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Unless you’ve got an extension, you’ve probably filed your tax return for 2008. Like many Americans, you might have missed out on some deductions simply because you weren’t aware of them – it’s a complicated system! So take a look at this list and keep in mind that some of these deductions might be available for you when you next file a return.

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With the cost of getting a good education constantly rising, many students are finding they finish college with a mountain of debts that will take quite a few years to repay - assuming they get a good job at the end of it. To improve their chances of getting a good job, many students end up studying at a more prestigious school, which is also more expensive, so they have an even larger debt: and the cycle begins. (more…)

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With so much trauma in the loans market, things were looking difficult for students for a while there: with many lenders crashing out of the market altogether, getting cheap student loans was starting to look impossible for some college students. But thanks to a new legislation recently passed through congress, there shouldn’t be any college students who find it impossible to get a reasonable college loan now. (more…)

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Unfortunately for many community college students in the U.S., student loans are completely unavailable to them. These students — a disproportionate number of them being minorities — cannot take advantage of low-interest federal student loans because their community colleges refuse to participate in the federal student loan program. (more…)