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Joe Flacco Could Face $25K Tax Bill For Winning Super Bowl MVP
Congratulations, Joe Flacco! Here's your Super Bowl MVP award and the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that comes with it. Oh, and the IRS called, too....When Flacco quarterbacked the Baltimore Ravens to victory in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters named him the game's MVP. As a part of the award, Flacco received a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray valued at an estimated $60,000.
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Watch a Reporter Get Punched in the Face By an Angry Father
Richard Wilder lets his father fight his battles.
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Get Free Tax Assistance From the AARP at the Abilene Public Library
January 23, 2013 Doing even simple taxes can be taxing (pardon the pun) and a real chore to say the least, so let some IRS trained volunteers from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) help you during this annual season that kicks off January 30th and goes through April 15th. Bring your 2012 tax materials such as W-2 forms, Social Security cards and last year’s return. The AARP volunteers will assist you on a first-come, first served basis.
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Higher Taxes and Higher Prices Are Coming in 2013 — Dollars and Sense
Regardless of the American economy’s checkered enthusiasm, it appears as if consumers are currently aboard the fast track to higher taxes and rising prices on things like health care and grocery items scheduled to come around at the turn of the new year.
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Chicago Considers ‘Violence Tax’ on Guns and Ammo
City officials in Chicago are considering a proposed “violence tax” on guns and ammunition in hopes that it will help shade in the gray areas of a $115 million black hole in the city’s budget and police the number of guns in circulation on the streets. This has Second Amendment supporters ticked off because sources say the proposed tax will increase the prices of these items exponentially, even though no one yet knows what the tax would be.
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Americans Would Rather Deal with the Agony of Doing Taxes Than Make Healthy Food Choices
Which do you think is easier — doing your own taxes or trying to figure out how to make healthy sections in your diet?
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What To Do With Your Tax Return?-Shay’s Top 5
March 1, 2012 Well we are fast coming upon another tax day and while many have to pay others get that nice refund. That got me to thinking of all the things that you can do with that little bit of extra cash that the government so generously is giving back to you. I have to say I am usually lucky and get some back so here are the Top 5 things I might do with my money.
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Is Cheating on Your Taxes Okay? More Americans Say ‘Yes’ — Dollars and Sense
Tax day is right around the corner — but that doesn’t mean we’ll all pay our fair share.
An IRS survey last year found the percentage of people who thought it was acceptable to cheat “as much as possible” on their returns doubled compared to 2010.
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Indian Farmers Release Snakes In Government Building [VIDEO]
December 1, 2011 This just made me laugh. I know it's not something you should do but these farmers in India are so mad they let snakes loose in a government building in protest. Who hasn't wanted to do that at some point.
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“Grinch” Brings Out Christmas Tree Tax
November 9, 2011 I know the country is bad off right now financially but really, a Christmas Tree tax? Well yes and no. It was proposed by those folks in Washington D.C. that earn a lot more money than me, but looks like WE win, this time anyway. The tax was so ridiculed and criticized when revealed Tuesday that they decided to drop it Wednesday.
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Watchdog Group Upset Tax Dollars Being Spend On Rubber Chickens [VIDEO]
October 5, 2011 A town in Illinois spends $1000 on rubber chickens to be thrown out during a local parade and a local watchdog group is not happy. With property values declining and taxes going up they can't understand why the town would spend tax payer money on such novelties.