Another obvious financial myth, this title “Just Ignore Mail from the IRS” is true only if you want your life to become more difficult and expensive. In one of dozens newsletters I subscribe to, this one entitled IRS Tax tips provides a list of what To Do and Not To Do with IRS correspondence. (By […]
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As the case I’m going to describe would indicate, it is a solid myth that divine inspiration can feed your greed. That is so wrong on so many levels, isn’t it? But some investors apparently didn’t think so. (this blog post is based entirely on the case described in Wealth Management magazine regarding two Utah
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Well, this is a solid myth, that’s for sure. Smart and ethical CPAs are recommending that their clients not just walk, but sprint away from the Memorandum Deferring Payroll Tax Obligation. Let me preface this by declaring that I’m not an attorney and that all of this is my opinion. But I can read and
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Because it is excellent, I’ve cut and pasted from a fascinating- and chilling -article by Berit Anderson and Brett Horvath from scout.ai If you wanted reasons to spend less time on line, well here you go. The full article is at https://scout.ai/story/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-machine This is a must read. Thanks Tom Civiletti for your post.The upshot: political, social
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We’re all too familiar with the doctrine of “caveat emptor”, or buyer beware, which places all responsibility for a bad deal on the shoulders of the consumer. Caveat venditor reverses that responsibility, placing all responsibility upon the seller. With financial products and services, both are true, as the case below shows. A quick check with http://brokercheck.finra.org/
I don’t think I have to remind you that this post heading is a MYTH. What’s astonishing with the case below is not so much the jaw-dropping audacity of the crook but the carelessness of his victims. Here’s the story, according to an article by Marlene Y. Satter in ThinkAdvisor. (See my Do’s & Don’ts
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I don’t think I have to remind you that this post heading is a MYTH. What’s astonishing with the case below is not so much the jaw-dropping audacity of the crook but the carelessness of his victims. Here’s the story, according to an article by Marlene Y. Satter in ThinkAdvisor. (See my Dos & Don’ts
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I don’t think I have to remind you that this post heading is a MYTH. What’s astonishing with the case below is not so much the jaw-dropping audacity of the crook but the carelessness of his victims. Here’s the story, according to an article by Marlene Y. Satter in ThinkAdvisor. (See my Dos & Don’ts
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Well, that’s a myth. There is no such thing as a “Federal Student Tax ” (other than the larcenous interest rates they charge students) But here are some recent things scammers do that IRS definitely will NOT do: Demanding immediate tax payment for taxes owed on an iTunes gift card. Soliciting W-2 information from payroll
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Reminder: These Financial Myths Headings are Myths. No. 8-10% is not a reasonable rate of return, even though national investment “superstars” still claim that it is.Here in Oregon, that point has been driven home . . . again, unfortunately, by Aequitas Management. The article that follows is long but instructive. (Thank you Advanced Regulatory Compliance,
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