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From: jlacey@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (james.w.lacey)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: Demographic Data Sought
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:58:52 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Aug19.164800.12543@gdwest.gd.com> collins@gdwest.gd.com (CWC 439085557 Collins) writes:
>I am posting this for a friend.  Please respond to
>collins@gdwest.gd.com
>
>	I am looking to obtain some very detailed demographic
>	information for the restaurant and hospitality
>	industry in Southern California, the Baja of Mexico
>	and the Gulf coasts of Lousiana and Texas.
>
>	Given that I do not want to spend the thousands of
>	dollars that it would cost to consult with the very
>	best what is the best venue for obtaining such?
>
>	For instance, if I were to put forth a considerable
>	amount of time into researching it myself, could
>	enough up-to-date information be extracted from a
>	public or university library? 
>...

Most of the info you need would be available from the US government
(although probably not Mexico).  Many large university and
public libraries are also "federal depository libraries" and
have reams of government data.  What info is not in the library
can be had from the Dept. of Commerce, for example.  

Two things to keep in mind: 1. determine the SIC (standard industry
classifications) for areas you want to research.  2. up to date
can mean 5+ years old for this kind of data.

 
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Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: Advice about producing plastic cards
From: scrooge@Moneybin.equinox.gen.nz (Glenn Murphy)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 22:20:30   M
Organization: Not organised at all.

>      I need some advice on equipment for producing or printing (if it's
> possible to buy the blank cards) of plastic cards (like atm, credit etc.).
> I'm especially interested in the most inexpensive way to get started (willing
> to use manual equipoment if necessary).
> 
>      Any advice on the equipment , where to get them, and their price ranges 
> will be greatly appreciated.
> 
Yeah, I would like to get hold of one of those machines that takes the 
magnetic coding off one card and puts it onto another. 

Glenn.
From: worden@bouncer.nsc.com (Dennis Worden)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: Re: Middle Class Hit Again in 1992 Tax Bill
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:30:11 GMT
Organization: National Semiconductor Corporation

In article <1992Aug20.105121.2984@anomaly.sbs.risc.net>, kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.risc.net (Michael P. Deignan (KD1HZ)) writes:
|> pettigrew_mi@ripple.enet.dec.com (Mike Pettigrew) writes:
|> 
|> >  The government should give a tax break to people who are moving because
|> >  they are getting a new job (at a hopefully greater salary), and will 
|> >  continue to pay taxes - instead of going on welfare.
|> 
|> The government should give a tax break to people who are moving because
|> they want to be closer to work (and hopefully will use less natural
|> resources to commute there).
|> 
The government should give a tax break to people who are moving because
they are working.  We have too many people not working!


-- 
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From: burgoyne@highlite.uucp (J. Robert Burgoyne)
Subject: Re: Tax Preparation Software
Organization: Gotham Communications Research
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:32:43 GMT

TurboTax is great. I've used it three years in a row. Updates are
reasonably priced.

Robert
From: tar@ISI.EDU (Thomas A. Russ)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: Re: mail-order taxation
Date: 18 Aug 92 23:58:55 GMT
Reply-To: tar@isi.edu
Organization: USC-ISI
In-reply-to: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM's message of 18 Aug 92 23:05:01 GMT

In article ... J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
 > In <Bt6J5C.2xG@doppler.ncsc.org>, Kevin Moore writes:
 > 
 >>I recently read that the Supreme Court has ruled that out-of-state mail
 >>orders cannot be taxed by individual states unless Congress legislates
 >>it. My state (North Carolina) requires that individuals pay state tax
 >>on all mail orders. I assume that I can just ignore this requirement
 >>for mail orders which are to out-of-state mail order houses. Does anyone
 >>know of any other implications of this decision?
 > 
 > If my understanding is correct, I have heard that interstate
 > mail-order sales can not be taxed unless the you are doing business
 > with a company which has a presence in your state.  For example,
 > let's say you order 100 widgets from the XYZ Company.  If XYZ does
 > *not* have stores in North Carolina, then you would not owe the
 > tax.


As I understand it, the Supreme Court decision was much narrower
(isn't it always?).  The ruling simply prevented a state from FORCING
a mail order company to collect tax unless it had a presence in the
state.  If you order from an out-of-state mailorder company, you may
(depending on the particular state law) owe a "sales" or "use" tax on
your purchase.  However, the state is not able to compel the mailorder
company to collect the tax for them.  They need to get the purchaser
to (dare I say it) "voluntarily" pay the tax due.

In practice, this means that the sales tax will not be paid.
Effective enforcement would most likely be out of the question.

 > Tim Irvin   j056600@lmsc5.is.lmsc.lockheed.com

--

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From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: Re: Why Are You Volunteering?
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 22:37:00 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

>  The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified February 3, 1913.

The claims I've heard from the "Sixteenth Amendment is not valid" people
are usually one or more of the following:

	a. There were irregularities in the ratification by one or more
	states, of a sufficient nature to make their ratification
	invalid.

	b. Ohio was not a state!  The claim is that there was some
	technical problem that was missed when Ohio was admitted that
	made the admission not valid.  This was corrected by Congress
	much later (1950s?).  Since Ohio was not a state, its vote to
	ratify the Sixteenth Amendment does not count.

Argument (b) is usually dealt with by the "look and quack" argument.
Everyone *thought* Ohio was a state for several decades, so it will
be treated like it was a state.  I don't know how argument (a) is
dealt with.

--Tim Smith
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
From: sns@bondi.jpl.nasa.gov (Sam Southard)
Subject: Re: Middle Class Hit Again in 1992 Tax Bill
Organization: SAR Systems Development & Processing, JPL
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:28:01 GMT

Let me first say that I have not made up my mind whether or not moving expenses
should be tax deductible.  Not that it matters, of course: I don't make the
laws, and it's not very high on my list of things to talk to my congrescritter
about.

In article <1992Aug21.012744.23096@PA.dec.com> pettigrew_mi@ripple.enet.dec.com (Mike Pettigrew) writes:
>    The problem is that very few companies are paying relocation expense
>    anymore.  You are not given anything.  But you pay out very large sums
>    to move if you are a homeowner.  You will lose a substantial part of
>    your equity.  Taxing that expense adds injury to injury.

You're not taxed on the expense.  Assume your move costs $25K.  If your
employer does not reimburse you, you're out a total of $25K.  If your
employer does reimburse you (and doesn't add extra for taxes), and you're
in the 40% combined fed & state tax bracket (isn't CA wonderful?), you're
out 40% of $25K = $10K.  Your paragraph seems to imply that you would be
out $25K for the expenses, plus $10K for taxes, if your employer doesn't
remiburse you.

>    Here is a very cheap move budget for a homeowner:
>
>
>        $  4,000    Household goods move
>        $ 15,000    Real Estate fees and taxes on house sale
>        $  1,000    Travel expense to new location
>        $  2,000    House Hunting and temporary living
>        $  3,000    Fees for new home purchase.
>                    (assuming you can still afford one)
>        =========
>          25,000    Total Moving Expenses (Cheap!)

The major portion of this, 15K, is already deductable.  Most of that would
reduce your basis in the house, so it will eventually reduce the amount of
taxes you will pay.  Of course, you still have to pay the $15K up front.  But
if you could deduct that portion as a moving expense you would be avoiding tax
on the same money twice.
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
From: jcyu@leland.Stanford.EDU (Jeff Yu)
Subject: Graduate School Tuition Deductible?
Keywords: deductible, education, tuition, graduate school
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 02:48:32 GMT


Hi,

   I know only enough about taxes to fill out a 1040A (not too much), and
I have a (hopefully) simple question.

   I was told by someone that all graduate school tuition expenses for a 
degree directly related to professional improvement in one's current field
or profession (even if part-time or as a graduate assistant w/o tuition 
credit) is TAX DEDUCTIBLE.  Is this true?  Where can I find out more?
(What forms and/or information do I need to request from the IRS?)

Thanks in advance,

Jeff Yu
jcyu@leland.stanford.edu
From: wicklund@intellistor.com (Tom Wicklund)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: Re: Middle Class Hit Again in 1992 Tax Bill
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:45:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Intellistor, Inc.

In <Bsu75p.8y7@news.cso.uiuc.edu> acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:


>In article <16840B3FD.M23231@mwvm.mitre.org>, M23231@mwvm.mitre.org writes:
>>So you think the Democrats may save us from the excesses of 12 years of
>>Republican rule?  Well, actually, IMHO, Dan Rostenkowski (D) IL has done this
>>middle class downwardly mobile family more harm than the Republicans with his
>>tax bills starting in 1986. This year his bill would limit the moving expense
>>deduction for families to $5,000.  According to a Wash. Post article the bill
>>is motivated by the fact that lots of revenue is expected to be generated from
>>this provision, since many middle class folks will be moving within the next
>>several years as companies "downsize" and move offshore, and more jobs are
>>lost. The average move for the middle class is said to cost $10,000-$15,000.
>>...

>I have never moved myself.  I would imagine if the moving cost is not
>provided by the new company, I would rather rent a big moving truck to
>do it myself.  Does it really cost that much to move?

My last move totalled close to $20,000 (movers, living expenses during
the move, etc).

The new company often pays moving expenses, but that money is added to
your income.  If you itemize deductions you can then deduct moving
costs, so you don't pay taxes on them.

With this change, you'll have to pay taxes on part of the cost of a
move.  If the cap is $5000 on all moving costs, I would have had to
pay about $5000 in taxes after my last move.  This is a major
deterrent to moving of having a company pay for a move.  Alternately,
companies will end up having to pay signon bonuses to cover moving
taxes (and taxes on the bonus, etc).

I'm surprised the big moving companies aren't vocally objecting to
this.  It will move the incentive toward either not moving or doing it
yourself saving money otherwise.
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
From: krisciun@sheepdip.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Joe Krisciunas)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: Re: Middle Class Hit Again in 1992 Tax Bill
Date: 14 Aug 92 13:34:30 GMT
Reply-To: krisciun@easygoer.crd.ge.com
Organization: GE Corporate Research & Development

In article <DBROOKS.92Aug13213547@silver.lcs.mit.edu>, dbrooks@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Deborah Ann Brooks) writes:
|> M23231@mwvm.mitre.org writes:

|>    This year  [the congressional tax]  bill would limit  the moving expense
|> I hate taxes as  much as the  next person,  but  why should the  government
|> subsidize people's moving expenses?   I can  think of a  lot better uses of
|> people's money that I would  sooner see  paid  in part by Uncle  Sam.  In a
|> way, reducing or eliminating this deduction seems more fair.
|> --
|> Deborah Ann Brooks
|> dbrooks@silver.lcs.mit.edu

The government is not subsidising anyone's moving expenses.  They 
are counting the portion of the moving expenses subsidised by a 
company as taxable income.  I don`t believe that expenses for 
company related business, which includes relocation expenses,
should be counted as an individuals personal income.  That 
is the issue at hand.

-- 
- Joe Krisciunas
  krisciunas@crd.ge.com
From: pettigrew_mi@ripple.enet.dec.com (Mike Pettigrew)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: Re: Middle Class Hit Again in 1992 Tax Bill
Date: 18 Aug 92 22:41:19 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <DBROOKS.92Aug13213547@silver.lcs.mit.edu>, dbrooks@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Deborah Ann Brooks) writes...
>M23231@mwvm.mitre.org writes:
>   Newsgroups: misc.taxes
>   Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 16:47:57 GMT
> 
>   This year  [the congressional tax]  bill would limit  the moving expense
>   deduction for families to $5,000.
> 
>   [... flames deleted...]
> 
>I hate taxes as  much as the  next person,  but  why should the  government
>subsidize people's moving expenses?   I can  think of a  lot better uses of
>people's money that I would  sooner see  paid  in part by Uncle  Sam.  In a
>way, reducing or eliminating this deduction seems more fair.
>--

  The government should give a tax break to people who are moving because
  they are getting a new job (at a hopefully greater salary), and will 
  continue to pay taxes - instead of going on welfare.

  It is stupid to set additional barriers in place to frustrate economic
  recovery.  Most people have to pay their own relocation costs, and that
  will quickly wipe out a middle class family if they are home-owners.

  Fairness does not enter into the matter.  The government subsidizes
  tobbaco farmers, peanut farmers, real-estate developers, bankers,
  accountants, and lawyers of every variety.  Enough already!  People
  who are moving to better their chances do more for the government than
  peanut farmers.

  And that debate is what tax politics are all about.
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From: "hilary miller" <hilary.miller@execnet.com>
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: donations to charitie
Date: 14 Aug 92 06:44:02 EST
Reply-To: "hilary miller" <hilary.miller@execnet.com>
Distribution: misc
Organization: Executive Networks Information


Yau Felix Chung, in a message to All on 08-12-92 at 5:08pm, said:

YF>| I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I would like to donate
   |some items to charity (like books, old computers, etc) and was wonderin
   |I am to get a receipt of some sort from the organization to which I am 
   |the donation for tax deduction purposes.  Also, I would like to know wh
   |rules are on this sort of matters.
   |_______________________________________________________________________

               You must have a receipt and, if the items are of
               any substantial value, an appraisal.  You fill out
               the proper schedule for contributions of property
               and attach it to your Form 1040.  You are limited
               to a deduction for their fair market value at the
               time of the gift.


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From: pettigrew_mi@ripple.enet.dec.com (Mike Pettigrew)
Subject: Re: Middle Class Hit Again in 1992 Tax Bill
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 13 AUG 92 14:52:25 PDT


In article <Bsu75p.8y7@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes...
> 
>>several years as companies "downsize" and move offshore, and more jobs are
>>...The average move for the middle class is said to cost $10,000-$15,000.
>>...
> 
>I have never moved myself.  I would imagine if the moving cost is not
>provided by the new company, I would rather rent a big moving truck to
>do it myself.  Does it really cost that much to move?
> 
> 

Yes - it really does cost that much to move if you own a house.  In fact
it usually costs much more than $15,000.  The real-estate commissions and
various taxes by themselves are 6% to 9% of your house sale price.  Moving
furniture can cost from $2,500 to $6,000.  Your personal transport and time
will cost at least $100 per day in transit.


Current tax deductions for moving expense are a pitiful fraction of what it
really costs to move.  They have not been changed since the late 1960's.


BTW, "They" are changing the tax laws as we speak, and it **will** cost you
more money next year if the current proposals are enacted.  If you move,
you can expect $600-$1000 in higher taxes next April 15, as they are reducing
the total moving expense deduction.


Are you affected?  Are you mad?  How about doing somthing about it!


Write to one of the following congress critters on the Ways and Means
committee, and demand changes in the HR-11 bill ("Revenue Act of 1992")
related to the moving expense deduction.  Call their staff assistants on
the phone too!  That is where the detail work is really being done.

          Legislator              Staff Assistent        Phone


          R Chandler                Ed Gilroy        (202) 225-7761

          S Gorden                  Jim McVie        (202) 224-3441

          ? Donnelly                Tom Baker        ?


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|                        Federal Way, Washington, USA
|___________________________________________________________________________
|___________________________________________________________________________
|These opinions are mine and not necessarily my employer's
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From: joseph@emmax5crd.ge.com (joseph)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: Re: Middle Class Hit Again in 1992 Tax Bill
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:16:02 GMT
Reply-To: joseph@emmax5crd.ge.com (joseph)
Organization: GE Research


matth@progress.COM (Matthew J. Harper) writes:
>
>  I've moved 7 times in the last 5 years.  Only once did it make sense to take
>the moving expense deduction.  All others the standard deduction was higher.
>Note that I moved myself, thereby saving quite a few thousand dollars.  Note
>also that you can only take the deduction for moving expenses if you itemize.
>The only people I know who get a better deduction through itemizing are those
>people who own property & deduct the mortgage interest.
>

  In the good old days, moving expense deduction was not an itemized
  deduction.  This meant that ordinary mortals who lived in apartments
  and hence, did not have big mortgage interest deductions to justify
  itemizing could get a tax break on moving expenses.  The 86
  tax reform made it an itemized deduction, so that only rich folks and
  homeowners get the tax benefit.


  james joseph           joseph@c2a.crd.ge.com
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
From: oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster)
Subject: Re: Tax Preparation Software
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 09:14:19 GMT

I've been using mmacIntax for the last few years, buying the upgrade for
~$100.00 each year. Thus year, for a check, I had a professional preparer
compute my taxes independently.  He came out with essentially the same
result I did, but that isn;'t surprising, since he used MacInTax too.
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From: eldar@lomi.spb.su (Eldar A. Musaev)
Subject: Info on a book "Taxation in Russia"
Reply-To: eldar@lomi.spb.su
Organization: St.Petersburg Branch Steklov's Mathematical Institute
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 15:58:26 +0300


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From: kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.risc.net (Michael P. Deignan (KD1HZ))
Subject: Re: Middle Class Hit Again in 1992 Tax Bill
Organization: The Rhode Island Internet Systems Cooperative Network
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 10:51:21 GMT

pettigrew_mi@ripple.enet.dec.com (Mike Pettigrew) writes:

>  The government should give a tax break to people who are moving because
>  they are getting a new job (at a hopefully greater salary), and will 
>  continue to pay taxes - instead of going on welfare.

The government should give a tax break to people who are moving because
they want to be closer to work (and hopefully will use less natural
resources to commute there).


MD
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