Monthly Archives: August 2015

Kansas City Court Offers Payment Plan

Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Court now allows defendants payment plans on any fines and court costs. When asking for a payment plan, the defendant must pay 10% of the fines within 15 days of pleading guilty and then the defendant … Continue reading

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Tax Tips when you Sell Your Home

Here are a few tax tips you should know about when you sell your home: You can usually exclude (not report) any profit or gain up to $250,000-$500,000 that you receive from the sale of your home. You cannot deduct … Continue reading

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Divorce Discount for Ashley Madison Victims

Recently, hackers released the names, addresses, logins, email addresses, credit card information, and sexual preferences of anyone who has used or registered with the website Ashley Madison. If you are a victim of the hacker’s release, whether you were the … Continue reading

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Tax Return for Truckers Due August 31

Truckers and other owners of heavy highway vehicles need to file their next federal highway use tax return on Monday, August 31, 2015. This deadline applies to Form 2290 and is for the tax period from July 1, 2015 to … Continue reading

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Beware of New IRS Scams

These days, scam artists are posing as IRS agents trying to scare people into paying the scam artists money. In order to stop this scam from happening to you, check out a few of these tips: Scam artists use scare … Continue reading

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Back-to-School Education Credits

There are two tax tips you should know about sending your children off to college: The American Opportunity Credit allows a tax credit of up to $2,500 per year per eligible student. This credit can be claimed for up to … Continue reading

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Sex Tapes and Bankruptcy

Who says bankruptcy can’t be sexy? In the case of rapper 50 Cent, he has learned about bankruptcy the hard way. Rapper 50 Cent chose to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after being sued by Lastonia Leviston for $5 million. … Continue reading

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Terminating Maintenance or Alimony

Maintenance, or alimony, is when one person pays their ex-spouse for a certain period of time after their divorce in order to support their ex-spouse. However, a person’s requirement of maintenance stops, or terminates, when the ex-spouse re-marries. Getting re-married … Continue reading

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Cell-Phones can be searched through Warrants

  The U.S. Supreme Court has stated that cell phones are now subject to searches as long as the appropriate warrant has been issued. A law enforcement officer cannot search your cell phone without a warrant, unless you voluntarily give … Continue reading

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Modifying Child Custody

In Missouri, in order to apply for a change in your custody arrangement of a child, you must be able to show that there was a substantial change in circumstances. Recently, a Missouri court ruled that a substantial change in … Continue reading

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