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Billy's Money Laundering Home Page. U.S. Treasury - SDN List. OANDA, The Currency Site: Foreign Exchange Services and Trading. The Color of Money from Around the World. In honor of this month's release of the United States' redesigned five dollar bill I have been scouring through the 191 currently circulating currencies of the 192 member states of the United Nations to find some of the most colorful, unique and dramatic bank notes.

The New Five Photo from moneycenteral.msn.com The redesigned $5 bill was unveiled on September 20, 2007, and was issued on March 13, 2008. Previously covered here on COLOURlovers, the redesign involves some very noticeable changes, mostly for security reasons, but also in an attempt to make the bill more friendly to the visually impaired. The new five incorporates the use of micro printing of type to make it more difficult to copy. Photo from moneycenteral.msn.com The giant purple "5". One Interesting thing about the new five is the use of the EURion constellation which many photocopiers will refuse to copy.

The Most Colorful Currencies The Bolívar Fuerte Bolívar Fuerte The Swiss Franc Swiss Franc The Kyrgyzstani Som Kyrgyzstani Som. Tax accounting for illegal activities.(income taxation, grossincome) - printable. How would I go about laundering money? January 9, 2009 Dear Cecil: Being the fount of all knowledge, could you tell me the best way to launder money? The information may come in useful one day. — Ben Vicken, somewhere in Asia Cecil replies: I'm confident you're not contemplating anything illegal, Ben. You sure as hell don't just spend it — Al Capone learned that the hard way when he was convicted of tax evasion. Casinos used to make it easy to do this. Trying this kind of stunt now would likely attract unwanted attention, as current federal law requires casinos and other operations handling large amounts of cash to report suspicious transactions.

Another common approach is to mix up nonkosher funds with the assets of a front company: any above-ground business that handles a lot of cash, such as a check-cashing service, travel agency, grocery store, car wash, or coin laundry. As a variation on the phony-invoicing trick, you can arrange to purchase property well below market value and slip the cash difference to the seller.

U.S. How to launder money. Wise Bread Picks Money laundering is not a simple concept. It's two simple concepts, because there are two different — in fact, nearly completely opposite — activities that are called money laundering. Here's how to do both of them. (See also: How to Make Moonshine) Classic Money Laundering The classic money launderer was someone who had illicit income — drug dealer, jewel thief, con man — and worried that he'd get the Al Capone treatment and be convicted of tax evasion even if the government couldn't pin any of the underlying criminal activity on him. If the illicit income is small — and especially if you also have a straight job that you do pay taxes on, there's no need to do any money laundering. But suppose that illicit income is a bit larger. The solution — classic money laundering — is to create a business to ostensibly earn that money. Modern Money Laundering In this kind of money laundering, the point is to make the money disappear.

There are two parts to these strategies. BailoutSleuth. AnnualCreditReport. The Seeking Alpha ETF Investing Guide. Retirement Savings: How I’m Doing It. A number of people have asked me how I’m saving for retirement now that I’m self-employed, and several more asked yesterday when I mentioned that I was signing up for a SEP-IRA.

In order to clarify everything, here’s exactly how I’m saving for retirement as a self-employed writer. For comparison’s sake, my previous retirement savings were exclusively in 403(b) and 401(k) plans. Even though I planned to open a Roth IRA in 2007 (and even went so far as to fill out the paperwork), I eventually elected not to do it, primarily because of the costs associated with purchasing a house in 2007 and the fact that I was already rolling about 20% into my retirement plan.

In fact, my savings in there is quite a bit above what’s considered “normal” for a 29 year old – I have substantially more than a year’s worth of my old salary in there, and it’ll just do nothing but grow over the next 30 years. My current self-employement retirement planning is handled exclusively through Vanguard. The Simple Dollar. 31 Days To Fix Your Finances: A Wrapup. Would you like to download this entire series all at once in a handy PDF format? During the month of January, The Simple Dollar has been running a series entitled “31 Days To Fix Your Finances,” a series of activities that can enable anyone to improve their financial status by centering your financial life around your own core values. Instead of supplying a bunch of budgeting sheets and asking you to commit yourself to a program, this series is about figuring out what you want out of life and reorganizing your finances so that you can have it. What follows is a summary of the entire month’s activities, with links to each individual day.

If you’re at all concerned about your personal finances or find yourself often feeling strangely guilty about the money you spend, you’ll find some value in the activities of the month. Let’s get started. Stage 1: Figuring Out Your Goals And Values Day 1: Your Five Main Values Day 2: Defining Your Goals From Your Values Day 3: Create A Plan For Each Goal. Tip on Financial Documents To Keep - And What To Toss. Northwest Airlines List Of 101 Ways To Save Money. 7 Finance Tips From a Guy Who’s Broke - lifehack.org. Sound Money Tips » Tip For Saving On Energy Costs. Sound Money Tips. The Reference Site for Islamic Banknotes.