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Contrary to the common assumption that this is due to intentional tax evasion, the poor remain outside the legal sector because complex laws exclude them. In 1990, the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (de Soto’s think tank) helped Peru reduce time and money costs by 99 percent. Since then, over two million Peruvian families have become newly legal homeowners and another 500,000 have registered official businesses...
...somehow fitting that when the IRS offers something for free, you have to jump through hoops to figure out how to use it. That's the case with Free File Alliance, the new Web-based tax-preparation and filing service (go to www.irs.gov) The IRS just plays host; the service is provided by 17 private tax-prep firms...
...catch is, not every taxpayer is eligible--and not every tax-prep firm has the same selection criteria. Residents of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin will find that they can free-file through FileYour Taxes. com. Anyone 50 or older will qualify at TaxBrain Online Tax Center. Active-duty military? Try Taxslayer.com The rules are in the fine print (oh, heck, it's all fine print), but it's still possible that you might work on your return only to find out mid-process that you don't qualify. Then you would have to double-back to the IRS site...
...State University, self-control is neither an acquired skill nor a logical cognitive process. Rather, he says, it's an exhaustible resource that operates like a well: it is emptied with use and refilled with rest. To test this theory, Baumeister gave subjects a variety of exercises designed to tax their self-control. In one of them, a group was asked to refrain from thinking about a white bear (not an easy thing to do once the idea has been planted in your mind). The other participants were allowed to let their thoughts wander. Afterward, both groups were given tricky...
...even with the White House. TIME has learned that last Thursday several airline CEOs met with the key members of the Bush Administration economic team, including Treasury Secretary John Snow and Office of Management and Budget chief Mitch Daniels, in the Roosevelt Room to lay out the heavy tax burden they face and the $4 billion in government-ordered security mandates they have had to pick up. According to those familiar with the conversations, the Administration officials listened, but offered no commitments...