In a credit score race, blue states win. Credit Karma, which offers free credit scores andArticle source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/money/bal-consuming-interests-blue-states-have-better-credit-scores-than-red-states-20120221,0,838098.story?track=rss> Author: Business – baltimoresun.com>
Each year, the IRS puts out a list of the top 12 scams to watch out for — or not perpetrate. This year’s list: Identity theft The IRS says it has a comprehensive strategy targeting ID theft. It also has increased internal reviews “to spot false tax returns before tax refunds are issued andArticle source: [...]
Each year, the IRS puts out a list of the top 12 scams to watch out for — or not perpetrate. This year’s list: Identity theft The IRS says it has a comprehensive strategy targeting ID theft. It also has increased internal reviews “to spot false tax returns before tax refunds are issued and is [...]
A fare increase of $10 per round-trip, initiated by Southwest Airlines and matched Thursday by most of its competitors, represents the second industry-wide price hike in 2012. Southwest, the nation’s largest carrier of domestic passengers, increased its round-trip fares for most of its routes starting Wednesday. By Thursday, most of the nation’s major carriers had [...]
Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson says a survey by her office last year found that 55Article source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/money/bal-consuming-interests-majority-of-taxpayers-dont-know-they-have-rights-before-the-irs-20120215,0,4121973.story?track=rss> Author: Business – baltimoresun.com>
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureauhas the power to oversee big debt collectors and credit bureaus. Before it can do so, it has to define “big.” The agency released its proposed rule that defines the size of institutions it will supervise. The proposal: Debt collectors with more than $10 million in annual revenue from collection activities wouldArticle [...]
The White House wants you to tweet about how you would use an extra $40 in your paycheck as part of a second Twitter campaign to extend the payroll tax cut Workers last year and the first two months of this year have had the amount taken out of the paychecks for the payroll tax [...]
The White House wants you to tweet about how you would use an extra $40 in your paycheck as part of a second Twitter campaign to extend the payroll tax cut Workers last year and the first two months of this year have had the amount taken out of the paychecks for the payroll tax [...]
You can’t buy love, but that isn’t stopping Americans from spending plenty on jewelry, flowers,Article source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/money/chi-consumers-still-spending-big-on-valentines-day-survey-20120131,0,1930751.story?track=rss> Author: Business – baltimoresun.com>
Amazingly, the government has had to require businesses that provide accounting, recordkeeping, legal and other services to 401(k) plans to tell employers just how much they are being paid – and if they have any conflicts of interest. Read my earlier story about this. Today, the Labor Department says plan service providers must start disclosingArticle source: [...]