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No Interest Abatement allowed

According to the Tax Court, IRS agents cannot abate interest on overdue taxes. This comes from a case involving an executor of an estate in Croatia who could not tap bank accounts here to pay U.S. income tax because of long delays encountered in Croatia’s probate...

The corporation and its origin

The word “corporation” derives from corpus, the Latin word for body, or a “body of people. The world’s oldest commercial corporation in the world is still in business. It is the Stora Kopparberg mining community in Falun Sweden.  It obtained its charter from King...

The United States’s 10 Oldest Companies

Below is a listing of the 10 oldest companies in the United States: King Arthur Flour Company, Founded in 1790 Norwich, Vermont 2010 Revenue: $81.1 million Flour Company Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle Founded in 1831 New York 2010 Revenue: $140 million Law...

IRS interest rates will be changing

Some good news, for those whom owe the IRS money for back taxes.  Interest rates will decline by a percentage point after Sept. 30, 2011. On overdue taxes, the new rate the IRS will charge is 3%. The rate will be 5% on corporations that owe over $100,000. On refunds,...

Losing Ground

Does it seem harder and harder to cover those monthly bills?  Are you still looking at ways to reduce spending in spite of cutting out most excess spending a couple of years ago? You are not alone.  In my analysis of clients and their budgets things are getting a bit...

Roth 2011

If you are considering a Roth conversion from a Traditional IRA for 2011, a strategy that has been employed in the past by financial advisors is to have multiple Roth’s.  Each Roth will be a separate asset class.  This way if there is a decrease in valuation the...

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