Avoiding common tax errors - Modesto Bee
Small-business owners who compile their own income tax returns can find themselves falling into some common quicksand pits. The mistakes can be costly if they raise a company's tax bill unnecessarily or subject it to penalties and interest in the ... More...

Heidi Montag Spoofs Plastic Surgery in Funny Or Die Video - Softpedia
It’s hard being a reality TV star, choosing to have plastic surgery to fit the current beauty standards and then suddenly realize you have to pay for all the interventions with a credit card and thus run yourself into debt. Heidi Montag should know ... More...

FX specialist sweetens Florida deal - Toronto Star
D avid Newman leaves on Friday to spend a week in his new vacation home in Florida. He closed the deal last Dec. 31. While he found it nerve wracking to buy in a state with the highest foreclosure rate for property, he was excited to save a ... More...

Citi to taxpayers: Thanks for the bailout, now pay up - Los Angeles Times
Vikram Pandit, chief executive of Citigroup Inc., thanked taxpayers the other day for coming to his company's rescue with $45 billion in bailout cash. "Citi owes a large debt of gratitude to American taxpayers," he told lawmakers in Washington. The ... More...

Tax preparer has seen two decades of industry changes - Nashville Tennessean
Despite buyout offers from three franchises, 65-year-old Robert Pritchett isn’t ready to give up the business he spent two decades growing. “I’m not ready to retire and I really don’t want to come up under them,” he said. “I just don’t ... More...