Using a confusing set of rules, you can figure out how different types of IRA contributions can be deducted. This only counts if you are not self-employed. Head to the IRS for this info – it gets dicey.

If you work for yourself (self-employed), you do not have to miss out on the deduction fun! If you manage and support your own SEP, SIMPLE, or other 401(k) retirement plan, you’re in luck: the contributions can be deductible!

To figure out how much, head to Publication 560, page 22 and fill out the worksheet.

In special military situations, such as serving in a warzone, you can earn income that is free from tax. This income may or may not be counted as “taxable income” – the choice is yours. Why, you ask, would you want to claim more money to be taxed? Because of the Earned Income Credit.

The thresholds only work if you actually earn income. If, for example, your entire pay is non-taxable combat pay, you have no income and thus no EIC. You do not want this. So adding the non-taxable income as taxable income gets you more of a refund.

But the credit is on a bell curve – only when your income rests directly in between $0 and the maximum earnings to still qualify for the EIC do you get the most refund. To figure this out, determine what your EIC is with the combat pay and without the combat pay, and take the one that gives you the largest credit! The chart can be found on page 17 of the guidebook.

Form 8863 breaks down Education Credits, tax breaks for certain college attendees and their parents. The basic qualification is that someone in your family attends college and you support them. The actual qualifications are much more refined; you must fill out the form and closely read the qualifications to claim them. Still, it is worth the time: this line alone is money back.

When you do figure it out, just grab the number from line 19 on Form 8863 and plug it in.

Form 8863 breaks down Education Credits, tax breaks for certain college attendees and their parents. The basic qualification is that someone in your family attends college and you support them. The actual qualifications are much more refined; you must fill out the form and closely read the qualifications to claim them. Still, it is worth the time: this line alone is money back.

When you do figure it out, just grab the number from line 19 on Form 8863 and plug it in.

Bad press may still be press, but in a post-steroid era baseball world, nobody wants to be in line with drug use. The faster the MLB can bury the story, the better for all involved. Compare the media attention to previous drug cases to this one: concern and press are dwindling, leaving scandals less effective in garnering attention than ever before. All that remains is the bad.

Cole wrote a long form apology letter to Autism Speaks, noting the insensitivity and crudeness of his line in “Jodeci Freestyle.”

“I’m artistic, you niggas is autistic, retarded”

https://twitter.com/autismspeaks/status/355355114053177345

In the event, held on March 29, 1987, Savage faced off against rival Ricky Steamboat, who took Savage’s Intercontinental Champion of the World title. Despite the match being heralded as one of the best ever, Savage blamed then-President Jack Tunney for sabotaging the feud, sending George “The Animal” Steele in to interfere and let Steamboat recover and win. This continued the feud (and ratings run) for years afterward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBtNBC9J-AU

Jack Tunney, a promoter from Canada, was randomly picked as WWF figurehead in 1984. For the next 11 years, he ran the storylines, pretending to sway matches, strip belts, and determine the fate of the federation. In reality, he was an actor. Regardless, playing the role, Savage was supposed to feud with the “president,” here angry that Tunney messed up a belt match and cost Savage his title.