Tuesday, October 30, 2007

IRS Offers Help for Wildfire Victims

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Last week the IRS added a new page to their site offering links and help for victims of the California wildfires. You can check the page out...

IRS Updates Living Expense Standards

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After months of using three-year-old data to calculate taxpayers living expense standards, the IRS has finally issued new standards. These s...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Mutual Fund Taxes To Break Records

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According to CNN Money , major mutual fund companies have begun estimating this year’s taxable distributions and the taxes are set to break ...

US House Votes to Extend Internet Tax Ban

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On October 23, the United States House of Representatives voted with a massive 405 – 2 majority to extend the current ban on Internet taxes ...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Porsche to Take Over VW?

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Although Porsche has been buying VW stock like crazy for the past year, there has been a piece of legislation called the VW Law which has st...

Poker Winnings Must Now Be Reported As Income

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According to an IRS news release , casinos and other poker tournament sponsors will be required to report information on winnings to the IRS...
Friday, October 19, 2007

Even Celebrities Owe Back Taxes

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On October 11th, 2007 the California Franchise Tax Board published their annual list of the top 250 taxpayers with back taxes owed to Califo...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

New GM Concept Camaro

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GM car czar Bob Lutz announced a new Camaro concept car on one of his recent posts on the Fastlane Blog. He describes the new car as being r...

New IRS Tax Talk Today

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Later today the IRS will feature a new webcast on their Tax Talk Today website. The Webcast is scheduled for Tuesday, October 16, at 2 p.m. ...
Friday, October 12, 2007

Full List of 2007 Baseball Champions

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Nutty About Sports.com has a very informative article on their site with a list of all the current baseball champions of 2007. The list incl...

Republican Debate Comments From Tax Foundation

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The other night was a Republican primary debate with the topic on taxes and the economy. Tax Foundation.org has put together a good review o...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Disney Planning New Resort in Hawaii

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According to Radio New Zealand , the Walt Disney Company has announced plans to build a new resort on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu scheduled ...

Woman Sues Kmart for Taxing Toilet Paper

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A Pennsylvania woman sued Kmart for allegedly collecting a 7 percent state sales tax on toilet paper. In her lawsuit, she is seeking $100 in...
Monday, October 08, 2007

IRS Announces Increase In Corporate E-filed Returns

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According to the Internal Revenue Service, more than 800,000 of the nation’s small businesses and large corporations have electronically fil...

Nissan Unveils Pivo 2 Concept Car

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Nissan unveiled the new Pivo 2 concept car at the Tokio Motor Show a few days ago. The car features a 360-degree rotating cabin, 90-degree t...
Friday, October 05, 2007

Bush Says No to Children's Health Insurance

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A few days ago President Bush vetoed a bill that would have expanded a children’s heath insurance program by over $35 million over the next ...

Check Out Watch Me Franchise!

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Ever wondered what it would be like to open your own franchise business? Well check out the new Watch Me Franchise blog put together with th...
Friday, September 28, 2007

Hawaii’s Jobless Rate Up Last Month

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According to Biz Journals, last month Hawaii has a jobless rate of 2.6%. The rate is one of the lowest in the nation, but it’s up from only ...

Treasury Chooses AT&T for $250 Million Contract 



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A few days ago the IRS announced on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, that they had selected AT&T as the network services p...
Thursday, September 27, 2007

My Open Letter Pleading the IRS to Update Their Expense Standards

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Last week I sent an open letter to Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department seeking changes to the Internal Revenue ...