Wednesday, May 20, 2009

States: It's Taxes, Taxes and More Taxes

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From CNN.com : Facing mounting budget deficits and seeing few areas left to cut spending, states increasingly are turning to the only opt...

The Tax Code on your iPhone

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Earlier today, I came across this useful iPhone application and I wanted to share it with all of my readers. It was created by LawToGo an...

Latest Good Reads

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Carnival of Financial Planning. Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Conference Addresses Work Life Balance. College Sports Tax Would N...

Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich

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From the Wall Street Journal : With states facing nearly $100 billion in combined budget deficits this year, we're seeing more gover...

Chrysler To Use Tax Money For Buyouts

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From Freep.com: Chrysler will use taxpayer money to sweeten buyout deals for UAW workers who could lose their jobs at six plants likely ...

UBS Tax Case Could Backfire On U.S.

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Some experts feel the high profile case of the US vs. UBS could hurt its global economic standing, backfiring their original plan. Check o...

US Appeals Court Sides With IRS In 'Son Of Boss' Tax Case

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From the Wall Street Journal.com: A U.S. appeals court upheld the IRS in denying more than $50 million in tax losses claimed by two Texas...

Hawaii Gov Vetoes Tax Hikes on High Income Earners

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According to the Associated Press , Hawaii’s Governor Linda Lingle has vetoed the legislature’s plan to increase taxes on high-income earne...
Monday, May 18, 2009

Signs the Recession Might be Nearing an End

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If you are not yet sick of the word “recession,” then you have probably been living under a rock. It seems like talk of the seemingly neve...

What Makes A Tax Credit "Refundable"?

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From Boston.com: Every tax credit that is introduced is either refundable, partially refundable or non-refundable. What does "refun...

Internet Tax Avoidance Hurts Jobs, Public

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San Francisco Gate author Lenny Goldberg recently published a great article on how the legislatures avoidance of taxing Internet sales is ...

Municipal Bonds Are Worth A Look If You Can Handle The Risk

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From USA Today.com: Q: How do I go about adding municipal bonds to my portfolio? A: Lending money to cities, states and local governmen...

New Tax Proposals Target Life Insurers

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According to the Wall Street Journal , President Obama is hoping to generate over $12 billion in federal revenue from new taxes on life ins...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Lien? Levy? What’s the Difference?

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The tax world is full of jargon and enough acronyms to make your eyes cross. Its no wonder so many people are confused about the difference ...

Making Work Pay Tax Credit May Cause Tax Debt

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Everybody loves getting a little extra money, and the new Making Work Pay stimulus package is designed to give everybody a refundable tax cr...

Roni Deutch Hires Director of Franchise Sales for the Roni Deutch Tax Center

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The other day Franchise.com published a press release on the recent addition of Barry Auchenbach to the Roni Deutch Tax Center team. You c...

Report: Tax Collections Down In Nearly Every State

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From BusinessWeek.com: Tax collections continued to drop in almost every state during the first quarter of 2009, off an average 13 perce...

U.S. Eyes Bank Pay Overhaul

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Barack Obama and his administration have been considering a major bank overhaul as a potential solution to stabilize the way financial ser...

Senate Considers Federal Tax On Soda

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From CBSNews.com: The Senate Finance Committee today is hearing proposals on how to pay for President Obama's proposed universal hea...

GOP Govs Plan Tea Party Sequel

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From Politico.com: Hoping to recapture the grassroots energy of last month’s “tea parties,” Republican Govs. Mark Sanford of South Carol...