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Bicyclists May Get Tax Benefit from Proposed Senate Bailout

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Bicycle.net notes:
Employers of people who bicycle to work stand to gain a $20 per month tax credit per cycling employee, according to the Senate’s version of the Wall Street bailout bill, H.R. 1424.
The bill passed yesterday by a vote of 74 for and 25 against the bill and now goes to the House for a [...]

CPA Exam, Not Bachelors Degree, the Model for Proving Qualification

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The Wall Street Journal reports:
Outside a handful of majors — engineering and some of the sciences — a bachelor’s degree tells an employer nothing except that the applicant has a certain amount of intellectual ability and perseverance. Even a degree in a vocational major like business administration can mean anything from a solid base of [...]

Georgia Scam – Social Security Tax Refund


The Internal Revenue Service has discovered a scam in Georgia involving filing a federal income tax return to get a refund on Social Security taxes paid.
The IRS said the scheme usually works by the victim paying the scam operator a fee for preparation of a false refund claim and possibly a percentage of any [...]