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TGIF

Posted on September 11, 2009

The last weekend of summer may have knocked a day off of the work week, but the false and misleading claims didn’t take a break. As always, we were on the case. The highlight of the week, of course, was President Obama’s Sept. 9 address on health care to a …
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“Clunkers” Credits Taxable?

Posted on September 4, 2009

Q: Will the "Cash for Clunkers" credits be taxed as income for consumers who participated in the program? A: The act establishing the program prohibits the credit from being treated as income for federal income tax purposes. The credits, however, may be subject to a state or local income tax …
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Cash for Clunkers

Posted on August 10, 2009

Q: Fox News’ Glenn Beck said that the government will get complete access to your computer and all of your files when you log on to Cars.gov for the Cash for Clunkers program. Is there any truth to this? A: This claim is false. Beck quoted from a security message …
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