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Stan
Atlanta GA, USA
Age: 44
Feb 4, 2010
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Accurint
Saw this today.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.lexisnexis.com/government/solutions/cas...
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| 7076. |
Susan
Cleveland, OH
Age: 54
Feb 4, 2010
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Debt protection for spouse, #7068
There are websites and forums dedicated to debt issues. Check out debtorboards, creditinfocenter, and debtconsolidationcare, all dot com on the end.
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| 7075. |
Charles
Chicago IL
Age: 42
Feb 4, 2010
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Mail Forwarding #7071
Moses -- The same thing happened to me. The simple answer is go into a local post office and either fill out the form or ask a clerk to do it. No debit/credit card, just sign an "I am this person" statement.
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But I repeat--forward mail only TEMPORARILY (except for the special case listed on pages 29 and 30 of HTBI).
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| 7074. |
Hamish
Salem, Oregon
Age: 67
Feb 4, 2010
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#7073, Info on passport
I doubt, Connor, that your passport will show the city of your birth -- just the state. Although the passport office has a copy of my birth certificate, which does name the city, the passport page itself only reads: CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
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My passport also shows state only, and not the small town where I was born. --JJL
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| 7073. |
Connor
Harper Woods, MI
Age: 31
Feb 4, 2010
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Any way to change
I've never had a passport and am thinking about getting one. My family is prominent in the local political scene of my city of birth. I'd like hide this fact. Anyone who knows my name,city of birth, can easily google search me to get my life's story. How do I mask this? My parents used me as a prop when I was a kid to further their political activities, thus giving way too much exposure back in the '90's.
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| 7072. |
Drake
LA, CA
Age: 34
Feb 3, 2010
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A PI's request
Please, please join the service linked below. Register your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Debit cards, PayPal accounts - and use your real names. Oh - PLEASE!
Submitted Link #1: http://www.blippy.com...
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| 7071. |
moses
Atlanta Georgia
Age: 24
Feb 3, 2010
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mail forwarding
Hello Mr. Luna. I recently was on the USPS website trying to forward my mail to another address. Upon completion of the basic forms, I was asked to give either a credit or debit card so that I could be charged one dollar, all in the name of fraud;they also required the cards to be connected to either address. I was shocked to see this and I was wondering if you have ever heard of this practice. Also, I was wondering if you had any alternative ideas?
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I have never heard of that but then, I never have mail forwarded. (If you feel you must do that, make it temporary and use a physical card.)
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| 7069. |
Everett
Panama City Beach, FL
Age: 58
Feb 2, 2010
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Re: taxing cars owned by an LLC
My car is owned by an LLC. The Florida title has a box for "Use," and it says "Private."
People might want to make sure when titling their car that it's clear that it's for private use (if it is) and not business use.
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| 7068. |
Richard
Lancaster CA.
Age: 51
Feb 2, 2010
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Debt protection for spouse.
How do I protect my wife from being held responsible for my debts before and after my death?
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This is not a privacy question, it is a legal one. See an attorney.
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| 7067. |
Seth
collbran, co
Age: 50
Feb 1, 2010
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taxing cars owned by an LLC
Although you say "they are actually owned by a business," I disagree. They are owned by a legal entity which may or may not be a business. The IRS, for example, completely ignores single-member LLC ownership as long as no tax number has been assigned to it."
Right, but local taxing authorities are under no such restraint. Cities and counties can presume that any entity organized as a "company" is "in business" until otherwise demonstrated. Thus the tax bill sent to an LLC with a local address ... if one is trying for maximum privacy, it seems to me to be prudent to inquire about such tax schemes before using the LLC process, so that one can pick a state or locality where this particular problem won't crop up.
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Any state except for Colorado, perhaps. :-)
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| 7066. |
Charels
Chicago, Illinois
Age: 42
Feb 1, 2010
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DL Expiration
I just checked my long (2002) expired FL DL and it is still in the system as "EXPIRED". Each State has a "record retention" law that governs how long these things are kept in the system. Some, like Florida, list DLs as "permanent" and others, like California, are vague (the CAN, but don't have to).
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| 7065. |
Roger
Baytown, Texas
Age: 60
Feb 1, 2010
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LLC owned cars #7060
Tangible personal property can be taxed if it is used in the producction of income. SB340 was passed in 2003 and became effective in January 2004.
Harris county's web site can provide more info hcad.org. If it is not used in the production of income it shouldn't be taxed, but you will have to protest the tax.
Submitted Link #1: HTTP://hcad.org...
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| 7064. |
Seth
collbran, co
Age: 50
Feb 1, 2010
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LLC-owned cars taxed as business property
"I have received an appraisal notice from Harris County on the two cars owned by my LLC. It seems they want to levy tax on the cars as business assets. What is the best way to respond? The cars are not used as business assets; the LLC does not even operate a business or operate as a business. There are exemptions that can be applied for. The Personal Use Leased Vehicles exemption may apply, but I'm not sure yet. This has surely happened to others previously so I hope I can get some good advice based on experience.
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... If it has happened to others, I have certainly never heard of it. Let's see if any Texas drivers respond.
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You have just run squarely into the conundrum of using a business (an LLC) to hold title to anything: Business Use and Ownership taxes.
While this may be a new phenomenon in Texas, it's been the law in Colorado for a long, long time that the state and many local cities and towns require ALL businesses to list ALL business personal property that a business owns (from coffee makers to computers) with the county tax assessor so that they can send you an ownership and use tax bill.
This is THE single most disobeyed law in Colorado. Few small business owners ever bother to file the required list of equipment, and it's routinely been ignored for decades. However, with the current financial crisis faced by most municipalities, they are dusting off these old statutes looking for revenues, and they are starting to crack down on businesses which fail to file the lists and fail to pay the tax.
In a couple of cases, some over-zealous tax assessor, on orders from the City Council, not only started physically going to businesses and inventorying equipment, but they started assessing not only BACK TAXES (I think they can go back 3 to 5 years) and PENALTIES for failing to file the necessary paperwork. This sometimes amounted to tax bills nearing $100,000 for delinquent small businesses, which threatened to put them out of business.
This resulted in some major fireworks around here, and the Legislature has been trying for a couple of years to repeal the business personal property tax at the state level. Which doesn't help at the municipal level.
Whether you can get away with claiming the vehicles are not used for business while they are actually owned by a business is going to depend on your local laws. My instinct would be to immediately move your LLC's principle place of business to a state where they don't impose such business personal property taxes (like possibly Montana) and register your vehicles there. That will require some research though, to make sure Montana isn't going to do the same thing.
Good luck!
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Although you say "they are actually owned by a business," I disagree. They are owned by a legal entity which may or may not be a business. The IRS, for example, completely ignores single-member LLC ownership as long as no tax number has been assigned to it.
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| 7063. |
Alan
Austin, TX
Age: 29
Jan 31, 2010
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DL
IF a drivers license expires, how long does it take for it to "disappear" from the system database, where it is no longer able to be looked up?
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Probably never.
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| 7062. |
Orin
Harper Woods, MI
Age: 36
Jan 31, 2010
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Do I have too many phone numbers?
For years, I've always maintained several different mail receiving addresses, each with a corresponding different voice-mail number. Along with each unique address and phone number is a slight variation of my name spelling.I take pains to give the least information possible for whatever situation I'm in. Currently I've got 5 different addresses, each with its own unique phone number corresponding to that geographic location. It gets complicated sometimes remembering to stay current with checking email and snail mail, especially since several are in different states. Perhaps there is a simpler way to maintain maximum privacy and to stay off databases? Thankfully I rent a small home under an assumed name, paying the landlord cash in 3 month installments, getting a discount too. All utilities are included except phone and cable. My car is stored in a private garage a few miles away, and I walk to work, since it's only a 1/2 mile away. Thank you all for any helpful advice.
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| 7060. |
Bill
Houston, TX
Age: 49
Jan 30, 2010
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LLC-owned cars taxed as business property
I have received an appraisal notice from Harris County on the two cars owned by my LLC. It seems they want to levy tax on the cars as business assets. What is the best way to respond? The cars are not used as business assets; the LLC does not even operate a business or operate as a business. There are exemptions that can be applied for. The Personal Use Leased Vehicles exemption may apply, but I'm not sure yet. This has surely happened to others previously so I hope I can get some good advice based on experience.
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If it has happened to others, I have certainly never heard of it. Let's see if any Texas drivers respond.
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| 7059. |
Kay
Sydney, Australia
Age: 26
Jan 29, 2010
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Book on dressing well
Hi Mr Luna. I remember reading in one of your books that you recommended a book about how it is really important to dress well. I was wondering if you could tell me the title?
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"Dress for Success."
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| 7058. |
Preston
Spuzzum, BC
Age: 40+
Jan 29, 2010
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deleting myself from the net
How do I go about removing myself from the net? In my younger years I made the mistake of filling out company data bases for contests etc so my name and home address exist in literally hundreds of corporate and government databases. I've read your book (revised edition) and I already practice some your techniques. The only thing I can think of is go into Iran-Contra mode and exercise 'plausible-deniability'. Do I simply hope that information will just expire after no contact and denials that I no longer live at that address or exist?
Lastly, can anyone verify that that the NSA has a new e-mail snooping software codenamed Pinwave? Any advice would be appreciated.
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Until you MOVE, not much hope. Sorry.
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| 7057. |
Henry
Lansing, MI
Age: 27
Jan 29, 2010
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Re:Pete Hong Kong re: good anonymous email services
I think you'll find that sending e-mail through safe-mail.net will reveal the sender's IP ADDRESS to the recipient. Hushmail DOES NOT reveal the sender's IP ADDRESS. For that reason, I prefer the free version of hushmail, when I feel the need to be anonymous.
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| 7056. |
Hamish
Salem, Oregon
Age: 67
Jan 29, 2010
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Re:#7048, Printer Identification
Those "yelloow dots of mystery" are to identify colour printers that are being used to produce counterfeit currency. To generate an anonymous letter, print it on a black-and-white printer. Or produce a black-and-white photocopy using a copier set to produce only two shades of grey: black and white.
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