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At Alma Park Alpacas, in Jobstown, N.J., Rose Mogerman tends a herd of 56 animals, using their fur to stock her yarn shop. But back in the early 2000s, she was a private IT consultant, with 200 acres of unused farmland -- and a hefty tax bill.Correspondent Tony Dokoupil asked, Were you looking for a tax break or were you looking to own alpacas It was a combination of both, Mogerman replied. I wanted to do something useful with my property, and I do love animals. But yes, in the beginning I was like, this is a great opportunity. Are alpacas, a cousin of the llama, livestock or an exotic pet stanley cup CBS News She bought 13 alpacas, deducted the entire $50,000-plus sale price from her income taxes, and instantly dropped her state property taxes from $18,000 a year to $1,000 -- just because she put alpacas on her property. I can tell you for a fact that when I got into it, I think there were people who simply got into it for that [reason], she said. A cousin of llamas, and native to Peru, alpacas arrived in America in the 1980s, and are prized for their fleece. Under t stanley cup he current tax code they are considered livestock, like sheep or cattle. That makes their purchase price and maintenance tax-ded stanley cup usa uctible. There are now at least 140,000 alpacas in the United States -- and at least one U.S. senator is concerned people are using alpac Gryl George H.W. Bush wears book socks to honor Barbara Bush s commitment to literacy
The FBI raided the ho stanley mug mes of Rep. Curt Weldon s daughter and a close friend Monday as it investigates whether the congressman improperly helped the pair win lobbying and consulting contracts.Agents searched four locations in the Philadelphia area and two in Jacksonville, Fla., said Debbie Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington. The congressman s home and his offices were not among the locations searched, she said.Earlier Monday, Weldon called the investigation politically motivated and called the timing suspect. The Republican, who is locked in a tight re-election bid and has clashed with the Bush administration, denied wrongdoing and said he gave his daughter no special help. I ve not done anything wrong. stanley taza My own gut feeling is it was something created by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee , Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., said Monday after meeting with transportation officials t stanley cup o discuss Philadelphia International Airport flight patterns.Federal investigators are looking into whether Weldon used his influence to help Karen Weldon secure lobbying contracts worth $1 million from foreign clients, two people familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press on Saturday. What I find ironic, if there is an investigation, is that no one would tell me until three weeks before the election, Weldon said. This incident was 2 1/2 years ago. Weldon, a 10-term Republican from the Philadelphia suburbs and vice chairman of the H
At Alma Park Alpacas, in Jobstown, N.J., Rose Mogerman tends a herd of 56 animals, using their fur to stock her yarn shop. But back in the early 2000s, she was a private IT consultant, with 200 acres of unused farmland -- and a hefty tax bill.Correspondent Tony Dokoupil asked, Were you looking for a tax break or were you looking to own alpacas It was a combination of both, Mogerman replied. I wanted to do something useful with my property, and I do love animals. But yes, in the beginning I was like, this is a great opportunity. Are alpacas, a cousin of the llama, livestock or an exotic pet stanley cup CBS News She bought 13 alpacas, deducted the entire $50,000-plus sale price from her income taxes, and instantly dropped her state property taxes from $18,000 a year to $1,000 -- just because she put alpacas on her property. I can tell you for a fact that when I got into it, I think there were people who simply got into it for that [reason], she said. A cousin of llamas, and native to Peru, alpacas arrived in America in the 1980s, and are prized for their fleece. Under t stanley cup he current tax code they are considered livestock, like sheep or cattle. That makes their purchase price and maintenance tax-ded stanley cup usa uctible. There are now at least 140,000 alpacas in the United States -- and at least one U.S. senator is concerned people are using alpac Gryl George H.W. Bush wears book socks to honor Barbara Bush s commitment to literacy
The FBI raided the ho stanley mug mes of Rep. Curt Weldon s daughter and a close friend Monday as it investigates whether the congressman improperly helped the pair win lobbying and consulting contracts.Agents searched four locations in the Philadelphia area and two in Jacksonville, Fla., said Debbie Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington. The congressman s home and his offices were not among the locations searched, she said.Earlier Monday, Weldon called the investigation politically motivated and called the timing suspect. The Republican, who is locked in a tight re-election bid and has clashed with the Bush administration, denied wrongdoing and said he gave his daughter no special help. I ve not done anything wrong. stanley taza My own gut feeling is it was something created by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee , Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., said Monday after meeting with transportation officials t stanley cup o discuss Philadelphia International Airport flight patterns.Federal investigators are looking into whether Weldon used his influence to help Karen Weldon secure lobbying contracts worth $1 million from foreign clients, two people familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press on Saturday. What I find ironic, if there is an investigation, is that no one would tell me until three weeks before the election, Weldon said. This incident was 2 1/2 years ago. Weldon, a 10-term Republican from the Philadelphia suburbs and vice chairman of the H
