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		<title>Salary sacrifice for laptops axed</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/05/salary_sacrifice_for_laptops_axed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 19:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Stokely</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One not-so-great outcome of the Federal budget this week was that the fringe benefit exemptions have been tightened on laptops. So the practise of salary sacrificing to get a laptop is on its way out, unless you use it &#8220;primarily for work&#8221;. If you were thinking of rushing one through before June 30, apparently that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buy Yourself Six Months to Get Taxes Done</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/buy_yourself_six_months_to_get_taxes_done-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Trapani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy tax day, Americans!  (Ugh.)  If you haven&#8217;t prepared your income tax return, all is not lost&#8212;you can file this form to get a six month extension, and take care of it when more accountants are less booked.  See also what happened when we pit a human accountant versus TurboTax on our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of the Human Accountant Versus TurboTax.com</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/battle_of_the_human_accountant_versus_turbotaxcom-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/battle_of_the_human_accountant_versus_turbotaxcom-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Trapani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[geek to live]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It&#8217;s that dreaded time of the year again, when that teetering pile of W-2 and 1099 forms haunt your dreams, and the perennial question gnaws at you: &#8220;Should I do my taxes myself, or hire an accountant?&#8221; A poll here on Lifehacker last month shows that most of you complete your income tax returns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create a DIY &#8220;Ultimate Protection Portfolio&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/create_a_diy_ultimate_protection_portfolio-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/create_a_diy_ultimate_protection_portfolio-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[emergency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-to]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by a relative&#8217;s spending of nearly $70 on Suze Orman&#8217;s &#8220;Ultimate Protection Porftfolio,&#8221; J.D. at the Get Rich Slowly blog compiled a lower-cost DIY version that accomplishes the same goal: serving as a base-level, must-do box to ensure financial health and long-term security. Among the items he suggests keeping inside:

A standard expanding/accordian file
Will and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Track Your Tax Paperwork?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/how_do_you_track_your_tax_paperwork-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/how_do_you_track_your_tax_paperwork-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Trapani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finance blogger Nickel tracks receipts and other scraps of tax-related paperwork throughout the year in two places:  a basket at home, and an envelope in the car.  Any time a business or medical expense comes up, in the basket or envelope the receipt goes.  Same goes for charitable contributions. Every once in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scan Paperwork to PDF in One Step</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/scan_paperwork_to_pdf_in_one_step-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/scan_paperwork_to_pdf_in_one_step-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Trapani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Even if you do all your banking online, there&#8217;s still one ugly time of year when you&#8217;ve got to deal with a pile of financial paperwork, and that&#8217;s tax time. If your accountant accepts forms via email, or you just want to save tax documents on your computer, you want a quick and easy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Do Your Taxes?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/how_do_you_do_your_taxes-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/how_do_you_do_your_taxes-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reader poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes doing their taxes, primarily because 1) it takes time and 2) it involves money&#8212;and in the worst cases, owing significant chunks of it. Between online tax forms, software apps like Turbo Tax, chop shops like H&#038;R Block, and your accountant, there are tonnes of ways you can go about tackling your taxes as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Filing Season&#8217;s Changes Explained</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/this_filing_seasons_changes_explained-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/this_filing_seasons_changes_explained-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/22/this_filing_seasons_changes_explained-2.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US-centric: TheJobBored blog posts a decent summary of the major changes to the U.S. tax code that may create new deductions and adjustments for you this year&#8212;or take some away. The post also links to an L.A. Times article it draws from, but which you may or may not be able to get to through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calculate Your 2008 Tax Rebate</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/calculate_your_2008_tax_rebate-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/calculate_your_2008_tax_rebate-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Trapani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal finance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/16/calculate_your_2008_tax_rebate-2.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ US-centric: Thanks to the economic stimulus package President Bush just signed into law, eligible U.S. taxpayers will receive a tax rebate&#8212;and the Consumerism Commentary blog put together a handy calculator to figure out exactly how much.  Plug your income and other tax info from your 2007 return into the calculator and get back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think of a &#8220;Bonus&#8221; as a &#8220;Rebate&#8221; to Save More</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/think_of_a_bonus_as_a_rebate_to_save_more-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/think_of_a_bonus_as_a_rebate_to_save_more-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saving money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tax rebates, year-end bonuses, mail-in savings&#8212;they&#8217;re all just money coming in, but the difference in labels can have a serious impact on what we do with it, according to a Harvard researcher quoted in today&#8217;s New York Times. In a study, half of the participants were given $50 and told it was a &#8220;bonus,&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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