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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Most credit card agreements give the credit card company the right to change terms, including the interest rate, at any time. Be cautious of any low introductory rate of interest, and read all the small print in your agreement. Read everything very carefully before you apply.
How Parents Can Help
When it comes to how parents might help their kids pay for college, Autumn Parrott, 31, of Knoxville, Tenn., who is paying off more than $40,000 in student loans, keeps her advice short and sweet: "Start saving now!" Many parents are doing that, but often, their savings are "not even close to adequate. Click here for more.
Gambling Winnings are Taxable Income
Picked the Super Bowl winner yet? As the game nears, millions of Americans are choosing, and betting on, their favorite to take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy this year. Click here for more.
How to Adjust Your Withholding
Most Americans pay the bulk of their annual tax bills via payroll withholding. Through this process, a percentage of your pay is taken out each pay period and sent to the Internal Revenue Service where it is credited toward your final tax bill. Payroll withholding is something you want to get just right. Why? Click here for more.
Victims of Identity Theft Often Know the Thief
Identity theft is now the No. 1 crime in the United States, with an estimated 10 million American consumers having their personal information used to open fraudulent bank, credit card and utility accounts, obtain loans or commit other crimes. Identity theft has now topped the list of consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission for the fourth consecutive year and accounts for nearly half of all FTC complaints. The majority of identity theft crimes are not committed by anonymous strangers, as most people tend to believe. Click here for more.
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When will you be debt free? Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Defendant can't get expert witness fees as "costs." The 6th Circuit ahs held that a defendant that prevailed in a business dispute could not recover its expert witness fees as part of an award of cost Click here for more.