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Public service announcement for Seattle area taxpayers: Some transit taxes can be itemized and deducted

Raymond Chen March 2, 2007 Mar 2, 2007 03/2/07

If you itemize your taxes, there are some taxes you can claim on Schedule A line 7 that you may not be aware of. These taxes are special because they are based on the value of the vehicle and therefore qualify as a "personal property tax" from the IRS's point of view. While you're on Schedule A, don't forget to claim your ...

The .Default user is not the default user

Raymond Chen March 2, 2007 Mar 2, 2007 03/2/07

If you ever gone spelunking in the HKEY_USERS registry key, you've no doubt found the user named HKEY_USERS\.Default. Who is this guy? Despite its name, the profile for the .Default user is not the default user profile. It's actually the profile for the Local System account and is an alias for HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18. (S-1-5-18 is the security ...

The Old New Thing

March 2, 2007 | The Old New Thing

Public service announcement for Seattle area taxpayers: Some transit taxes can be itemized and deducted

The .Default user is not the default user

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