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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Barack Obama's Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that health care was an issue in Tuesday's elections, it worked in Democrats' favor. But while health care won't be Obama's Waterloo, economic policy is starting to look like his Anzio. True, the elections weren't a referendum on Obama. Most voters focused...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
POMPANO BEACH, FL (MARKET WIRE) Fresh Start Tax announces the introduction of a new flat-rate fee program for the resolution of IRS tax problems. Fresh Start Tax guarantees the resolution of various IRS tax problems for a flat-rate fee including: IRS tax levy of wages or assets, IRS tax liens, IRS offer in compromises and unfiled tax returns. According to founders Michael Sullivan and Steven Jacob,...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA-' rating to $1.5 billion Empire State Development Corporation (New York State Urban Development Corporation) state personal income tax (PIT) revenue bonds (general purpose), consisting of --$501,510,000 series 2009C, --$224,120,000 series 2009D (federally taxable), --$775,615,000 series 2009E (federally taxable-Build America Bonds). The bonds...
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Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Obama Faces His Anzio By PAUL KRUGMAN NYT Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Obama’s Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that health care was an issue in Tuesday’s elections, it worked in Democrats’ favor. But while health care won’t be Mr. Obama’s Waterloo, economic policy is starting to look like his Anzio....
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Internal Revenue Service is waiting for Marylanders to claim more than 1,600 refund checks from the 2008 filing season worth more than $1.7 million. The IRS said Thursday that the checks averaging $1,086 were returned to the agency from Maryland because of mailing address errors. Some taxpayers are owed more than one check. Nationally, the IRS said 107,831 checks worth a total of $123.5 million...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Few Californians took note in July when lawmakers passed a budget item raising the state’s income-tax withholding rate, but plenty of people are noticing now that their paychecks are smaller.
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FelixSalmon.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
John Quelch reports: Legal immigrants to the US who are resident for five years (or three years for those who marry a US citizen) can apply for US citizenship. Currently, citizenship application and processing fees in the US are $675 per person, up from $60 two decades ago. These fees, which exclude the costs of individual legal assistance or private citizenship classes, were increased by 69% in July...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Filed under: Forecasts , Politics The U.S. dollar continues to weaken, which has led to commodity price increases, including a higher-than-fundamentals-dictate oil price of about $80 per barrel, and U.S. Treasury Department professionals are working long-and-hard to continue to refinance and rollover U.S. debt to finance the U.S. government's operations -- all because the budget deficit is high. What...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
CHICAGO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR), a leading provider of industrial real estate supply chain solutions, today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Diluted net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share (EPS) was $(0.04), compared to $0.08 in third quarter 2008. For the third quarter 2009, funds from operations...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns a 'BBB' rating to $10 million Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (California) Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Project 2009 tax allocation bonds (TABs), series D. Fitch also affirms the $16.7 million in outstanding parity TABs at 'BBB'. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The bonds are expected to sell via negotiation on Nov. 19,...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixteen states taxed working-poor families deeper into poverty last year, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Income tax bills on poor families in those 16 states ranged from a few dollars to several hundred dollars, which is a significant amount for a family struggling to make ends meet, the report said.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Comcast Corp. said Wednesday its third-quarter net income rose to $944 million, or 33 cents a share, from $771 million, or 26 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The latest quarter includes a one-time income tax benefit of 9 cents a share and 4 cents a share in financing expenses. The Philadelphia-based cable TV, Internet and phone service provider said revenue increased...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tyco Electronics Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) today reported results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 25, 2009. The company reported net sales of $2.7 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter, an 8 percent increase sequentially and a 25 percent decrease compared to the prior-year period. GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations...
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Forbes (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
There are steps you can take to reduce your chances of IRS pain.
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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...