Business & Finance - 31 December 2007

i.e. if I paid my 2007 property taxes in January of 2008 because I forgot, can I still deduct them off my 2007 1040 or would it be my 2008?

2007-12-31 18:55:03 · 5 answers · asked by l0pher 1 in United States

I have no idea why this is happening. I'm not aware of any money I owe anybody but I just got a warning from a credit monitoring service that I owe somebody $92. Has this ever happened to you? What does it mean?

2007-12-31 18:44:07 · 2 answers · asked by LG 7 in Personal Finance

I need some real estate advice. We closed on our house in San Antonio in August of 2006. The closing price was $139,500. We had to take $5,500 to closing. The actual cost to build our exact same house now, not market value, is $149,000. We have improved by adding some landscaping, painting all rooms, and adding a backsplash in the kitchen. The builder is still building on about 700 more lots in our neighborhood. We want to begin building another home this year on some land we own, but we are not sure how the sell of our current home will pan out. Do you think its possible to sell without any out of pocket expenses considering realtor fees and closing costs? Needless to say, we aren't hoping to make a profit.
I know it all depends on the market, etc. My main concern is the fact that they are still building, and the base price of our home has only increased about $9,000 in a year and a half.

Any professional advice is very appreciated!!!

2007-12-31 18:39:10 · 1 answers · asked by Texas Chic 2 in Renting & Real Estate

should i sell or keep it and enjoy the ride

2007-12-31 18:36:15 · 11 answers · asked by Chris O 1 in Investing

I received a phone call back in October from a collection agency - telling me that I had a $600 balance with a video store (local independent one) for two unreturned DVDs.
First off, I DID return them (but they WERE like 4 days late). They called me and asked me about it, and I told them that it was returned. They said that they never got it. And then they just asked me to check again in my house in case I hadn't returned it. So I told him that that's useless cuz it's not in my house - it was returned!
One month later, a $100 charge that shows up on my credit card bill from the video store.
I was like, what the heck!? I thought about calling them to argue about it - but I figured that they would at least not bother me anymore. $100 is more than enough to buy two DVDs from Best Buy, isn't it?
So I don't really understand what this $600 is being charged to me for? Is there anyway I can dispute it and win?
And if this charge is legit, then what was with the $100 before?

2007-12-31 18:34:33 · 3 answers · asked by goldfish3 2 in Other - Business & Finance

What is the difference between annualised return and Average Annualised Return? What is the formula for calculating these returns if you have monthly return of the security?

2007-12-31 18:10:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Investing

Hi
I know the PELL grant is meant for educational expenses to be considered tax free money. I used $2100 of my pell grant to pay for a used car. I know i will have to declare it and pay taxes on it.

But can i use my PELL grant to pay for the HR block fee, state and fedral taxes.

If i do that, i'll just declare the amount paid on my 2008 return.

Is that legal?

2007-12-31 18:02:28 · 2 answers · asked by Aditya G 1 in United States

im also made less than 10,000 this year.

2007-12-31 17:22:08 · 8 answers · asked by JoJo 1 in United States

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2007-12-31 17:18:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Technology

If a house is haunted, do you have to disclose that to a buyer?

2007-12-31 17:10:53 · 7 answers · asked by Philip Augustus 3 in Renting & Real Estate

i saw a posting for a job position for a 'gal friday' n i had no idea what that meant n i couldn't find any other posting describing what it was so can someone please of u do know what it is please tell me. even if it is something nasty lol. i really wanna kno.

2007-12-31 16:53:13 · 7 answers · asked by Dee 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

i have applied for jiffy lube, home depot, michaels. and many more

2007-12-31 16:50:15 · 5 answers · asked by Taylor T 1 in Food Service

i working in peoplesoft...there is a table tht shows some bill details i m supposed to show the AR also beside it now...how do i get the AR amount

2007-12-31 16:44:22 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Business & Finance

i am trying to get out of debt, i have cut up all the cards any tips for getting out of debt? i have about 10,000

2007-12-31 16:40:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

hi as i said my landlord is threaten me that he going to kick me out because i am 4 days behind in rent and the thing is that my bank stuffed up my payment and now he is saying that if i do not pay my rent that i owe he will kick me out know i have had no washing machine that goes cause he thinks that he can fix it all the time and with my baby i have lots of clothes and the other thing is he complaning that my ex comes over to much and he help me out cause i had three operations after ihad baby and cant really do much please help!!!

2007-12-31 16:35:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

If i sell a call option, does it has any different from me buying a put option?

2007-12-31 16:27:30 · 6 answers · asked by IH 2 in Investing

2007-12-31 16:16:58 · 6 answers · asked by ewh1953 2 in United States

Im trying to buy a new board but im broke:(

2007-12-31 15:55:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

I get money direct deposited on Thursday, if I use my card at Wal-mart as a credit early this Tuesday morning will I get an overdraft fee?

2007-12-31 15:50:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Credit

ok i want to give my grandchild $120,000 but i dont want to pay the gift tax (who does?)

is this legal: can 10 of my familiy members plus my grandchild and me go to a bank where i give each of the 10 a check for $12,000. then they turn around and sign the check over to my grand child. now we all avoid the gift tax.

i know the spirit of the law. and this is kind of an abuse of the "letter of the law", but the letter of the law seems to alow for this. will I (we) get in trouble?

2007-12-31 15:46:38 · 5 answers · asked by viajero_intergalactico 6 in United States

Hi, I don't have a bank account but my paycheck goes directly to the debit card I have. I was wondering if I cancel (suspend) the debit card, what happens to my money? Should I make my balance 0 then cancel it?

2007-12-31 15:38:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

my friend said he has to go to the hospital becuz he has INS

and he said it was too personal wen i asked wat it is

im worried!!

2007-12-31 15:36:05 · 2 answers · asked by Jane 3 in Insurance

Two friends live in a house and are both on the deed. The one whose name is not on the mortgage, and didn't get the financing, wants to kick the other one out. What rights does the mortgagee have? Can she get the other one off the deed? To reiterate: the one trying to put the other one out is on the deed but not the mortgage.

2007-12-31 15:32:06 · 4 answers · asked by Barbara K 2 in Renting & Real Estate

i go to the free site ,but it says it will be mailed to me.how can i see it immediately?

2007-12-31 15:29:31 · 4 answers · asked by baby d 1 in Credit

Ive made 10k since may of 07 Till now. I am getting 1099 i am self employed. I havnt done anything quarterly.. I am claiming 2 kids and head of household. Also i have kept all reciepts I have about 1300 in Gas just for work purpose. What kind of a refund will i be looking at? Am i gonna OWE?

2007-12-31 15:28:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Taxes

2007-12-31 15:26:38 · 4 answers · asked by just want to know 1 in Law & Legal

I recently applied for a credit card with 0% interest for 9 months on balance transfers. I transfered balances from 3 cards to this card. Two of them were done electronically but for the last card they sent me a check in the mail. I do not understand what to do. It says I am to deposit the check into my checking account and pay the other card if the check is payable to me alone. But the check says it is payable to me and the card company as well. Do I deposit the check into my checking account and pay the card company or do I mail the check itself to the card company? It will be kind of difficult to send the check itself as I get electronic statements for that card and pay my bills online.

2007-12-31 15:24:09 · 4 answers · asked by Ryan D 2 in Credit

2007-12-31 15:19:02 · 5 answers · asked by unite ABs 3 in Insurance

2007-12-31 15:13:40 · 4 answers · asked by Lisa 1 in United States

We have 3 credit cards: Balance of 530 with 19.8%, 1640 and 1738 both at 29.99%. My hubby had cosigned for his older brother a car and we had to take it from him. It was in a wreck (hit and run) and did not have coverage (his brother lied). We are waiting on the police report. We were going to take the car and sell it but now that it is damaged we must fix it first. We do not have the money. We have been approved for a $6k loan at 28.33% (I assume it is an unsecured loan) with a term of 60 mos and the payment will be 188 a month. In april we will move into a cheaper house to free up some cash and we plan on paying the loan off long before the 60 mos. Does this sound like a good plan? Any advice?

PS Please no lectures about what we should not have done. We know and what's done is done, just trying to fix the mess we are in. Thank you!

2007-12-31 15:05:43 · 7 answers · asked by Stephanie W 4 in Credit