washingtonpost.com - Cash FlowCash Flow'Death Tax' Divide- April 24, 2005 With the House having again approved permanent repeal of the estate tax, the issue now moves to the Senate, where, although Republicans are in the majority, enthusiasm for wiping out what conservatives like to call the "death tax" is considerably more muted.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11170-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Tax-Free Combinations- April 24, 2005 Resolving questions that have been circulating since 1997, the Treasury Department has concluded that homeowners can combine the capital gains exclusion available on the sale of a principal residence with the tax deferral available when an investment property is exchanged for another of "like kind."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A438-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_business/columns/... Losing Interest In EE Savings Bonds- April 24, 2005 Perhaps drawing a lesson from homeowners who have refinanced to lock in today's low interest rates, the Treasury Department has announced it is going to begin locking in current rates on buyers of new Series EE U.S. Savings Bonds.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58285-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Time for Alternative Minimum Tactics- April 24, 2005 By now, most people have at least heard of the AMT, but those who still think of it as what it was intended to be -- a special tax to make sure rich people pay at least something to the government -- are badly out of date.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34420-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_business/column... A Half-Dozen Tips for 11th-Hour Filers- April 24, 2005 A survey last week by Yahoo Finance found that 14 percent of taxpayers plan to wait until April 15 to file, and the Internal Revenue Service expects about 9 million taxpayers to apply for extensions.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39161-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_business/column... Neglect That Spells Retirement Ruin- April 24, 2005 Just as President Bush and other Republicans are plowing ahead with plans for personal Social Security accounts and other individualized investment vehicles, employers operating 401(k)s and similar plans are becoming increasingly fearful that their workers aren't up to the job of managing those accounts.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28231-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Homeowners in Harm's Way- April 24, 2005 There has been plenty of wailing in recent months over the soaring property tax bills that homeowners have been receiving, thanks to their similarly soaring home values. Families complain of being "taxed out" of their homes through no fault of their own.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20461-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_business/column... An Early, Untaxed Bequest- April 24, 2005 As parents and grandparents look toward the end of the year, accountants and other advisers suggest they think outside the gift-wrapped box.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9678-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_business/column... It Takes More Than a Living Will- April 24, 2005 A theme running through coverage of the tragic case of Terri Schiavo is that if she had only had a living will, the long-running controversy over whether to preserve her life in what court-appointed doctors have called a "persistent vegetative state" could have been avoided.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2623-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_business/column... Tax-Free Bonuses Tagged Out- April 24, 2005 Some taxpayers have been dusting off an old Internal Revenue Service ruling about signing bonuses in baseball contracts and using it to justify skipping payroll taxes and income-tax withholding on signing bonuses generally.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15941-2004Nov27.html?nav=rss_business/colum... |