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There it is, depicting a man with tired eyes, scowling, sweating profusely, pulling out his hair and the caption read, i am doing my own income tax and then it offered to do returns for a flat price of $5. the ad ran january 23, 1955. mr. block, what happened the next day? >> the next day after that ad appeared, our office was full of people. it happened to be the same time the government stopped doing tax returns free for people. basically lower income people. >> gregg: and the timing the ad wa...

Income taxes paid in new jersey. >> and they have to file two separate tax forms? >> the forms, yeah, youll have to run through two separate -- youll have a fair amount of paperwork. definitely want a good cpa. >> thank you, guys, so much. and the help desk, folks, all about getting you answers. send us an e mail at cnn.com or log on to cnn.com/help desk to see more financial solutions. you can also pick up the latest issue of "money" magazine on newsstands now. !e!e!e!e!e!e!e!ee

You have a lot to say about it. ines ferre has been looking over a lot of your comments on our cnn.com blog and its tough to find out what people are saying in some cases. but not the case here. what are you hearing? >> so many people are sounding off. let me start with twitter. the mayor of los angeles, antonio vee villaraigosa is saying that it doesnt violate the constitution because marriage is not defined by the constitution. also, youve got jeff saying im not against gay marriage. im agains...

Efforts to recover victims from that crash site. right now there is a political showdown over which party better represents the interests of small businesses. today, in his weekly radio address blasted republicans on a small business lending bill. he accuses them of holding americas small businesses hostages to politics. it has the support of business groups and contains provisions favored by both parties, but nebraska senator fired back in the republican radio internet address. he claims the ...

Additional items were underneath the bunk. >> reporter: the items -- tax forms, an address book with social security numbers, birthdays and cheat sheets for filling out returns. that was december of 2006. what linback had stumbled upon was a lucrative income tax fraud scheme run by inmates at the monroe county jail near key west. before they were busted, the inmates filed for more than $1 million in tax refunds involving half the jail population. >> but what they would do is go to other inmates ...

Stopping the payments, i have yet to receive a payment. there are people out there trying to get food on the table for their babies and all and bp needs to do whats right. >> now what bps argument is, robe, if fishermen have the paper work, the tax forms, the pay stubs, well pay them, but tell our viewers unfamiliar with the way fishermen work, its a cash business largely. do you have the paper work and is that whats holding up this process. >> well, youve got to understand something, weve gone,...

Not just unconstitutional. its un-american. this goes to the core of this country. you cant just create stateless people because you believe that theyre associated with organizations that an agency has deemed to be a terrorist organization. >> that belief of association is the thing that makes this frankly a top of the show story for me, that makes this such an almost unbelievable proposal from supposedly serious members of congress. i mean, the government now determines who it thinks are terror...

People because you believe that theyre associated with organizations that an agency has deemed to be a terrorist organization. >> that belief of association is the thing that makes this frankly a top of the show story for me, that makes this such an almost unbelievable proposal from supposedly serious members of congress. i mean, the government now determines who it thinks are terrorist groups. there is a process by which it does that. is there anything about that process that tells us what kind...

All day and all night. new zegerid otc. discover the difference. and look for $4 savings in sundays paper. as a taxpayer, you are covering the room and board of prisoners. well, it also turns out the irs is also paying the prisoners as well. c nch cnns john zarrella looks at a tax scheme that rakes in millions. >> reporter: just a routine search of a jail cell. this officer didnt expect to find much. >> after the inmates have exited the cell, went over, basic, pulled up the mattress. he had so...

Expect to find much. >> after the inmate has exited the cell. went over, basically pulled up the mattress. he had some of the items under his mattress. additional mattress underneath the bunk. >> reporter: the items, tax forms and address book with social security numbers, birth dates and cheat sheets for filling out returns. that was december of 2006. what lindback stumbled upon was a scheme run by inmates at the monroe county jail near i can west. before they were busted they filed for more th...