Monday, September 20, 2010

8 Habits of Successful Business Owners

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Last week the Roni Deutch Tax Center had another guest blog entry published on FranchiseBusinessReview.com . The new article explains 8 com...

Oprah: “I'll Pay the Taxes for My Aussie Giveaway”

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According to TMZ.com , the Oprah Winfrey Show will take care of the tax liabilities of her recent Australian giveaway. Oprah made headlines...

Government Could Seek Foreign Investors for GM

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From Yahoo News : Investment bankers handling the upcoming General Motors Co. stock sale are expected to court foreign investors as well...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

Senate Passes $30B Small Business Credit Measure

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The Senate passed new legislation on Thursday that will offer new tax incentives to business owners. According to Forbes.com legislators p...

483 Million GM Dollars = 483 New Jobs

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Earlier this week General Motors announced their plans to invest $483 million in to their Spring Hill, Tennessee plant, which they claim w...

Consumer Prices Rise, but Underlying Trend Flat

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From MSN Money.com: Underlying inflation pressures were muted in August, keeping deflation fears alive, even though a rise in food and e...

Obama to Tap Warren to Help Set Up Consumer Agency

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President Obama named Elizabeth Warren as an advisor to help create his consumer financial protection bureau. The agency will be in charge...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Senate Fails to Cut Tax Provision in Health Law

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According to the Associated Press , on Tuesday the Senate voted against repealing a new tax reporting provision in the new health care law....

Obama Won’t Re-Nominate Former DOJ Tax Division Choice

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From Main Justice.com President Barack Obama will not re-nominate his former choice for the Justice Department Tax Division, whose nomina...

IRS to Hold Open House Sept. 25 for Veterans and Persons with Disabilities

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In their newest press release the Internal Revenue Service announced a nationwide open house to be held on September 25 to help veterans...

Census: 1 in 7 Americans Live in Poverty

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Earlier today the U.S. Census Bureau published its annual report on the economic well-being of American households. According to their dat...

Tax Education: Why it matters, and what should be done

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Yesterday I read an interesting blog post about the consequences of tax education deficiency. In the post, the author uses the current estat...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Bankrupt, USA: Why Our Cities Aren't Too Big to Fail

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Although President Obama and Congress have assured taxpayers that financial giants will no longer receive bailouts, many economists are wo...

Where Are They Now? Seven Villains of the Financial Crisis

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After the financial crisis, a lot of people were looking for someone to point the finger of blame at, but as this article from Daily Fina...

Regulator Says Banks Slow to Buy Back Bad Loans

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From the Associated Press: A federal regulator is criticizing banks for failing to take back bad mortgages sold to giant mortgage buyers ...

Bank Makes Rewards Harder to Earn With Card Changes

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Although credit card companies try to promote their reward programs as valuable benefits to their customers, new reports suggest they less...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Senate Takes Up 'Job Killing' IRS Rule

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The Senate is back in session this week after returning from recess, and the members have a lot of hotly debated issues to vote on. They a...

Taxes & Identity Theft

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Last week my YouTube team put together another episode in our tax tips video series. In the new video embedded below, host Edward Lester e...

Worries Over Tax Hikes Coloring Business Decisions

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From the Wall Street Journal: The uncertainty over looming tax increases is starting to affect both investing and corporate decision-maki...

Top 10 Reasons To Visit IRS.gov

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Finding updated and reliable tax information is not always easy. These days any one can publish an article online, and it does not necessa...