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Protecting savings from exceptional taxes
Cyprus sets a sad precedent in the sense that a government considered taxing up to 10% of private bank savings in order to improve the financial situation of a country.
The decision did not pass but ...
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Why doesn't the government pay interest on tax withholding returned via a refund?
When the US government pays you your tax refund, it doesn't include any sort of interest payment for what is essentially a loan to the government. Why doesn't the government pay interest?
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Financial Advice for Newlyweds
My wife and I are newlyweds, and we are fortunate enough to have little debt and respectable incomes - since StackExchange is neither anonymous or private I won't disclose the real numbers, but I can ...
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Saving money after paying income tax
UPDATE 1:
I ask this question because I don't understand why there is a large market for tax free savings account, when your savings should already be tax free...
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
I am in the UK, ...
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Options for risk-free investment or savings over one and two years?
I converted my IRAs to Roths last year, and with the extension of the tax cuts*, I've decided to split the tax burden over 2011 and 2012, even though I can afford to pay them for 2010.
Given that I ...
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Comparison between US and Canada's taxes and possibility of savings?
Given two jobs earning equivalent amounts where one is in the US and another in Canada, where would I take home more money after taxes?
