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Financial24 (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Prime Minister Gordon Brown could face a fresh backbench revolt over his 2007 decision to scrap the 10p bottom rate of income tax.A group of Labour MPs - led by Frank Field and Greg Pope - are threatening to block this year's entire Budget in a vote ...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Richard Shaw ( QVM Group ) submits: State budgets are a shambles. Sales taxes, corporate taxes, personal income taxes and other taxes are being raised all over the country. The budget problems and consequential taxes will impact municipal bond rates and default risk, and after-tax investment returns on many forms of investment. California Muni Money Funds: Complete Story »
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D-Day (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Bloomberg reports that people are lining up for those souvenir Arnoldbucks. Controller Chiang said the warrants can be transferred between individuals, setting up the possibility that a secondary market for the IOUs may develop. Already ads are appearing on Web sites such as Craigslist offering cash for the IOUs at below face value. In such a transaction, the person who gets the IOU would get most...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Amazon.com is nervous about the issue of collecting sales tax, but the e-commerce giant would still do well even if it had to tax sales at the same rate as its traditional retail rivals.
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
People seeking tax-friendly places to live in retirement face a hodgepodge of state tax laws to comb through. While experts recommend looking at total potential tax obligations, not just income or property taxes, here are some lists of states falling into tax categories of interest.
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Retirement doesn't necessarily mean a light tax load. So pre-retirees whose savings aren't sufficient to carry them comfortably through the years ahead may find it particularly essential to assess their future tax situation. But focusing exclusively on states that don't tax personal income, or those where property taxes are lighter, can be a mistake.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' rating on the City of South Weber, Utah's (the city) $1.4 million sales tax revenue bonds, series 2004. The Rating
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Neil Carvin submits: The GCFR Overall Gauge of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (WPI) decreased from 56 to 41 of the 100 possible points in the first quarter of 2009. Our analysis report explained this result in some detail. Watson's Revenue in the March 2009 quarter was 6.5 percent more than in last year's comparable period. Generic drugs were responsible for 60 percent of Revenue, up from 58.5 percent....
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
SACRAMENTO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's spokesperson Aaron McLear this morning made a completely erroneous statement when he told reporters that California cities are 'okay' with the state borrowing local property taxes to balance its budget. Representing California's 480 cities, the League of California Cities has maintained throughout the past months that it's reckless and irresponsible...
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The Street (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Amazon ends its affiliate program in Hawaii to avoid sales tax.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Department of Justice on Tuesday petitioned a federal court to force Swiss bank UBS AG to divulge the names of all U.S. taxpayers with an undisclosed UBS account. The Internal Revenue Service estimates about 52,000 U.S. taxpayers used UBS accounts to avoid paying taxes. "Contrary to UBS's claims, enforcing this summons would not constitute an abuse of the court's...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
David Hunkar submits: This article is a follow up to my earlier post titled 'Why Are So Many U.S. States Facing Budget Deficits? ' which generated some interesting comments from Seeking Alpha readers. In addition to a fall in property, income, sales tax revenues and a rise in social benefits spending some readers pointed out that the main culprits are the compensation of government employees and the...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
"Make no mistake -- we must make cuts to the budget, and we are. I have proposed $2 billion in cuts over the last year, and just yesterday I announced $500 million in cuts -- many to programs for which I care deeply," the Governor said. "But I will not stand by and allow cuts that threaten our ability to dig ourselves out of this recession and compete in the long-run. And that is exactly...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
With the year half-over, the IRS suggests that it's time to review your withholding level for 2009 federal taxes.
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monkeybusinesskane | 02/25/2009
Free Income Preparation Tax Software In The Internet An income tax is a financial charge imposed on the financial income of entities like persons and corporations. In short, any legal entity who has a value can be taxed which somehow make...
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monkeybusinesskane | 02/25/2009
Do You Have Unfiled Income Tax Questions Canada? | A List of Canada Tax Tricks Canada has a wealth of income tax preparation software that can do more than just let you calculate your income tax and file in your return. Most tax software program...
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zebra9 | 02/20/2009
A word of encouragement before you read this article . . . The following online tax savings resources are not only superb training tools but they have been instrumental in saving people tens of thousands of dollars, for those who have taken the time t...