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High School Football Playoffs Scoreboard: 11/20/2009

CIF Southern Section Northern Division First Round Playoff Scores: Valencia: 28Thousand Oaks: 27 (Final) Canyon:  0Moorpark: 30 (Final) Hart: 15Hueneme 23 (Final) Westlake:  49Ventura:  27 (Final) Righetti: 27Newbury Park:  29 (Final) Atascadero: 14Buena:  41 (Final) Oxnard:  7St. Bonaventure:  35 (Final) Arroyo Grande:  7Camarillo:  35 (Final) Other Games Alemany: 40Highland:  13 (Final)    

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Your Money: When is Alimony Tax Deductible?

Tax considerations in divorce, separation and domestic disputes There are usually four groups of people as parties to a divorce- the husband, the wife, the children and the IRS. It’s important to reduce the participation of the IRS. Various taxes related issues to consider in a divorce are alimony, child support, division of property, dependency exemption, medical expenses and timing. ...

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Your Money: Sale of Personal Residence

The largest business transaction incurred by most taxpayers is the sale of their personal residence. In January after the sale of your home you will most likely receive a form 1099-S, the form on which the sale of real property is reported. If the gain from the sale of your residence is completely excluded or the sale results in a ...

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Your Money: When are Social Security Benefits Taxed?

Are you considering post-retirement employment? If you’re collecting social security and thinking of returning to the work force, you may have questions about the effect of that income on the taxability of your benefits. The answer: Under current law, part of your social security benefits may be taxable. How much? The basic rule is that up to 85% of your ...

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Your Money: Collaborative Divorce

A Team Approach To Settle Disputes Not A Court Approach Divorcing couples and their families’ buckle under the financial and emotional stress that a traditional divorce requires. The practice of Collaborative Divorce is gaining popularity as a viable and possibly a healing alternative to the traditional divorce. It has been around since the1990’s but has only recently gained popularity. Collaborative ...

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Your Money: Avoiding Employee Embezzlement

The definition of embezzlement is the misappropriation of items with which a person has been entrusted.  One of the most common instances of embezzlement in today’s society is employee theft. Employees of many companies have access to company property, creating the potential for embezzlement. Examples include such small crimes as theft of retail items, discounted sale of retail items, and ...

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Your Money: Tax Quiz

This is for those of you who cannot resist taking those quizzes in magazines.  Since taxes are a major annual expense for most people, take this simple quiz to see how much you know about taxes and the options you have for cutting them. 1. Everyone must file an income tax return. True? or False? 2. What’s the top income ...

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Your Money: Record Guide

As a result of changes in the tax law and the prospect of more scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service, record keeping is now necessary in some areas that never required records before. How long to keep records is a combination of judgment and state and federal statutes of limitations. Most records have to be held for only three years ...

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Your Money: How to Profit from Customer Complaints

Nobody in business welcomes a customer complaint. It usually means taking time out of a busyday to deal with an angry person. But that’s the wrong attitude. You should think of acustomer complaint as three opportunities in one. An opportunity to get free feedback on something that’s not working right in your organization. An opportunity to convert a disgruntled customer ...

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