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I am an amazon associate and just recently discovered I need a tax id.How do I get it?

Your "tax id" is fancy speak for your "social security number".

My CPA is away for holiday and I’m making this lost of property I lost in a fiasco in 2008 — but that’s another story. He’s asked me to make a list of the items and costs so I’m doing that while he’s away, but do you think "costs" means literal cost (what I paid) or some kind of estimated market value of the item(s) at the time of loss?
Thanks for the link – I think this qualifies as "casualty" since it legally wasn’t stolen.

So what I lost was basically everything I own, from stereos to furniture… and this included all prior financial records, receipts, etc. It was all a mistake I had made by using a 3 car garage rental to cache property but the landlord legally junked everything without so much as a phone call (thanks!), but that’s another story. The follow-up question is… how do I take something like a stereo I paid ~$500 for and establish a best-guess "cost" and a reasonable value at the time of loss? Isn’t this just a bunch of guessing? Would certainly be easier if I had records still. Thanks!

Perhaps your CPA does not have a clear picture of the circumstances as you have described.

You were in violation of terms of the rental agreement and the landlord legally disposed of your property. The actions of the landlord may have been unexpected by you, but they were within the terms of the agreement you had with him. This does not meet the definition of casualty loss. You do not qualify for a casualty loss deduction.

Sorry.

NEW YORK (AP) — After weeks of insisting they wouldn’t cave in, NFL officials did just that Wednesday. Now all of America can see the Patriots’ shot at history.

Saturday night’s game between New England and the New York Giants on the NFL Network, which is available in fewer than 40 percent of the nation’s homes with TVs, will be simulcast on CBS and NBC.

The Patriots could become the first NFL team to go 16-0 in the regular season.

"We have taken this extraordinary step because it is in the best interest of our fans," commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement after the league announced it was reversing course. "What we have seen for the past year is a very strong consumer demand for NFL Network. We appreciate CBS and NBC delivering the NFL Network telecast on Saturday night to the broad audience that deserves to see this potentially historic game. Our commitment to the NFL Network is stronger than ever."

NFL Network spokesman Seth Palansky said officials would have no further comment Wednesday.

The NFL had claimed that the onus of making the game widely available fell on the major cable providers with which the league has bitterly feuded. Companies such as Comcast and Time Warner have declined to carry the network as part of basic packages.

But lawmakers have pressured the NFL to ensure more viewers could see the game. Last week, two prominent members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Goodell threatening to reconsider the league’s antitrust exemption.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who co-wrote the letter with Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said he was "delighted" by the NFL’s concession.

"I think it was a smart move on their part," he said in a phone interview.

Leahy expected to speak with Goodell again next month about the ongoing question of how many fans will be able to see games on the channel. Saturday’s matchup wraps up the NFL Network’s second season of airing live contests, with eight per year. This one and a key Thursday night game between Green Bay and Dallas last month drew widespread complaints about the lack of availability.

"I never completely gave up hope, but I was getting a little discouraged Christmas afternoon when we still had not gotten a positive answer," said Leahy, who added that his staff members were talking with NFL officials during the holiday.

Local TV affiliates in the Boston, Manchester, N.H., and New York areas that were already set to simulcast the game under NFL policy will still air it. That means viewers in those markets will have four channels to choose from if they get NFL Network.

That did not make officials at WWOR in New York happy.

"The NFL is in clear violation of their agreement with WWOR/My9," the station said in a statement. "We fully expect the league to honor their commitment to My9 as the exclusive free over-the-air broadcaster for Saturday’s telecast of the New England Patriots at New York Giants game."

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who had urged cable and NFL executives to settle the dispute, had a much more positive reaction to the league’s announcement.

"I couldn’t be more thrilled that as the Patriots rush toward an historic undefeated season, football fans everywhere have won a victory of their own," Kerry said. "With today’s announcement, the NFL showed their loyalty to the sports fans who made the NFL an empire in the first place.

"The best news of all is that now no die-hard Pats fans will be shut out from watching their team take aim at football history," Kerry said in a statement.

This will be the first three-network simulcast in NFL history and the first simulcast of an NFL game since the inaugural Super Bowl in 1967, when CBS and NBC televised the meeting of the champions of the newly merged National Football League and American Football League.

"We’re happy to accommodate the NFL’s request for a joint national simulcast of this potentially historic game to make it available to the widest possible audience," said Dick Ebersol, NBC Universal’s chairman for sports and Olympics.

NBC was scheduled to air "Dateline NBC" and a repeat of "Law & Order: SVU" during the time slot. CBS was set to broadcast the movie "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "48 Hours: Mysteries."

The cable licenses are under the purview of the federal government and there were Senators and Representatives bringing heat on the NFL to work out a deal to get the game over regular channels. Though it may seem like a PR move for the NFL, this was a situation that could have gotten very hot for them in Washington, D.C.

If this is the first step to prod the league and cable outlets to have the NFL Network available in all available packages, then it a great job. If not, then this controversy will continue again next year…with the great football fans being left out in the cold.

I’m 16 and a complete newbie to affiliate networks. Would someone please break it down for me? Thanks!

ClickBank is very simple:

Say you have a product but you can’t afford to promote it. I can.

I promote your product on the internet. Can be done via google ads, articles, email and I can even create my own page selling your product. If someone buys through the link on my page, I get a commission.

You can get more info on how to do all this here:

http://www.squidoo.com/quickclickbankpages

Keep in mind: clickbank only works with digital products (ebooks, etc.).

howdy. i live in the dfw texas market and am wondering if one of the local TV affiliates will carry the green bay dallas game in this area? one of the locals always carry the games when they are on cable, (espn), and will it be the same for satellite and the nfl network…thanx!
never mind. channel 27 will carry the game locally on free tv. excellent!

I think it will be on the NFL network

I’ve lost money on many scams trying to locate a legitimate home-based work opportunity, no pyramids, affiliates, clickbank, residuals or MLMs, but real work, and no up-front money to buy useless lists of so-called companies, then take the money and give nothing in return. No schemes or scams promising earnings of thousands of dollars a day or week for 5 hours of work,then delivering nothing. I want to work and be paid, not to pay and never work because of the dishonesty of people preying on others, pretending to be, or have access to, legitimate business opportunities.
I received some good replies, but wanted to apologize for the wording of my question. I thought I’d added the following, that I’m interested in working from home answering calls for companies but was definitely not interested in sales or telemarketing. I did have that information added somewhere in my question but I have no idea what happened to it.

http://www.workathomeagent.com/ is a web address left by one person and it seems to be legitimate, and is from a company seeking people to work from home for businesses, answering questions, in a customer service setting, using the Internet and a PC. This is exactly what I had in mind so I will look into that company, but in the meantime if anyone else has any other links to companies such as this, please leave the information here. A great big thanks to all who’ve taken their precious time and have already left answers. You’re wonderful!

http://www.workathomeagent.com/

I worked for this company a little while you have to take the certification test they provide. I don’t know how it is now but use to you picked what hours you wanted to work. You get paid weekly or thats how it was when I did it. Good Luck

I m a Freelance SEO. I don’t have a website, i want to start the affiliate marketing to earn something.
So i need any affiliate program that don’t required website, just give me my affiliate link and tell me that i can use it by SEO or Link Building work.

Please tell me where do i search that affiliate program who adds me without have a website.

You can start with a blog and start writing articles in the niche market of the product that you plan on promoting.
You can set up free blogs at sites like http://www.blogspot.com or http://www.wordpress.com

However the disadvantage of a free blog is, your blog can be suspended for whatever reason the site decided to. Imagine if you have done plenty of work on it, get good readership and ranking and then all of a suddden, you have it all wiped out. That’s a lot of work wasted.
It’s still better to host your own, you own it and can do whatever you want. But the choice is yours.
Buying a domain name and hosting it is not as expensive as what you think.
If you are serious about going into this, you may want to consider investing a little money into this business of yours.
domain is less than $10 a year at www.godaddy.com
hosting is about $10 a month at www.hostgator.com

http://www.clickbank.com is one that you can start with products that you don’t need your own website to promote. It’s all digital product and opening an account there is free, thus you have zero overhead there.

An good affiliate program that I do know of but will require your own site is one that I would recommend with step by step guide to affiliate marketing. You can watch this guy video for free and how he strategize on how to make $10k a month at

http://www.wilsonchia.com/recommend/affiloblueprint.htm

Sign up at the site for the pdf version and access to 2 extra videos that he has already rolled out after you sign up
You better hurry though, he’s opening the doors to his course on April 28 and it’s goin to be for a week only.

I have also outline his course and features and still updating on my blog, the first posting is at http://www.wilsonchia.com/affiloblueprint-2/affiloblueprint/

In the end, the final decision is still yours and yours alone.
To you success and good luck

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I am a Junior at a State University. Currently I am double majoring in Real Estate and Finance. My expected graduation, as of now, is May 2010. I am a little concerned about the finding a job after college, with the outlook for Finance and Real Estate jobs not being so hot. I would like to work in the Real Estate/Investment world (not brokerage or appraisal), possibly working for a REIT or something similar. I considering continuing my education for another year and getting an additional agree, this one being a B.S. in Accounting and going for my CPA. I have heard that a strong accounting background is very valuable in the business world and will also make you more marketable when looking for a job. What I am really wondering is= Is it really that beneficial and worth it to take another year of classes to get a degree in accounting? Or would it be a waste of time, and I should just attempt to enter the job market in 2010 with my Finance and Real Estate Degree?

Accounting is always a good option. There are no downsides. You need not actually major in it, just take the courses. You will need at least 12-15 credit hours in upper division accounting (lower intro courses don’t count) if you want to find a job calling for accounting credentials. CPA licensure requires more courses but you can worry about that later.

I started getting involved in affiliate marketing a couple of months ago, but I feel like I am jumping all over and not getting anything accomplished. I need an actual affiliate marketing strategy that I can follow step by step. Does anybody have a good one to follow? I am willing to pay some money for a program or tutorial.

Just like you I only started doing affiliate marketing about 3 months ago, but before that I had researched it for about 3 months. I came across a website for Matt Bacak, www.mattbacak.com, who is already a millionaire and I think he is only like 30 years old. He has several products that you can buy and also a newsletter that you can subscribe to you called Internet Marketing Dirt. I have found his products and even his free information on affiliate marketing strategy a ton better and more informative than anybody else’s that I have come across in the 3 months that I did research on affiliate marketing.

I have only been doing actual affiliate marketing part-time at nights and on weekends for 3 months, but I am seeing some pretty good income right now. It’s enough to pay my car payment as well as groceries for the month for our family of 3 so I can’t complain. And I know that it will only increase the more I work at it because I am learning how to be more efficient every day. Although I may never be able to quit my full-time job, I will continue to have this extra money for quite awhile, which means that my wife can stop working.

Anyways, check out Matt’s website and check out the different products as well as his newsletters as he has a great affiliate marketing strategy and is very willing to share it with anyone who will listen.