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How to Check the Status of Your Tax Refund: Federal and State

I am still waiting for the second tax refund the IRS owes me after I filed an amended tax return for 2008. Additionally, the State of New Jersey decided to count my business income twice after I filed an amended tax return, so that refund has been delayed as well. The first tax refunds after filing amended returns for 2007 were delivered much more quickly. I’d like to receive these 2008 refunds sooner than later.

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Democracy, Incorporated

The following is at least as much opinion as fact, but if I say something that isn’t factual, please tell me.Our American version of democracy has never been pure or particularly representative. From women’s suffrage to civil rights to lobbyist influence to rumors that can spread around the world before truth gets up off the couch, something has always gotten in between a citizen’s wishes and her elected leaders.

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Enforcing Tax Laws Works. Go Figure.

Earlier this Fall, the IRS was offering an amnesty program for offshore tax cheats to come forward and admit their wrongdoing, thereby getting a more lenient punishment.
Nearly 15,000 Americans who knew they were cheating came forward and admitted their bad behavior. From Reuters:

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