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Old Jan 21, 2012, 6:08 pm
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josephstern
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Originally Posted by dhuey
I don't see why a mileage bonus for opening a checking account should be considered miscellaneous income while a similar bonus for opening a credit card should not. Seems to me that neither should be income to the recipient.
Neither do I, but thankfully Citi only reports the checking account ones, and that's only been in the last two years, AFAIK.

Let's hope the CC division doesn't try this same road.
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