Showing posts with label united states. Show all posts
Showing posts with label united states. Show all posts
Thursday, September 02, 2010

IRS Must Define Political Activity

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From the WashingtonPost.com: The Aug. 22 article "Ruling sets up IRS as overseer of groups' gifts to campaigns" portrayed t...
Saturday, August 21, 2010

U.S. Insurance Regulators Issue Consumer Alert on Death Benefits

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From Bloomberg.com: State insurance regulators, under pressure to improve disclosure of death-benefit payment options, issued a consumer ...
Monday, July 26, 2010

Geithner Favors Allowing Tax Cuts for the "Wealthy" to Expire

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From Examiner.com : In another move sure to up the ante in the perceived class warfare being waged by the Obama administration, Treasury ...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Latest Good Reads

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10 states placing the largest budget burden on residents U.S. Presidents and their net worth How Steinbrenner saved his heirs a $600 m...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

A Call to Triple U.S. Spending on Energy Research

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Over the past few years several experts have prompted the United States government to increase efforts to research new sources of energy. ...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

U.S. Firms Dodge Billions in Taxes by Moving Profits Overseas

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As the U.S economy tries to recover, some American businesses are legally dodging billions in taxes by taking advantage of overseas profit...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

U.S. Minted More Millionaires In 2009

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It should come as no surprise that the number of millionaires in the country decreased in 2008 due to the market meltdown, and poor econom...
Thursday, December 03, 2009

Congress Grapples with Estate Tax

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Next week, the United States House of Representatives will vote on whether or not to extend the current estate tax rates or allow them to ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Can the Postal Service be Saved?

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Over the weekend, the United States Postal Service announced that it had lost $3.8 billion over the past fiscal year, which ended on Septe...
Monday, November 23, 2009

US Clashes With UK Over New Tax Proposal

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The United States and United Kingdom usually agree on economic policies, according to Tax Girl leaders from each countries have publicly t...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Improper US Government Payments Hit $98 Billion

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As the nation continues to debate the House of Representatives health care reform bill, new statistics have emerged showing that improper ...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

U.S. Needs to Borrow Less than Expected: Geithner

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From MarketWatch.com: The U.S. government's borrowing needs will likely be much less than originally expected, as bank have been rep...
Thursday, November 05, 2009

U.S. to Sell $81 Billion in Long-Term Debt Next Week

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According to Bloomberg.com , the U.S Treasury Department plans to set a new record next week, by selling $81 billion in long-term debt, as ...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

U.S. Will Set Guidelines to Modify Real-Estate Loans

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From Bloomberg.com: U.S. bank regulators, saying losses on souring commercial real-estate loans pose the biggest risk to lenders, will i...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Why the U.S. needs a Value Added Tax

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A few months ago I mentioned the possibility of a Value Added Tax (VAT) being created in the U.S. to help increase Federal revenue. It loo...
Monday, June 15, 2009

Swiss Seek U.S. Tax Deal Before UBS Case Continues

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From Reuters.com: A looming court case against Swiss bank UBS AG could prove a stumbling block to the United States and Switzerland clin...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

Tax Havens Onshore

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From the New York Times.com: Few here in Switzerland have been other than disgusted by the behavior of UBS and many of us have moved mone...