Before the year in issue petitioners intended to take advantage of a deferred interest financing arrangement offered by a credit card company in connection with the purchase of furniture from a certain furniture store (financing arrangement).

FORBES: Avoiding Excess Credit Card Interest Should Not Be A Taxable Event

It does not include ATM withdrawals, cash advances against a credit card, a check issued in connection with a payment card, or any transaction in which a payment card is accepted as payment by a merchant or other payee who is related to the issuer of the card.

FORBES: New Credit Card Reporting Requirement Worries Some Taxpayers

Every photo and video we upload, everything we browse and purchase online, every web page we view, our online banking and credit card transactions, every connection we make on Facebook or LinkedIn are all pieces of data we are generating.

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An e-mail could alert a consumer who didn't apply for a new card that Sears Roebuck (nyse: S - news - people ) or Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ) checked his credit in connection with a new card application, a possible sign of identity theft.

FORBES: Paying For Peace Of Mind

Don't send credit card information by email - it's not as safe as the secure connection between your browser and the store.

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