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brandy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 11:48 am I checked, the phone number on the letter and on the web are the same, so I called and talked to a rep. She said the facility did not need it, it was for me. So I had her deactivate the account.
Thanks for your suggestions.

This does not sound right.Did you find out who created the account in your name? And they just deactivated it without explaining what happened?

A look at form 940 and instruction will show you that the federal rate of 6 percent on the 7000 dollar FUTA base is reduced by 5.4 percent depending on the state where you pay state unemployment taxes. I have been an employer for over 30 years and I have almost always paid 0.6% futa tax

Have you tried to check to see if all the doors are actually locked ? (especially after the theft)

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When your friend called Fidelity, did they tell him they mailed the check to him?

I am glad you were able to accomplish your W2 production.

You asked a question about yearli.com, if i have used it. Yes i have used it for over 10 years for multiple employees every year without any problems. They are one of tge biggest providers of this service in the country.

Good Luck

Yearli.com costs you about 6 dollars for W2.
Good luck

you can translate the whole page in google chrome or microsoft edge

good luck

google is your friend

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i switched my verizon landline to T Mobile first and then to google voice.

i went to a physicsl T Mobile store round the corner with an old inactive phone and everything was done in 10 minutes. it was a 15 dollar per month prepaid account. Total cost was a little over 23 dollars.

FBAR and FACTA , have nothing to do with Real Estate holdings overseas even if they are in your name. Property income and disposal are treated similar to a home in the US.

White Coat Investor wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 11:41 pm One of the benefits of earning, saving, and investing well is you can quit looking at the prices of food you buy because it doesn't matter if you overpay by $4 for something. Much less stressful.

My sentiments exactly!

Much Appreciated
Thanks

can you tell us which you tube video that you found useful?
Thank You.

PSA

I received an email today from capital one bank offering 450 dollars bonus for depositing 50000 dollars in new money if kept until August 12. This savings account pays a regular interest rate of 0.4%.

I do not know if this is targeted or available to anyone.

I plan to tranfer this amount from Marcus by may 13, which is the deadline for capital one offer.

I have used YEARLI for many years without any problems. I only have about 5 1099s to file.

They used to be called GREATLAND, i think

Best
Cholan

this book

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-dream ... on=4297131

and the sequel

https://www.abebooks.com/9780871404435/ ... 404435/plp

best,
cholan

Done. thanks for reminding

I thank everyone for the replies. Valuethinker's excellent and detailed post about the selling process is very helpful. I am not sure if my long distance selling will be efficient, but the sum involved will not be big, so I won't lose much.

Thanks for all the responses. I am minded to sell the property when the property becomes vacant. This, I agree, will solve problems now and in the future.

Background:
My wife and I are US citizens. My kids are dual citizens-UK and US and they have not lived in the UK since their early childhood.
We have a small property in England which has been rented out for over 30 years . (surprising that I had no problems with any tenants, must be the good management company I use). My children do not intend to live in the UK.

Question:
How do we leave this property to our children? The attorney in the US who just did our will has no idea!

Thanks.

just an update.

first ss payment has been deposited without any calls or contacts as predicted!

thanks everyone!

Latestarter wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:06 pm

cholan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:37 pm It is the Lenovo power settings that usually cause this problem.
This video helped me with 2 lenovo computers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBtSkJePt0s

cholan: Thanks so much for this link, which addresses my exact problem better than any other resource I've seen. Crossing my fingers that one of his two suggestions will do the trick!

No harm in doing both!

It is the Lenovo power settings that usually cause this problem.
This video helped me with 2 lenovo computers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBtSkJePt0s

You are a very brave lady.
My condolences.

Thank you. I missed that thread!
I will hang on until close to benefit time and see what happens.

This year my wife and I turn 70-My wife filed and suspended at her FRA and I have been receiving spousal benefits on her contributions.
My wife is at the 90 day window to apply for her full benefits but she could not proceed with her online application (contact us).
We called SS, got tired of waiting and gave up. we should try again soon.
However, since then I have read somewhere that her social security benefits will be automatically paid without applying again (because she applied and suspended over 4 years ago).If this is correct then this will save us the aggravation of calling SS or visiting their (particularly horrible) office.
Can anyone confirm this?
Many thanks.

PaunchyPirate wrote

"Quicken Deluxe (14 month subscription) is on sale for $27.50 right now at Amazon. I just extended my subscription and also downgraded from Premier to Deluxe since I never use the Premier features. I could have sworn I read that when you downgrade that it takes effect at the end of your CURRENT subscription. But it actually downgraded me immediately. Which is fine. It's only 3 weeks and I wasn't using the features anyway. It added 14 months on to my current subscription as it should have, so I'm good until April 2021"


Does anyone use morningstar xray feature on the quicken premier?
Thanks.

thanks for the reminder.
donated today.

I apologize for completely missing the third option you are contemplating. I don’t know anything about how much Fidelity charges for conversions in that account- I will be surprised if it is favorable.

My experience is that Fidelity’s conversion rates are not market middle rates. TransferWise rates are exactly the market rates. So , I used TransferWise to move money from PoundSterling to USD (to Fidelity CMA)
For the amount of money you are contemplating moving the Fidelity rates are unlikely to be competitive.

Re: Expensive front load washer/dryer worth it?
Post by JupiterJones » Wed May 22, 2019 12:27 pm

This is Bogleheads. We're going to be opposed to anything that involves a front-end load.

haha!

You tube has tons of videos-but not all very good. Food does not need to be authentic if you like what you cook. Most families in India, for that matter in many countries, do not cook as their mothers or grandmothers cooked. If you watch enough videos, a few minutes at most for each recipe, you will more than likely to find one that you like. I had many cook books but they have been donated to the local library and my instructors are all from you tube!

I can confirm that there was no need for 2 factor authentication for Fidelity or Vanguard with TurboTax.

You have probably already taken as many classes as you need. You probably need to dive in and start speaking Spanish. When learning a language, the real learning comes when you use it regularly. I agree with the above advise. I have taken Spanish and French in a State University for 2 semesters each with good understanding at how each language works. Believe it or not, I found the basic grammar fairly straightforward ( they are just rules, aren't they?).Vocabulary can also be learnt fairly easily (various sources, internet is full of them). The difficult part is the spoken language (especially French). There is no substitute to listening to various people talking (again, internet is full of them), I did not comprehend much at the beginning ...

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No one better!

+1 for TransferWise. 5 transfers without problems so far.

I have used Transferwise 5 times in the last 3 months, paid in 3 different currencies into 5 different accounts (including into Fidelity CMA) with no problems at all. They were the cheapest option I could find on every occasion. (Interactive Brokers may be even cheaper, there is a thread ongoing).

Why not do an online class either with edx or coursera? they have many courses available, and mostly free.

There are a lots of public libraries selling used atlases. I have 3 libraries within 10 mile radius that have used bookstores within them or have sales almost every month. I have bought a few for a dollar or two. Maybe you will find a lot of history books you like!

I retired last year. At work, initially, the accounts were transferred from Keogh to 401K. I received one 1099 for that. Then the accounts were transferred to my Roll over IRA. I received another 1099 for that- it is the same money. These two were issued by the plan administrator. Then I received another 1099 for the same money from Fidelity (which held and holds all these accounts.) I entered all this information on my tax form and it shows that I have 3 times as much money that I have in my account! Is this a problem in the future?

jebmke wrote:The Museum of Anthropology at UBC is not to be missed.

+1

The thing about Costco is they select one or two products in a particular category and i like it-because the shopping has been done for me ( for example a kettle, bed sheets, paper, led lights etc...

I have an iphone with verizon service (my employer) and Pixel phone with google fi.
i travel 4 times a year overseas. Google Fi -voice and date work seamslessly as if you are in the US. When i return home I pause the google fi service and restart it when i travel again. That is about 4 months of service in one year. (last year costs were about 160 dollars). Worth it for me!

I have 3 fujitsus -all still working after many years of near trouble free use. You will not regret it.
(They used to come with Adobe PDF standard-Alas ! No more.

Check out California state university system - if you are over 60, and space available, you can attend Spanish classes (from 101- all the way up to a degree), for that matter any other classes, for free . I have no personal knowledge of this, and this information is on the internet. I did Spanish in Duolingo for 2 weeks in preparation , before I enrolled in a local university Spanish class 101 ( not in California ) for free (textbook and online materials cost about 200 dollars). I do all the classwork, homework, assignments, tests and participate in discussions with twenty other 18 year olds!. I don't get any certificates and I don't need them. The summer semester is short-the workload is heavy-10 hours of classes a week and perhaps another...

+1 for Panasonic.
I have 3 systems (5,4,3 handsets) bought and used in the last 7 years. No problems at all. All handsets require rechargeable AAA batteries, cannot be replaced with regular batteries, I think.

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