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 A quicker way to get your tax refund from the IRS?
My sister said she wants me to do her taxes for 2008. She wants her refund the quickest way possible. I have always had my tax refund through direct deposit into my checking account because waiting ...


 If property taxes pays for your local schools, do renters contribute to pay for our schools?
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 I need help with filing my taxes!?
My ex boyfriend and I filed jointly last year we have splint since then. Now since I'm going to collect from our son being born in January 2007 he wants a peice of the money. He says if I dont ...


 Do i need to file a tax return even if they are going to give me Earned income credit?
I made over 17000 last year and I dont want to file this year. I have one child and i know that i am going to get money back. Just a general question. Can I wait 3 years and then file all my back ...


 I am a salaried employee, my salary is 16000 per month and got bonus 42000 my ivestment is 61500?
can you explain me about my tax liability for the financial year 2006- 2007...


 Self Employed - Need tax info ~?
I just made a career change and am now an independent contractor. I've created an account in which I deposit 35% of my income for taxes, but I don't know how often to report, or even how to ...


 I am married but didn't work in 2006 can my husband and I still file married filing jointly?
I want to know this because of the standard deduction which is higher for the married filing jointly tax....


 Where is the best place to help file my taxes for the lowest rates?
Is commercial the best way to go, or is local? I filed last year at H&R block. Is this still the best?...


 I just recieved an email from the IRS is it real?
I just recieved an email from the IRS, calculating what they believe my refund will be, and encouraging me to download a tax form with a link. Does the IRS send out emails? I dont trust it, but I was ...


 What is 4% of $900? What is a quick way to figure out %, so i dont have to check here everytime, thanks?
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 The states will hold tax refund checks for back child support but what about the stimulous rebate check?
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 Why is not prudent to get big refunds when filing taxes? whats wrong with it?
In my case, I usually got $700-$800 every year. I am single with 0 claims. Is there anything wrong with the amount of money I got back?

Thanks in advance....


 Is 157.00 too high to get you taxes done?
It seems when the people who do taxes charget so much or that the going rate. I have heard that when people do thier own taxes they don't as much back. It makes no sense but that is what I have ...


 Does an unemployed person fill out taxes, can my fiance put my son as a dependant on his taxes papers?
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 I filed taxes with H&R Block doing RAC. It was deposited in my bank account. Will i get my tax rebate the same
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 If you're getting a divorce during tax season how should you file?
My divorce will be final before tax season is over but I'm just not sure if it will be more beneficial for me to file while still married or to wait until the divorce is over. So I guess the ...


 Why is 32% taken from my pay for taxes?
I got an increase in pay, but the amount they're taking is rediculous! I am single and claiming "3" on my W4.

1. Is this normal and correct?
2. Will I get a lot ...


 The Post Office does not carry tax forms anymore, where can I find them?
Where can I find tax forms, since the post office does not carry them anymore?...


 How much does the english prime minister earn a week? month? year?
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 When you are married, do you get more or less taxes taken out?
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liam c
How can a country such as Ireland have lower taxes than the United States, but still provide free education?
..and other public services.
I'm not trying to start an argument about whether the US or Europe, or countries in Europe are better, but it's just I asked a question previously about Americans paying huge college fees. One of the replys stated that taxes in Europe are much higher so you still pay for it, even if not directly. Fair point. Taxes in most European countries are pretty high. But, taxes in Ireland, both personal and corporation are lower than in the U.S...
I guess my question is more complex than originally stated..and I'm not even sure what it is....
                     
 




Robert F
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They don't buy the $1400.00 toilet seats and $1100.00 stanley claw hammers that our government does


Adam J
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There could be several explanations. The US does spend a lot of money on wellfare programs (just not as much as European ones do on average). Ireland could provide free college education but be less generous somewhere else.

Also tax codes can be extremely complicated--the Irish government may take in a lot of revenue from some other form of taxation (perhaps a Value Added Tax isn't included under personal or corporate taxes).

Finally the US does spend a lot of money on defense; I'm guessing the Irish military is proportionately smaller.


bostonianinmo
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Whilst Irish income tax rates may be lower than in the US -- and I have not verified that -- tax in Ireland as a whole is higher than in the US. VAT rates are more than double the US sales taxes and the tax on petrol is higher by a factor of 10 at least, just for starters.


actuatedtendancy
well to start the United States has a significantly larger popualtion to support- secondly we issue more support to foreign nations than a country such as Ireland. I have heard the argument before as well from foreign friends and have grown upset at the United States lack of what I would say is 'wise spending', but we have different societies and cultures. We have the largest and most powerful army in the world- that takes a lot of money to sustain, we are one of the strongest competitors in the global market which costs the government alot of money. Not to say that our priorities are drastically different from a nation such as Ireland's, but our budget is very different from theirs based on our history and how we as a nation forsee the future. I do believe more money should be attributed to reducing the cost of education since colleges nowadays are run more as corporations than educational institutions.


mukwonago53149
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The largest items, in order, of federal government spending are:

1. Defense
2. Social Security
3. Medicare

So, we could lower our taxes (and we should) by cutting big government spending. We could especially cut wasteful spending so there was more left over to spend on education.


Brandon M
Maybe because Ireland doesnt have the greedy politicians that we do, with thousands of greedy hands in that big cookie jar of tax money. Also, look up what we have spend on our little Iraq adventure.


pinktea
Because wealthy people love their $$$DOLLABILLS$$$


aarika
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my guess would be that ireland has better leadership managing how their tax dollars are spent much less pork barrel spending and wastefullness they probably dont spend 100s of billions a year helping the poor of other nations and freeing countries that dont want to be freed while neglecting the needs of its own citizens they spend their money at home instead of all over the world and unlike our govt education is priority to them our govt has grants in place to help fund higher education but they are nearly impossible for the average citizen to find


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