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Posted: December 28, 2011 8:41AM by Amy Fontinelle
Stories about millionaires and billionaires who pay little or no income tax make great headlines, especially when these people have committed tax fraud. However, the methods that most wealthy...

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Posted: May 2, 2011 9:43AM by Stephanie Christensen
A Pitney Bowes Business Insight study (read it here) recently revealed the savings and spending habits of residents by state. Among the findings, it indicated that New Jersey, Connecticut and...

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Posted: March 17, 2011 9:57AM by Angie Mohr
Billionaires cannot possibly handle everything by themselves: bookkeeping, banking, investing and taxes. They surround themselves with a team of professional advisors to look after the pennies so...

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Posted: March 14, 2011 11:16AM by Tim Parker
Loopholes in the tax code have been a subject a great debate. Those who believe that the rich keep getting richer often cite the fact that large companies are eligible for tax breaks that allow them...

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Posted: March 1, 2011 12:53PM by Stephen D. Simpson, CFA
As Congress prepares to do battle over the 2011 federal budget, it is a good time to review what happened in 2010. Said differently, every American tax payer should have some interest in where their...

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Posted: February 17, 2011 2:39PM by Stephen D. Simpson, CFA
Whenever anything goes wrong in view of the public, attention quickly moves to rooting out those who should be blamed for whatever it was that went wrong. Given the enormous and far-reaching...

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Posted: December 30, 2010 11:24AM by Tara Struyk
Investopedia’s Dictionary includes more than 12,000 unique terms (and growing!), but year after year there are some tried-and-true favorites among our readers. Price/earnings ratio commonly tops the...

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