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Fraud on the Rise in 2025 and How to Prevent It

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At Union Bank, we pride ourselves on bank security and want to help the community avoid getting scammed. There were 3,533 scam reports made with the Vermont Attorney Generals office in 2024, with computer tech support scams topping the list at nearly 30% of scams reported. Those in their 60s filed the most scam reports at 571, with $1.4

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Navigating the Loan Landscape: A Guide to Small Business Financing

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Pay taxes to the U.S. If requested, you’ll also need to provide your personal tax returns from the past three years. If you don’t already have one, you can get free help writing a business plan at one of the SBA’s Small Business Development Centers –find your nearest one in Vermont or New Hampshire here.

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From Farce to Menace

Independent Banker

Even as nearly one-third of Americans are already members of a credit union, it seems there’s almost nothing the NCUA still won’t try to further expand the market reach and special tax-exempt privileges of the credit unions it supervises. Talk about your captive regulator! When credit unions say “jump,” the NCUA says, “how high?”.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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million businesses that line the main streets and side streets of the local communities across the U.S. Trade has been a big topic of conversation on the campaign trail, as have debt, taxes, wages, immigration and monetary policy. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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Unraveling the Mysteries of Complex Investment Terms – A Guide for Real People

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The money is saved before taxes, so it can grow without being taxed until you take it out. The money can grow without being taxed, or you can pay taxes now and not later, depending on the type of IRA. It lets you keep all the tax benefits without having to start over.

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What Can a HELOC do for You? A Guide for VT & NH Homeowners

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As a homeowner, there may be times when you question the advantages of ownership as you calculate the annual amounts you spend on property taxes, home repairs, homeowners’ insurance, and mortgage payments. Interest on credit cards is not tax-deductible, but HELOC interest can be deducted from your taxes in certain situations.

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: HQ Enhancements, Empathetic AI And Special Guest Bernie Sanders

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Bartlett said Walmart didn’t receive any “special packages or tax breaks that were out of the ordinary” when building its campus, a not-so-thinly veiled jab at Amazon — whose financial incentive package with New York City causes such massive local uproar that Amazon was eventually persuaded to pull the project entirely. AI Enhancement.

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