's latest fiscal year, the lowest level since at least 1972 and well below usual rates of around 25%. Most of the credit--or blame--goes to a temporary break to spur investment.
Taxes
IRS Spearheads Bid to Head Off ID Theft
The U.S. arrested 58 people over the past week in a national crackdown on identity theft led by the IRS and the Department of Justice, the tax agency said, as it steps up prevention efforts.
Taxes
Maximum Money: Five Tools to Lower Your Tax Bill
Losses in the stock market and investments in infrastructure bonds can help reduce the taxes you have to pay this year.
Sunday Journal
Blessings of Gridlock: Few Changes in Taxes
Taxpayers will have to grapple with relatively few tax-law changes on their federal income-tax returns for 2011, but some of the new forms and changes there are can be tricky.
Weekend Investor
What You Can Learn From Mitt's Tax Return
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 2010 filing is a case study in tax planning. Here is a guided tour.
Getting Going
The Private Pension Plan
If you're self-employed and in the top echelon of earners, there's a big potential retirement-plan tax break available to you—and you don't even have to be Mitt Romney to get it.
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AMT Complicates Tax-Payment Estimates
Calculating quarterly tax payments may prove more difficult than usual given the expiration of the 'patch' for the alternative minimum tax, though many expect Congress will revive it at some point this year.
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Will the IRA Charity Rule Be Extended?
A provision allowing people age 70½ or older to transfer as much as $100,000 a year directly from an IRA to qualified charities, without triggering taxable income, is likely to be resurrected. But no one knows for sure.
Tax Report
The Disappearing IRA Charitable Donation
What should would-be IRA donors do this year, with the law still in limbo?
Weekend Investor
The Rally That Wouldn't Die
Quarterly Investing in Funds
Not All ETFs Are Tax-Smart
Tax Tip
Tax-Law Changes for 2012
Weekend Investor
The Road Ahead for Taxes
Weekend Investor
IRS Targets High Earners
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Finding Free Tax Help
The Internal Revenue Service is working with tax preparation companies and volunteers to offer free tax help online and at kiosks across the country.
IRS Kicks Off Tax Return Season
The clock is ticking toward the April 17 deadline, as the IRS begins taking e-filed returns today.
IRS Cuts: Good News for Deadbeats?
The IRS commissioner warned Congress that cuts to funding could hurt services and enforcement.
Time Running Out for Roth Do-Over
The Most Efficient Tax Man's Tips for Job Seekers

Tax Report

How to Dodge Last-Minute Tax Traps
Racing to meet year-end deadlines for charitable and personal gifts and investment tax planning? Read this first.
What's Next for Offshore Accounts?
The Tax Mess Deepens

Weekend Investor

What You Can Learn From Mitt's Tax Return
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 2010 filing is a case study in tax planning. Here is a guided tour.
The Disappearing IRA Charitable Donation
What should would-be IRA donors do this year, with the law still in limbo?
The Road Ahead for Taxes
With Washington unlikely to address major tax questions soon, taxpayers are facing a lot of guesswork. Here's what to do now.
Will the IRA Charity Rule Be Extended?
A provision allowing people age 70½ or older to transfer as much as $100,000 a year directly from an IRA to qualified charities, without triggering taxable income, is likely to be resurrected. But no one knows for sure.
Tax-Law Changes for 2012
Most of the changes stem from annual inflation adjustments that affect income-tax brackets, the standard deduction and other provisions.

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Q: I'm going to suggest the US will not solve its debt situation, will not resolve its spending problems and will as a result blend into the thirdish world level politically, second level structurally.
I know lots of older citizens will quarrel with me, but I wonder how younger people feel. Lets say you recently graduated from school, does it matter to you how the USA stands in the world?
Or, as long as you have a job does it matter?

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