The idea is to give your teens a heftier allowance to cover clothing, cellphone bills and other personal expenses.
The 20s are a rare opportunity to be as selfish as an 8-year-old, but with a heftier allowance and your own rules.
They allow energy companies to take substantial write-offs on their investments in new equipment and hefty "depletion allowances" as companies use up the oil and gas in a particular field.
If you can swing it, try negotiating things like subsidized monthly metro cards, a hefty moving allowance or a signing bonus (example: after a six-month review, give me $3,000).
Two cases involved leased vehicles in which the owner had exceeded the mileage allowance and faced a hefty penalty.
Upon leaving the White House, presidents are gifted with hefty pensions, paid staff and office space, travel allowances and lifetime medical care.
The once-popular mayor, who was first elected in 2004, gave hefty raises to top aides in 2009, at the height of the recession, and also used a government car allowance to help pay for a BMW.
Tax allowances and thresholds are not perfectly indexed and inflation pushes taxpayers into higher income brackets where they face heftier tax rates.In principle a modest dose of controlled inflation might work wonders.
