Archive for Taxes

What are the tax implications of the zombie apocalypse? [Graveyard Life]

May 26, 2012 Adam Chodorow, Estate planning, Fb, Graveyard life, Income Tax, Io9, Law, taxation, Taxes, tweet, Undead, Vampires, Zombie
The only certainties in life are death and taxes, but how do you handle the taxes when death doesn't go quite as planned? Law professor Adam Chodorow takes a stab at estate planning for the undead in perhaps the only legal paper to cite both the Internal Revenue Code and Weekend at Bernie's II. More »
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How to Get Tax Breaks by Doing Things in Space [Triviagasm]

April 15, 2012 Commercial spaceflight, Fb, Florida, Government, Hawaii, Io9, IRS, Isle Of Man, Law, Space, Spaceflight, spaceport, tax credit, Taxes, Top, triviagasm, tweet, Virginia
If you're a financial procrastinator living in the US, chances are that you're hurriedly working on your taxes in anticipation of the April 17th filing deadline. Wouldn't it be great if you could choose to support spaceflight with some of that hard-earned cash? You can't earmark your taxes for NASA, but there are a few ways that you can support space technology while earning yourself some tax breaks in the process. More »
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Virginia law would offer tax breaks to residents buried in space [Space]

January 7, 2012 Fb, Funeral, Io9, Law, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Space, Space burial, spaceport, Taxes, tweet
Looking for a really awesome way to lower your taxes? Virginia residents may want to consider having their cremated remains blasted into space. The state is considering a law that would give folks who want to mingle their ashes with the debris of space up to $2500 a year in deductions, with an $8000 cap. More »
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