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Hewlett, William Redington

(Encyclopedia) Hewlett, William RedingtonHewlett, William Redingtonhy&oomacr;ˈlĭt [key], 1913–2001, American engineer and business executive, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., grad. Stanford (B.S. 1934,…

Hebrew University

(Encyclopedia) Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at Mt. Scopus, Givat Ram, Ein Karem, and Rehovot, Israel; coeducational. First proposed in 1882, formally opened 1925. It is the world's largest Jewish…

capital levy

(Encyclopedia) capital levy, form of taxation by which the government takes part of the capital of any person or business, as distinguished from a tax on personal or business income. It is usually…

Hanna, Marcus Alonzo

(Encyclopedia) Hanna, Marcus Alonzo (Mark Hanna), 1837–1904, American capitalist and politician, b. New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Ohio. He attended Western Reserve College for a short time, then entered…

What's New in Taxes This Year? Part 1

Related Links Check out the almanac for an overview of the federal individual income tax, History of the Income Tax, Federal Taxes Collected and Spent by the States, and a table of State Taxes on…

What's New in Taxes This Year? Part 2

Home Sales If you sold your main home in 1998 and all four of the following apply, you do not have to report the sale on your tax return. No part of the home was used for business or rental…

What's New in Taxes This Year? Part 3

  Don't Forget to Put Your Social Security Number on Your Tax Form! To protect your privacy, your social security number (SSN) is not printed on the peel-off label that comes in the mail…

Consumer Fraud Complaints by Category, 2008

Learn the top 20 consumer fraud complaints as of 2008. Identity theft tops the list, with 26% of all fraud compaints, filed by 1,223,370 people that year. Protect yourself from identity theft by…

Copyrights

Source: Excerpted from Copyright Basics (Circular 1), U.S. Copyright Office.What Works Are ProtectedWhat Is Not ProtectedGeneral PrinciplesNotice of CopyrightCopyright RegistrationCopyright…

Trademarks

Source: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office. A trademark may be defined as a word, letter, device, or symbol, as well as any combination of these, that is used in connection…