Re: [MBZ] Cash For Clunkers - Some Numbers

2009-11-12 Thread OK Don
Which is exactly what the program was supposed to do --- On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > > so everybody participating in CFC lost except the carmakers and the > dealers (assuming the dealers didn't botch their CFC applications). > > Mitch. > -- OK Don CONSERVATIVE, n. A

Re: [MBZ] Cash For Clunkers - Some Numbers

2009-11-12 Thread Tyler
Those numbers are totally made up. Try these ones of what I'd imagine you'd get trading in a $100 car like my '87 740 Turbo for a new Huyndai Accent: So let's do the final tally here: You traded in a car worth: $100 You got a discount of: $4500

Re: [MBZ] Cash For Clunkers - Some Numbers

2009-11-11 Thread Mitch Haley
My take on this is that if you get more for a trade in than your basis, you've got a capital gain. If you paid more for your trade in than you got for it, you've got a nondeductible loss. Unfortunately, it seemed like the manufacturer rebates went down by about $3000 on most cars when the CF

Re: [MBZ] Cash For Clunkers - Some Numbers

2009-11-11 Thread Allan Streib
Well on the question of taxability, the real answer, as usual, appears to be "maybe". http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/clunkers-credits-taxable/ Not federally taxable, but apparently it may be at the state/local level. You also might not have gotten the usual offset on sales taxes that a trade-

Re: [MBZ] Cash For Clunkers - Some Numbers

2009-11-10 Thread John Freer
No, I did not enjoy reading this garbage. Why? Because it is not true. There is NO Federal Income Tax due. Bandwidth is heavy these days, please check the facts. On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:30 PM, LarryT wrote: > Thought ya'll might enjoy this -- > The Plan, The Scam, The Man, Don't ya just love i

Re: [MBZ] Cash For Clunkers - Some Numbers

2009-11-10 Thread Gary Hurst
i think this is an important announcement about cash for clunkers i'm not affiliated with cash for clunkers, btw On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:30 PM, LarryT wrote: > Thought ya'll might enjoy this -- > The Plan, The Scam, The Man, Don't ya just love it when a plan comes > together? > > The Scam > H

[MBZ] Cash For Clunkers - Some Numbers

2009-11-10 Thread LarryT
Thought ya'll might enjoy this -- The Plan, The Scam, The Man, Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together? The Scam Here is what a learned friend had to say about Democratic Math. It's even worse apparently than I first thought: It's way worse than that. Ignore all the gas crap and j