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Ultimately keeping you credit card safe is you responsibility. Indeed, in a worst case scenario, if it can be proven you may have been negligent in keeping your credit card safe, you may find yourself liable for the cost of all transactions made fraudulent on your account should you lose the card. To help you avoid this, here are 5 basic credit card safety tips:

Never have more cards than you need

While it is always advisable that you have more than 1 credit card, in case it gets lost, you should never have more credit cards than you actually need to use. The principal reason why this is the case is because it becomes harder to keep a track of which cards you have and where you have kept them with the more cards you have.

Always keep a photocopy of your cards

How many times have you been asked what you card number is only to find yourself looking for your card to get the number? Now, what happens if you have a card stolen and no credit card statement to-hand? You have a problem! For this reason, it is always best practice to take photocopies of you credit cards to so that always know where to find the number should anything unfortunate happen to your card.

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If you have just moved to Virginia and are confused about filing tax returns in that state, here are some guidelines to help you.

To begin with, you should know that the rates for income tax in Virginia range from 2 to 5.75 percent and are classified into four income groups.

Married or single taxpayers who are filing tax returns individually pay income taxes at the rate of:

2 percent for an income of $3,000
3 percent for an income of $3,001-5,000
5 percent for an income of $5,001-17,000
5.75 percent for an income of $17,001 or more

Married couples who file income tax returns jointly have to pay taxes at the same rates but the income groups are doubled.

The due date for filing taxes in most U. S. states is April 15. The residents of Virginia are given a number of additional days to file tax returns and, usually, the due date is extended to May 1. You can get a lot of useful information regarding forms, due dates, instructions about filing taxes, and other tax-related information of significance at the official website of the state of Virginia: http://www.tax.virginia.gov/.

The state levies sales tax and use tax at the rate of four percent. It could levy an additional one percent of local tax based on the purchases made. The above mentioned website gives ample information about sales tax too.  Read more...

Virtually everyone in the UK is entitled to a personal allowance if they are resident in the UK which entitles them to tax free income, the amount of that tax free income being dependent on the size of the personal allowance according to the specific circumstances. Earnings above the tax free allowance are subject to the basic rate tax. The basic tax rate personal allowance was £5435 from 6 April 2008 and increased by £600 to £6,035 which effect from the first pay date after 7 September 2008. The original personal allowance tax code 543L being increased to new tax code 603L reflecting these changes to calculate tax at the new rate from 7 September 2008..

Basic rate tax for 2008 is 20 percent. For earnings above the higher income threshold which is £34.800 the basic rate tax increases to 40 per cent.

The personal allowance of people over 65 and up to 74 is £9,030 which is reduced if income exceeds £21,800 and people over 75 receive a personal allowance of £9,180 also reduced when income exceeds the £21,800 income threshold. The rate of tax allowance reduction is £1 for every £2 above the income threshold until the basic personal allowance is reached.

The number in the UK tax code is known as the prefix while the letter following that number is known as the suffix. Each suffix letter in the tax codes explained as a different meaning.  Read more...