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One of the conflicts making the rounds between congressional tax proposals involves deductions for medical expenses. Whether taxpayers should continue taking medical expenses that are above income-based thresholds as an itemized deduction or not. So, if you've incurred any sizable healthcare ...
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: (L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to celebrate Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House December 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. Photo by Alex ...
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"We don't usually get a lot of peppers or avocados or things like that. They're too expensive." Fresh Bucks is one of several nutrition and education programs slated to receive funding from the tax. But not every dollar will reach Seattle families. Only $400,000 of the tax revenue set aside for Fresh Bucks in ...
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Apparently, it was enough motivation for more than 85,000 people who have prepaid the first installment of their property tax bill since December 12 when online payment became an option. That brought in more than $529 million. That's huge compared to last year when early payments brought in just ...
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Surprising everyone (including themselves), Congressional Republicans joined hands earlier this month and said, "Look at us, we're finally doing something !" They then passed a blatantly regressive and extremely unpopular tax bill and started celebrating. Donald Trump signed it, and here we are.
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The tax plan that President Trump signed into law last week creates one of the largest new loopholes in decades: a 20% deduction for "pass-through income." Pass-through income is business income that is immediately "passed through" to the owner's personal tax return, thereby avoiding the corporate ...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will revive his push for tax cuts in the 2018 session with a package intended to win support from rural lawmakers who want to focus on farmland taxes and city-dwelling conservatives who are clamoring to lower income and residential property taxes.
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Goldman Sachs says it's about to take a big hit from the massive overhaul to the U.S. tax code. The investment bank forecast that changes to American tax rules will knock $5 billion off its profit in the final quarter of 2017. Goldman said the majority of the $5 billion hit will come from a "repatriation tax," ...
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The tax reform package that recently passed through Congress has major implications for investors. The tax plan is a major piece of legislation that will directly benefit large U.S. corporations, such as those that comprise the S&P 500. There are many components of the bill, perhaps the most significant of ...
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Delaware's utility regulators should cut water and electricity rates in response to a transformative yet divisive law signed last week by President Donald Trump that slashes corporate tax rates, says Delaware Public Advocate Andrew Slater. Slater, who is charged with lobbying on behalf of Delaware ...
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Customers line up in front of the payment window in the Harford County administration building in Bel Air Friday afternoon to pay their end-of-the-year taxes, utility bills and in some cases, prepay next year's property taxes. (David Anderson/The Aegis / Baltimore Sun Media Group).
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The UK government is considering new taxes on large tech firms like Facebook and Google because of their alleged inaction against extremist groups. Ben Wallace, the UK's security minister, described tech companies as "ruthless profiteers" who were doing too little to help the government combat ...
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Linette Lopez of Business Insider and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to break down this week's economic and business news. We're already seeing the effects of the tax bill the first week after it was passed. We take a look at companies like Goldman Sachs and CitiGroup that are taking earnings hits, ...
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People hoisting a beer mug or tipping a champagne glass to ring in the New Year have an extra reason to celebrate: Congress just slashed taxes on alcohol for the first time in decades. But public-health advocates fear the effects of the Republican tax law will be dire — more drunken driving, underage ...
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One tax benefit that hasn't changed, fortunately, is our ability to use tax-advantaged accounts such as IRAs and 401(k)s to save for retirement. There are two main kinds of IRA -- the Roth IRA and the traditional IRA, with the latter shrinking your current taxable income and giving you an upfront tax break, ...
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Elementary students practice with ukeleles purchased this fall through a grant from the Albany Public Schools Foundation. The nonprofit is among those concerned that private donations may shrink under the nation's new tax code. Photo provided by Aimee Addison. Facebook · Twitter · Email; Print ...
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WATERLOO — A slow-growing tax base will provide little new revenue for local government budgets next year. ... The county actually saw more assessed growth than was reflected in the tax base due to state "rollback" orders cutting the percentage of residential and multi-residential values available for ...
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The tax reform act comes as a double-edged sword for farmers, with both benefits and drawbacks, according to a recent report from Farm Credit East. The report, "What the New Tax Law Means for Northeast Agriculture," was published Wednesday and discusses how the tax reform, which President ...
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Congressional and other analysts have indicated that a majority of taxpayers will see at least some lowering of federal taxes initially as a result of the new law. The analyses also show that long-term tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations will be greater than tax cuts for lower-income individuals.
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"If I were king for a day, this tax bill would have looked different. I thought we probably went too far on (helping) corporations," Rubio said. "By and large, you're going to see a lot of these multinationals buy back shares to drive up the price. Some of them will be forced, because they're sitting on historic ...
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Also, one of the few individual tax changes that the bill makes permanent could prove to be one of the most costly. And it's also one of the least understood changes in the bill. Instead of defining inflation with the consumer price index, or CPI, as has long been the case, the bill switches to a metric called ...
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ALBANY - New York is running a taxpayer-funded ad this week encouraging residents to consider prepaying their taxes before a new federal tax law takes effect in 2018. The television and digital ad is funded through the state's economic development arm, Empire State Development, and urges New ...
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Career site Zippia provided us with data breaking down how different occupations fare under the finalized tax plan. Business Insider decided to look into how the new plan will affect tech workers in particular. The estimated federal tax savings below are for a single, childless taxpayer who owns a house ...
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Upstate charities and churches are bracing for a possible hit to giving thanks to changes in the nation's tax code this coming year, but they say the reasons behind giving have always been about more than a tax deduction. A July study from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy found ...
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Washington Post reporter James Hohmann got an earful from Democrats on Wednesday after he suggested in his Daily 202 newsletter that the Republican tax bill, which awaits President Donald Trump's signature, is likely to become popular next year. "In the two-and-a-half years I've been writing the ...
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KEMHA, Texas - Kemah Police said they've arrested one of two suspects accused of robbing a tax preparation business and using zip ties to hold the owner, his girlfriend and 14-year-old son, who has special needs. Investigators said around 4 p.m. on Dec. 26, two men entered the E-Z Tax Services on ...
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Charities say they're receiving a rush of donations this month ahead of a change to the tax system, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Some nonprofits and experts fear the new GOP tax plan could lead to a drop in giving once it's implemented. The standard tax deduction for both individuals and ...
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Woods is the Deputy Tax Receiver at the Plattsburgh Town Offices. Tax receivers around the country have been flooded with people trying to save any money they can on their income taxes. That's because, starting next year, under the newly signed GOP tax bill, things will be different. "If they paid it in ...
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Orange County property owners are rushing to pay their 2018 property tax bill before this year ends to save an income-tax benefit that could be trimmed by recent legislation. Orange County Treasurer Shari Freidenrich reports that as of Thursday, Dec. 28, her office collected second installment payments ...
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State Commonwealth Court dismissed an appeal by Scranton in a lawsuit claiming the city violates a tax cap by tens of millions of dollars. The one-page Commonwealth Court order, issued Thursday, means the case goes back to Lackawanna County Court, said John McGovern, attorney for the plaintiffs ...
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The $1.4 trillion tax bill -- officially called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act -- passed the House of Representatives on Dec.20 by a 224 to 201 vote. The bill passed the Senate, 51 to 48 votes. No Democrats voted for the bill in either house. The new tax code will affect your 2019 filing for your income beginning ...
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He made his 2018 donation last week in order to deduct the contribution from his 2017 taxes — which he said allows him to finance other donations toward causes he cares about — as well as to capture bonus priority points that the athletic department uses in allotting tickets to NCAA championships ...
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"In this new tax bill, the standard deduction is higher, and therefore more people may be eligible to reduce their taxable income to get to a lower tax rate," said Choder. "That means that they could essentially be paying less tax because they get a higher standard deduction than they've ever had before.".
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Now that President Donald Trump has signed a major overhaul of the federal corporate and individual income tax system, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and the 29 GOP senators and 58 representatives who make up the legislative majorities are analyzing the numbers to determine how much tax relief the ...
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On its part, the income tax department may also find it difficult to figure out whether wealthy investors actually hold any bitcoins, or the income earned from these instruments. The department may also struggle to calculate the capital gains tax on bitcoins as investors have used complex investment ...
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During the past two weeks, I have seen advice like "accelerate planned 2018 charitable contributions into 2017 to take advantage of itemizing rules under current tax law." Why? It is often property tax, mortgage interest and/or state income tax, combined, that has allowed people to exceed the standard ...
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Murray's initial plan excluded "in-store prepared coffee beverages" from the tax. Then he changed his tack, asking the council to exempt milk drinks instead. The mayor's office insisted beverage syrups used by coffee shops would be taxed at the point of distribution — 1.75 cents for each ounce of ...
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Simulations made by economic policy advocacy group Action on Economic Reforms (AER) show that vehicles with a suggested retail price (SRP) above P2 million would see a reduction in selling prices with the lower tax that the so-called tax reform law imposes on them. For instance, AER projects that ...
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The stock market received a holiday gift when Republicans in Congress hammered out a corporate income-tax cut that President Donald Trump signed Dec. 22. It's a gift that could keep giving, padding already-rising corporate profit margins and adding to economic momentum in the coming year.
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The move also provided an extra treat for the employers themselves: By making the announcement before the end of the year, the companies were able to take a bigger tax deduction than they would have been able to if the payments came in the new year. That's because the corporate income tax rate is ...
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Ocoee retiree Bob Brown, a longtime nonprofit executive, made sure he gave an extra donation this week to the charitable agency he used to run — the Heart of Florida United Way. With the new federal tax law scheduled to take effect in 2018, Brown figured he'd make the most of the current incentives ...
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Tax season is rapidly approaching and it's important to do your homework before hiring a tax preparer. Unfortunately, there is no "one size fits all" tax preparer. Interviewing potential preparers is the best way to find out if they are perfect for you. In 2015, the Tax Division of the Department of Justice ...
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For the last six weeks, as they rapidly moved a tax reform package through Congress, Republicans lied through their teeth about the contents of the bill. They claimed that they were simplifying the tax code, when in fact they were making it more complicated and keeping many deductions—particularly ...
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Members of Congress are eager to again suspend the medical device tax, which takes effect Monday after a two-year pause. "I'm hopeful and confident that something will happen in the near term but disappointed that it hasn't happened yet," Rep. Jim Banks, R-3rd, said this week in a telephone ...
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This week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sought to correct the record with Kentucky news outlets after an editorial and political cartoon cast the blame on him for a new tax on a local college that prides itself on its Christian values and helping low-income students. McConnell wrote opinion ...
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The new tax overhaul bill, which was concocted in secrecy and recently rushed into law by Congressional Republicans, has triggered widespread confusion for many states as some taxpayers have lined up to prepay their property taxes a year in advance due to the new law's changes to state and local ...
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The tax plan changes that, offering 100% federal tax relief on these "supervoucher" payments; however, in 10 states, millionaires who make these donations can also claim state tax relief of up to 37% on their donations -- that means that for ever dollar a millionaire in (say) South Carolina gives to a ...
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GREEN BAY - A Green Bay alderman says the city should set concrete goals for bolstering street improvements if a proposed $15 wheel tax is enacted. "I think everybody wants to know exactly what the money is going to be used for," Alderman Chris Wery said. Wery is working with aldermen Tom ...
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Such a tax would be similar to the windfall tax imposed on excess profits of privatised utilities by the Blair government in 1997, or the levy Margaret Thatcher's government placed on banks in 1981, the newspaper said. While internet companies have taken steps to tackle child abuse online, they "don't ...
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Competitors run a practice session Friday as one of the Lancaster Event Center's indoor pavilions is converted into a one-12th mile oval for the Nebraska Kart Shootout, which continues Saturday and Sunday. The center has been exploring ways to finance an expansion that would include a coliseum ...
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WEB
Will tax cuts trigger stock boom or bust in 2018?
New look at what lies ahead for the markets after a year of massive gains and passage of tax cuts.
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Taxes
Tax payments can only be made during the months of January, February and March. The extended office hours for paying taxes during the month of January only are 8:30am to 3:30pm. Office hours for Deputy Tax Collector, Nancy Young during the months of February and March 2017 are Tuesdays and ...
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Woodbridge, NJ
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Exemptions
View various exemptions from property tax including homeowner exemption and an article from John Tuteur discusses sales and property tax implications of oak barrels.
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Why cut the corporate tax rate under full expensing?
Starting, organizing, and improving a business, figuring out the intangible organizational capital that makes it a successful competitor, creating a product and a brand name, are all crucial activities for which no investment tax credit will successfully offset a large profits tax. "Intangible capital" is about all ...
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Goldman Sachs expects $5 billion hit from tax overhaul
Two thirds of the $5 billion are due to changes in repatriation taxes, when funds are returned from overseas, according to Goldman. The remainder includes the 'effects of the implementation of the territorial tax system and the remeasurement of U.S. deferred tax assets at lower enacted corporate tax ...
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We 'Probably Went Too Far'
One of the facets of the GOP tax bill now signed into law is the tax break given to corporations, with the rate lowered from 35% to 21% . But Goldman Sachs says it won't capitalize as much as everyone thinks from the new bill, noting it will take a hit...
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Rotherham for US News, "Why the new tax break for private schools is such bad policy"
Education was mostly a sideshow in the massive tax overhaul Congress passed just before Christmas. But one marginal issue passed in the dead of night may end up playing a big role in the school choice debate going forward. Under the new law, money from 529 college savings accounts can now be ...
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Happy New Year! Also, time to pay your Capital Tax!
So the first way that you'll owe GAINS TAX is if you sold bitcoin for money, at a profit! It does NOT matter when you bought the Crypto. It only matters that you sold it in the last year. So if you bought a bitcoin 1 month ago for 8k. And sold today at 13k. You NEED to report a $5,000 on your taxable gains.
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Departments
Highway: (860) 379-1888. Recreation Department. Recreation Department. 67 Ripley Hill Road. Barkhamsted, CT 06063. (860) 379-2895. Registrars of Voters. Registrars of Voters. 67 Ripley Hill Road. Barkhamsted, CT 06063. (860) 738-4695. Tax Collector. Mail payments to Tax Collector. PO Box 195.
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Forms and Related Topics
Forms Property Tax Penalty Waiver Application for Tax Certificate for Final Recording (Condo Conversion) (pdf) Secured Escape Installment Plan.
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IRS Issues Guidance on Transition Tax on Foreign Earnings
In general, newly enacted section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes a transition tax on untaxed foreign earnings of foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies by deeming those earnings to be repatriated. Foreign earnings held in the form of cash and cash equivalents are taxed at a 15.5 percent ...
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Investing vs. Day Trading - Tax Implications
Just starting to compile all my trades to wrap up this fantastic year for 2017 US tax return. I wanted to share some things I learned along the...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA Tax Office
Visit the H&R Block tax office at 1998 MARKET ST SAN FRANCISCO, CA for tax preparation and financial services. Schedule an appointment with a tax advisor today.
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Almost Everything Is Wrong With the New Tax Law
Wall Street Journal op-ed: Almost Everything Is Wrong With the New Tax Law, by Alan S. Blinder (Princeton):. Dec. 20, 2017, should go down in political history as a day of infamy or absurdity, probably both. After passing a massive tax bill without a single Democratic vote—something highly unusual in ...
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Goldman Sachs expects to lose billions over GOP tax reform bill Fox Business
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) on Goldman Sachs announcing that they will lose $5 billion because of the GOP tax bill.
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Tax Assistance
If your income in 2017 was $54,000 or less, you can take advantage of a free tax preparation service. Volunteers at St. Andrew stand ready to assist you in preparing your Federal and State income tax returns. Returns will be prepared in the CARE Center at St. Andrew on Saturdays from February 3 to ...
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Tax Specialist
Tax Specialist in Dayton, OH | RetirementJobs.com Tax Specialist About the Company We are currently working with several municipalities in the Dayton area and North of Dayton area who are in need of temporary tax specialists. ...
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What Tax Reform Means for Your Managed Account
BY STRATEGIC ADVISERS INVESTMENT TEAM. On December 20, 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which President Trump is expected to sign. While this legislation brings forth a wide variety of changes to the US tax code, we have been focused on 2 key areas: corporate taxes, and ...
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Bernie Sanders
Earlier in the week, Sanders watched Republicans promote only the first part of his answer to CNN's Jake Tapper, after the host asked whether the legislation's changes to the standard deduction and income tax brackets amounted to "a good thing." After Sanders said yes, the Republican National ...
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Tax Management Strategies
The information in this material is not intended as tax or legal advice. Please consult legal or tax professionals for specific information regarding your individual situation. Some of this material was developed and produced by Advisor Launchpad to provide information on a topic that may be of interest.
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New tax reform 2017 calculator
It's Easy and Free to Estimate Your Next Tax Refund. Polling shows that most Americans don't expect the Republicans' overhaul to benefit them. Order right now for 2018 and any changes for the rest of 2017 are included! Payroll Withholding DLL Federal, State, Local, Social Security, Medicare, FUTA, ...
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