Taxation & Estate Planning

Census Report Shows Americans Are Worse Off Because of Bush-McCain Economic Policies
Today, the Census Bureau released a report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. Despite a small increase in 2007, real median household income is still below that of 2000, and the number of people living in poverty grew to 37....

UCLA study finds that federal elderly poverty standards underestimate living costs for seniors
The federal poverty guideline, used to determine income eligibility for many public programs, covers less than half of the basic costs experienced by adults age 65 and older in the state...

Brrokings: A New Look at Concentrated Poverty in the 2000s
Reversal of Fortune: A New Look at Concentrated Poverty in the 2000s - Concentrated Poverty, Working Poor, Earned Income Tax...

May is Older Americans Month!
How do you plan to celebrate the older persons in your life? Here are some ideas: http://www.aoa.gov/ http://www.midlothianexchange.com/npps/story.cfm?ID=1842 http://www.ci.tracy.ca...

Older Americans embrace alternative medicine
More and more older Americans are trying complementary and alternative medicine. Practitioners across the country report an increase in the number of patients ages 50 and up seeking nontraditional treatment, from acupuncture to herbal supplements and chiropractic remedies...

Understanding Older Americans
Here's some quick hits I discovered from ResourceShelf: Statistics: A Statistical Profile of Older Americans Aged 65+ 2 pages; PDF. and A Statistical Profile Of Black Older Americans Aged 65+ 2 pages; PDF...

Income Tax Changes for 2007
Get Answers to your Income Tax Questions

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans
Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund
OPCHX

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Louisiana, USA
allegedly providing inadequate medical care for low income residents.

Sprint Nextel
alleging violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act

Atlas Cold Storage
Income Trust to pay $40 million to settle a class action that claims misrepresented financial statements.