Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions.
For questions that relate to the laws, practices, and products of the United States.
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For any question related to taxes and not otherwise covered by a more specific tag such as income-tax, sales-tax, capital-gains-tax etc. When asking about taxes, please also specify a country tag such as united-states, canada, united-kingdom, etc.
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This tag is to be used for any questions related to Stocks. Ideally they should be accompanied by a country tag if relevant. It is discouraged to ask question about a specific stock. However an example can be used to illustrate a point.
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This tag is to be used for any question pertaining to an individual's income taxes. If this tag is used, ideally a country-specific tag should also be specified, to indicate which region a question belongs to, as the answer may differ based on the country.
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Investing is the process of buying assets such as securities, real estate and other items of value that will hopefully increase in value over time, providing a return in the form of income payments or capital gains.
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For questions that relate to the laws, practices, and products of the United Kingdom.
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Credit cards are unstructured debt accounts linked to a plastic card that allows the holder to make purchases from retailers that accept the card. Common credit card networks in the U.S. include Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express.
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For questions that relate to the financial laws, practices, and products of Canada.
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This tag is to be used for any question on Options, A more specific tag [put-options, call-options, options-assignment, option-exercise] should be used when appropriate.
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This tag is a generic tag to be used when asking a question on Loans / lending. If there is a specific question the other related tags like home-loan, student-loans, etc should be used.
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A 401(k) account is a tax-deferred retirement savings account setup by many employers for their employees in the United States. Employees can elect to contribute part of their earnings - either pre-tax or after-tax - to their 401k account and the employer will often make a matching contribution for a portion of it. The before-tax and/or after-tax contributions are subject to yearly limits set by the IRS. Related to the 403b and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
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Trading means exchanging one item for another such as goods for money. In finance, trading refers to the buying and selling of securities such as stock, options, or futures. Related tags are day-trading, trading-volume, and online-trading.
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To be used for any generic banking question. If there is a product-specific question, specific tags like credit-card, savings etc. should be used. If there is an entity-specific question, descriptive tags like merchant, community, consumer, small-business should be used.
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The stock market is the community of individuals and corporations engaged in the buying and selling of shares of companies, called stocks, on the open market. Shares of stock are traded on a stock exchange and are tracked on indices such as the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.
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A tax deduction is a deduction that lowers a person’s tax liability by lowering his taxable income. Deductions are typically expenses that the taxpayer incurs during the year that can be applied against or subtracted from his gross income in order to figure out how much tax is owed.
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A credit score is a weighted number computed to determine your credit worthiness, and is relevant when arranging for credit or a loan. This tag is to be used for questions related to understanding how things would impact your credit score. Related tags are credit-history, credit-rating and credit-report.
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Questions related to the tax liability from the appreciation of assets, e.g. stocks, mutual funds, real estate.
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In the United States, an IRA is an Individual Retirement Arrangement, a tax-deferred retirement account.
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Use this tag for questions that relate to debt instruments known as bonds. Generally, money is lent to governments or corporations that is paid back with interest.
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To be used for questions related to Retirement Tax saving scheme Roth IRA as applicable in the United States
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To be used for any questions on mutual funds. For index based funds question the Index-fund tag should be used.
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This tag should be used for any questions related to retirement or post-retirement, such as planning or saving for retirement, or asking about benefits or issues after retirement.
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for questions related to understanding basic concepts in finance or certain terms in a particular context
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A generic tag for questions on Bank Account. For specific questions use the "savings-account", "checking-account" or other specific tags. It is recommended that a specific country tag be used to indicate the geography of the question being asked
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For questions related to the analysis of stock prices, stock markets, etc.
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A scam is a fraudulent business or scheme that takes money or other goods from an unsuspecting person. Related tag is "fraud",
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This tag is to be used for any dividends related question. When appropriate it should be accompanied by country tag.
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This tag is to be used for any question related to rates between 2 pairs of currencies. If the question is generic, only this tag is sufficient. If its specific for a pair of currencies, ideally both the currency tags should also be used.
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a generic tag for question on rate of interest applicable. Ideally should be accompanied by geography tag and other specific subject tags
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Purchasing new or used cars, getting car loans, down payments for cars, refinancing car loans, and car insurance.
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