The tax preparation fee for any individual depends on how complex his tax return is. The more complicated the return, the higher would be the fee. This holds true for all accountants who would charge for a tax return file on a flat rate, an hourly rate or quote a price for separate tax forms.

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Feb 2009

Payoff Bills

Each month, you probably receive several bills in your mailbox or email inbox. Some are inevitable such as utilities and rent and/or mortgage, but others you wish you could get rid of. There are several different routes you can take in order to payoff these bills.

The Department of Banking in Pennsylvania is facing opposition to the recent legislation in Pennsylvania that requires debt servicing firms to be licensed in order to provide services to Pennsylvania residents. A lawsuit has been filed by The Association of Settlement Companies (TASC) and two of its members operating in Pennsylvania that challenges the new law.

Debt settlement might sound like the best option for you. Besides, many companies “claim” to be able to help you settle for half of what you owe. What they don’t tell you is that after paying their fees and increased taxes, you barely save anything.

The numbers of rogue debt settlement companies are growing, and it is becoming easy to see why. With inadequate regulation of debt settlement companies and the vulnerability of indebted customers, debt settlement companies are springing up just about everywhere.

Major credit card companies are increasingly unwilling to cooperate with debt settlement companies. This reflects a growing resentment for the predatory practices of many debt settlement companies as well as the high cost that debtors pay.

This is a federal act enacted in 1977 with the goal of preventing abuses by third-party debt collection agencies. These abuses were believed to be one of the main causes of the increase in bankruptcies filed at the time.

Debt settlement companies often state that they can settle your debts for pennies on the dollar or even up to less than half of what you owe. They also tend to overstate the actual amount of work that they do on your behalf.

When selling books in southeastern Ohio as a student trying to pay for college expenses, I noticed the stark disparity between opportunities available to rural or urban populations. So many of the residents of the rural countryside were stuck between a rock and a hard place. The jobs were leaving, but they could not find a buyer for their home even if they left to pursue a job.

Massachusetts authorities have announced a new resource for seniors that are considering to apply for a reverse mortgage. The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation has released online information regarding reverse mortgages.

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