Have you become a victim of identity theft or identity fraud? If so, you are not alone; nearly 1 in 10 Americans have felt the stab of identity victimization. Even if you are fortunate enough to have escaped the first-hand knowledge of the consequences of having your bank accounts ripped off and your social security number compromised, you should still be concerned.
Identity theft and fraud is big business both at home and abroad. If it was to be compared to legitimate business enterprises, you would rank it right up there with Microsoft and Amazon. Identity theft is responsible for the ill-gotten transfer of monies from big corporations to the hands of small and big time crooks in the amount of $31 billion annually, and that’s just fraud scams that affect US companies. If international business losses are taken into account as well, the number jumps up to over $221 billion dollars.
If you dismiss these huge numbers, as many consumers are apt to do, you could be setting yourself up for a huge mess. It is
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Posted November 17, 2011 by John Wane under Financial Guru
The homes of Lago Vista have a greater price than many others of Rockwall, ranging between the $260,000’s and almost $600,000. Lots are a bit larger as well, ranging to over an acre, with homes reaching about 4,300 square feet. There are about 91 lots per subdivision with a Home Owner’s Association in full effect. Students attend Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary, Maurine Cain Middle, and Rockwall-Heath High.
RILA discusses needed legislation The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) sent a letter this week to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. In the letter, they urged the committee to consider e-fairness and business tax reform as issues of great importance. According to RILA, “Main Street businesses need Congress to level the playing field between brick-and-mortar businesses and online only sellers.” By this, they mean ensuring “…states [have] the ability to enforce their sales tax laws.” States already have laws in place that would enable them to require remote sellers to collect and remit sales tax on purchases made by their residents. Unfortunately, “…a decades-old loophole that pre-dates the internet, [makes it possible for] online-only companies [to] achieve as much as a 10-percent price advantage over brick-and-mortar retailers by not collecting state and local sales tax.” RILA Executive Vice President Katherine Lugar declares in the letter that “…states should be able to enforce their laws, regardless of whether a product is purchased from an in-state or out-of-state vendor, and collect state revenues essential for dealing with their own fiscal crises.” She goes on to call out the Marketplace Equity Act (H.R. 3179) sponsored in th 