Personal Finance Daily: What to do if you can't pay your taxes

Personal Finance Daily MARCH 28, 2012 Wednesday's Personal Finance Stories By MarketWatch Don't miss these top stories: Can't pay your tax bill? You have options Why investors should fear corporate profit margins Read more: New owners for L.A. Dodgers If you can't pay your tax bill on time, you have some options — but they aren't free. Andrea Coombes writes today in our TaxWatch column about the options available, and the costs, for people who are unemployed, underemployed, or struggling small business owners; and about the penalties, fees and offers in compromise. Robert Powell talks to several financial advisers who think corporate profit margins are frighteningly high and say investors should be forewarned: What goes up... — Anne Stanley , Managing Editor, Personal Finance You're invited: MarketWatch ETF event If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area and you're interested in exchange-traded funds, we'd like to invited you to a free live event in April. Join us for an evening of cocktails and conversation about the risks and opportunities of trading ETFs. Our guest panelists will be Tom Lydon, president of Global Trends Investments and editor of ETFtrends.com; John Nyaradi, publisher of Wall Street Sector Selector; and Jim Wiandt, publisher and chief executive of IndexUniverse.com, Exchange-Traded Funds Report and Journal of Indexes. The event will be on the evening of Tuesday, April 17, in downtown San Francisco. To get more details and RSVP, send an email to MarketWatchevent@wsj.com by Tuesday, April 10. Can't pay your tax bill? You have options If tumbleweeds are blowing through your bank account and you're not sure how you're going to pay your tax bill, take a deep breath. Most taxpayers have a number of options to slake the IRS's wrath. Read more: Can't pay your tax bill? You have options. Why investors should fear corporate profit margins Corporate profit margins, despite the weakest economic recovery in postwar history, are at freakish record highs. That should scare investors. Read more: Why investors should fear corporate profit margins. INVESTING SportsWatch: New owners for L.A. Dodgers A group of investors including former NBA star "Magic" Johnson is buying the baseball club for a record $2 billion, bringing to an end the Frank McCourt era. Read more: New owners for L.A. Dodgers Stocks only slightly expensive U.S. equities are at most only moderately expensive — despite having risen nearly 30% just since last October and more than doubled over the last three years. That is the surprising judgment of one of academia's leading experts on stocks' valuation. Read more: Stocks only slightly expensive. ECONOMY & POLITICS Durable-goods orders up 2.2% in February Orders for durable goods recover following January's sharp drop although February's 2.2% increase lags economists' forecasts. Read more: Durable-goods orders up 2.2% in February. Rajoy's budget seeks to buy time for Spain As Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy unveils his 2012 budget later this week, observers say he'll likely buy some time in financial markets, but still faces what could be the most difficult year for the country's embattled economy yet. Read more: Rajoy's budget seeks to buy time for Spain. Get the latest news on our mobile site: http://www.marketwatch.com/m MarketWatch has sent you this newsletter because you signed up to receive it. To ensure you receive this newsletter in the future, please add marketwatchmail.com to your list of approved senders. Sent to: kumaresan.selva.blogger@gmail.com Unsubscribe | Subscribe Copyright 2012 MarketWatch, Inc. All rights reserved. MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (updated 6/26/07). MarketWatch - Attn: Customer Service, 201 California St., San Francisco, CA 94111