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12 tax scams you'll want to avoid As so many massive data breaches have shown, there's no way to completely protect your information from swindlers. But being aware of fraudulent schemes — especially during tax season — can minimize your bad luck. And it can protect you from IRS penalties, interest and in some cases criminal ...
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| EU reveals a digital tax plan that could penalize Google, Amazon and Facebook According to data from the European Commission, digital companies pay on average an effective tax rate of 9.5 percent — compared to 23.2 percent for traditional businesses. The proposed changes to how digital businesses are taxed could substantially increase the amount some firms have to pay in ...
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| Technology giants face European 'digital tax' blow Big technology firms face paying more tax under plans announced by the European Commission. It said companies with significant online revenues should pay a 3% tax on turnover for various online services, bringing in an estimated €5bn (£4.4bn). The proposal would affect firms such as Facebook ...
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| FedEx Increases Profit Forecast on Tax Gains, Holiday Boost The company previously said that reduced tax rates would boost earnings as much as $1 a share. The stronger outlook is based on "foreign tax benefits from our international corporate structure, the benefits from U.S. tax reform and improved operating performance," Chief Financial Officer Alan Graf said ...
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| Shoppers give two cents about proposed 7 cent plastic bag tax MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Picking plastic over paper bags could soon cost you, if a Memphis City Council member gets his way. Councilman Berlin Boyd unveiled a draft ordinance Tuesday morning that would add a seven-cent tax to plastic grocery bags in an effort to cut down on littering. "We are wanting ...
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You can still cut your 2017 tax with these retirement accounts After preparing your 2017 tax return and finding out that you still owe Uncle Sam, it's natural to feel some regret over things you could have done before the end of 2017 that could have lowered your tax bill. For example, if you contributed less than $18,000 to your employer's 401(k) retirement plan last ...
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| Digital Taxation: Commission proposes new measures to ensure that all companies pay fair tax in ... The European Commission has today proposed new rules to ensure that digital business activities are taxed in a fair and growth-friendly way in the EU. The measures would make the EU a global leader in designing tax laws fit for the modern economy and the digital age. The recent boom in digital ...
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| How will the new tax plan impact my business taxes? Now that the new tax law is in effect, many people may be wondering how it will impact their business. One of the biggest changes that the new tax law brings is undoubtedly the reduced corporate tax rate from a top rate of 35 percent to a flat rate of 21 percent. However, the new tax law brings many ...
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| Why Tech Giants May Have to Pay More Taxes in Europe The European Union is getting ready to propose an unusual new tax: a levy on the revenue (not the profit) of technology companies. Many EU countries say the tech industry isn't paying its fair share to public coffers, and the effort to crack down on tax-avoidance schemes has led to large bills delivered in ...
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| 888 assesses German business as tax issues weigh 888 Holdings PLC (888.LN) said on Tuesday that it is considering the status of its German business, after a historic tax charge in the country led to a sharp fall in its 2017 profit, despite growth in revenue and adjusted earnings. The online bookmaker said its pretax profit fell 68% to $18.8 million.
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| Company tax cut inches closer with fourth crossbench vote The Turnbull government is a step closer to winning Senate support for its politically unpopular big business tax cut, securing the vote of the newly arrived Tasmanian senator, Steve Martin, and a public commitment from big business that it will invest more over time if the measure passes the parliament.
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| Why the British soda tax might work better than any of the soda taxes that came before The great British soda tax doesn't begin for two more weeks, but some experts are already calling it a success. That's because the graduated levy, which goes into effect April 6, has prompted some of the country's largest soda-makers to slash the sugar in their beverages. Coca-Cola has changed the ...
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| Portland City Council Seeks to Offer Tax Incentives for Affordable Housing In one example, the city agreed to forgo $17,692.31 per unit per year in taxes for Sky3 Apartments, which has 39 units of affordable housing. Over the course of 10 years the forgone tax revenue adds up to more than $175,000 per unit, assuming no massive downturn in the value of property in Portland.
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| Everything you need to know about Tax Day 2018 This year, it's on April 17. It usually falls on April 15, but that day is a Sunday, and the following Monday is a holiday in the District of Columbia, pushing it back two days. While April 17 is considered "Tax Day," it's actually the last day you can file your 2017 tax return without receiving a penalty. You can ...
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| Phone scams and phishing featured in 2018's Dirty Dozen tax scams The IRS released its updated 2018 list of the top 12, or "Dirty Dozen," tax scams on Tuesday. Like last year's list, the biggest story this tax season was phishing attempts, with all types of taxpayers, businesses, and tax preparers being targeted. Another one of the Dirty Dozen that has been in the news ...
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| Chicago Democrat Survives Soda Tax Backlash To Win Election Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Tuesday survived a backlash against a soda tax she supported to win over Democrats in her primary. Preckwinkle easily defeated former Chicago Alderman Bob Fioretti, who tried to ride a wave of anger over a controversial penny-per-ounce soda tax ... Cook County Board President Preckwinkle easily wins primary despite pop tax uproar - Chicago Tribune
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| Coalition to intensify claims Labor 'robbing pensioners' with tax policy The Turnbull government will attempt to intensify political pressure on Labor over its policy to end cash rebates for excess imputation credits, citing figures suggesting 237,952 pensioners will be hit – as backroom arm-twisting continues over its unpopular tax cut for big business. The prime minister will ...
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| Federal tax changes will mean lower KU bills HENDERSON - Recent changes in federal tax law mean Kentucky Utilities customers will pay less on their bills soon. According to a press release from the Kentucky Public Service Commission, the PSC has reduced the total annual revenue of the Kentucky Utilities Co. and of Louisville Gas & Electric.
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| Buffett: Berkshire Hathaway made $29 billion from GOP tax cuts Warren Buffett released his annual letter on Saturday, in which he tells shareholders that his company, Berkshire Hathaway, made $29 billion in 2017 because of the GOP tax cuts. "Berkshire's gain in net worth during 2017 was $65.3 billion...A large portion of our gain did not come from anything we ...
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| After Carbon Tax Fails in Washington, Focus Turns to 9 Other States Earlier this year, Washington looked poised to become the first state in the nation to pass a tax on carbon pollution. Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee had made it one of his top priorities, and the state legislature looked ready to take the plunge. But last month, Inslee conceded that Senate Bill 6203 didn't have ...
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| $2 billion more for Kansas schools would 'bankrupt the state,' lawmakers say Doubling or even tripling Kansas' statewide property tax for education wouldn't be enough to pay for a $2 billion school funding increase proposed in a new study commissioned by lawmakers. The study shocked lawmakers last week when it recommended increasing funding for schools by $1.7 billion ...
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Voters come out for Sarasota school tax renewal Many of those at the polls Tuesday said they planned to support the school tax renewal. Voters were already slowly trickling into polls in Sarasota County on Tuesday morning as both Manatee and Sarasota counties held a vote for a 1-mill, local-option property tax benefiting their respective school ...
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| Snyder: To fix roads, we must hike federal gas tax LANSING — It's time to raise the federal gas tax to help fix Michigan's ravaged roads, Gov. Rick Snyder said Tuesday. Snyder, a Republican who is under fire along with state lawmakers over the sorry shape of Michigan's roads, said the state has taken steps to increase road funding and can do more, ...
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| Tax breaks cost St. Louis, school district almost $30 million in 2017 The tools, along with tax-increment financing, or TIF, have come under increased scrutiny as the city works to shore up its budget and critics question whether the incentives are always offered to projects that really need it. A 2016 report commissioned by the St. Louis Development Corp. estimated taxing ...
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| Republican tax bill derails plans of home ownership for some Bay Area residents A sign points potential buyers to a home selling on Saroni Drive in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. A new national survey shows more than a quarter of potential home buyers are delaying purchase because of changes to their finances brought on by the GOP tax bill. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay ...
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| 178-acre tax incentive area formed in Warren County The formation of the reinvestment area comes after land, including the former Peters Cartridge Factory development, was annexed by South Lebanon, as part of an agreement for the developer to get a tax abatement on this development, costing the Little Miami Schools tax revenue on developments.
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| OECD to G20: Crypto Tax Policies Need Global Clarity The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a global intergovernmental body, has called for concrete frameworks for the taxation of emerging technologies such as cryptocurrency. In a report sent to financial ministers and central bank regulators of the G20 member countries ...
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| Have a home equity loan? Here's what you need to know about your taxes Only 4.4% of borrowers correctly identified that the new tax code will hurt home-equity loan borrowers because it eliminated this deduction in a recent poll of 1,000 borrowers. And more than half of the borrowers surveyed (54%) either thought that the new tax code positively affected the treatment of ...
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| County budget pros push for more internet sales tax ALBANY — A group of county treasurers from across the state are jumping into the ongoing debate over internet sales taxes. They are urging the Republican-controlled Senate to approve a plan from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Democrats to levy sales taxes on on-line sales which are currently ...
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| BBC presenters say broadcaster badly let them down on tax HMRC is clamping down on these structures because of concerns that income tax and national insurance payments have been avoided. The issues were put in the spotlight last month when former BBC presenter Christa Ackroyd — who set up a personal service company — lost an appeal over whether ...
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| Zambia to Conduct Tax Audit of Mining Companies for Past 6 Years "We are announcing the preliminary assessment of 76.5 billion kwacha issued to a prominent mining company for misclassifying consumables and spare parts at importation for the last five years," the tax authority said, without identifying the company. "The said items were declared as mining machinery, ...
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| New tax law: Steps to cut property tax are worth effort, money after SALT cap Experts say the effort can pay off, but be prepared to invest some legwork and even some money in the pursuit of a lower tax bill. The first step is to figure out if you are likely to be affected by the $10,000 limit on SALT deductions. Homeowners whose property tax bills are close to that amount are likely to ...
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| Inmate faces charges for committing tax fraud while behind bars Investigators with the Louisiana Department of Revenue say that from 2010 to 2017, McConnell filed numerous false state income tax returns claiming an estimated $171,000 in fraudulent refunds. They say he fabricated the W-2 withholding statements that he submitted with the fraudulent returns. Former federal inmate arrested Friday in alleged years-long tax fraud scheme run from prison - The Advocate
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| Alabama lawmakers approve tax for Birmingham stadium The House of Representatives passed a bill to levy a 3 percent tax on auto leases and rentals in Jefferson County to help support the debt service for the project. The tax has been on the books since 2001, when it was proposed to help build a domed stadium, but has never been collected. The bill would ...
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| Trump Economist Wants to Give Rich People Another Tax Break, Without a Vote in Congress The Trump administration's new National Economic Council director, Lawrence Kudlow, has a lifelong monomaniacal obsession with reducing taxes for the rich. Unfortunately for Kudlow and his boss, Republicans have already used up their one-per-session budget reconciliation bill, which would allow ...
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| Tax pros rate the season so far: 'Much busier, much sooner' The main impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act won't be felt on tax returns until next year – but it's already having a big impact on tax preparers. "I've been preparing taxes for 39 years and this is one of the most unusual season!" said Gail Rosen, a CPA and shareholder at Wilkin & Guttenplan, ... Three weeks after promising tax reform plan, key Kentucky lawmaker admits he 'failed' - Lexington Herald Leader
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| Zambia slaps miner First Quantum with $8 billion tax bill VANCOUVER/LUSAKA (Reuters) - Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals said on Tuesday that Zambia's tax agency had sent it a letter saying it owed 76.5 billion Zambian kwacha ($8.04 billion) in import duties, penalties and interest on consumables and spare parts. First Quantum, which owns two ...
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| China waives income tax for foreign investors trading yuan crude futures The finance ministry said foreign brokers will be exempted from paying income tax on commissions they earn from dealing in the new Shanghai crude futures. The tax exemption could help encourage foreign players to engage with the new contract, despite concerns about issues such as foreign ...
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| Tax breaks for poor neighborhoods steered to booming pockets in Detroit So critics wonder why a new federal tax incentive program – intended to benefit the poorest neighborhoods in the nation – is poised to help areas of Detroit that are doing the best. And it's not just the Motor City; state officials have also designated areas in some affluent counties in northern Michigan.
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| Legislators reach deal on Scott Walker's $100-per-child tax rebate, but Kimberly-Clark deal may ... MADISON - The Senate decides Tuesday on a $100 per child tax rebate for parents and Foxconn-style subsidies to save two Kimberly-Clark Corp. paper plants. Republicans reached a last-minute breakthrough Tuesday on the tax package. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) told ...
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| A business tax can ease Seattle's homeless crisis The Progressive Revenue Task Force, created by the Seattle City Council, last week presented its final report, recommending major new investments in deeply affordable housing and homelessness emergency response to the tune of $150 million per year – including a $75 million Employee Hours Tax ...
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| White House signals commitment to push for expanded online sales tax collections The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it participate in oral arguments in an online sales tax case being heard next month, signaling the White House's commitment to pushing for more state authority to collect sales taxes on internet purchases. "Because the United States' ...
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| When California cities blur the line between tax education and tax advocacy After Stanton residents voted to increase their own sales tax in 2016, the city's finance director crowed to his fellow municipal finance directors about his city's successful campaign. According to his article, the only thing that "went wrong" was that Stanton "didn't suppress the opposition with one-on-one ...
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| 'Beltline bill' to create self-tax district passes Senate committee Conversationally known as the "Beltline bill," the legislation would allow commercial property and apartment building owners along the Beltline to tax themselves through a special improvement district (SID). The added levy would provide an estimated $100 million for construction on upcoming trail ...
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| Schumer Pushes Infrastructure Bill, Claims Republicans Ashamed Of Tax Overhaul SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) joined elected officials and activist groups in Syracuse Monday to protest the Republican tax overhaul passed by Congress in December. Demonstrators fear the tax cuts will be paid for by cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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| Sales tax-free zone for towns south of NH? Not so fast, legislators say BOSTON -- For the fourth time in the last three legislative sessions, Lawrence Reps. Juana Matias and Frank Moran have filed a bill to exempt retailers within 10 miles of the New Hampshire border from the sales tax. The bill is a response to the cross-border economic relationship the commonwealth and ...
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| Am I Filing the Right 1040 Tax Form? With about a month left to get your taxes in, you need to know which form you'll need to file your return. Individuals can choose from three different forms that vary in complexity from the shortest and easiest 1040EZ form to the mid-level 1040A form and the catch-all full 1040 form. There are trade-offs ...
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| Kimberly-Clark tax incentive bill delayed, not dead The tax credit on jobs for Kimberly-Clark was expected to cost between $100 million and $115 million. It's modeled after incentives given for the Foxconn project in southeastern Wisconsin. The incentives bill passed the Assembly, and if it gets a vote in the Senate and passes, it would go to Gov. Walker ...
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| 'Absolutely Outrageous': NJ Homeowners Sound Off As Homestead Tax Rebate Remains Cut In Half NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Mention property taxes and most New Jersey homeowners will respond with a visceral reaction. "Oh, New Brunswick got hammered," said Regis Methven of Highland Park. "They are absolutely outrageous," said Lind Raimondi. "I live in Franklin Township, ...
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| Inmate accused of getting bogus tax refunds behind bars BATON ROUGE, La. — A man recently released from federal prison has been rearrested in Louisiana on charges he fraudulently obtained more than $171,000 in state income tax refunds, mostly while he was incarcerated. John Michael McConnell, 39, was arrested Friday on charges of theft and filing ...
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| What are the Council Tax bands and charges in the Borough? Valuation band, Value of property on 1 April 1991, Proportion (ratio) of band D charge. A, Up to £40,000, 6/9. B, £40,001 to £52,000, 7/9. C, £52,001 to £68,000, 8/9. D, £68,001 to £88,000, 9/9. E, £88,001 to £120,000, 11/9. F, £120,001 to £160,000, 13/9. G, £160,001 to £320,00, 15/9. H, Over £320,000 ...
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| Voters Narrowly Reject County Sales Tax Increase Voters in Vermilion County have rejected a proposal to raise the sales tax by one-percent on certain items. Final, unofficial figures from Tuesday's vote shows 4,464 people voted in favor of raising the sales tax, but 5,103 voted against it. Some Vermilion County school boards had said they intended to ...
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| Uh, Did the Big Tax Law Accidentally Make It Harder for MLB Teams to Like many of you, I have thoughts about the tax overhaul that was passed by Congress last year, but most of those are neither here nor there as far as baseball goes. The one part, however, that is probably a little touchy to say, but does apply to baseball, is the slapdash nature by which the final bill was ...
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| The Impossible Price of the Motherhood Tax In the workplace, even the perception that you might someday go on maternity leave makes you less likely to be promoted or paid fairly. As a woman, you may never want kids, but you'll end up paying part of the motherhood tax anyway because people do not respect, believe, or understand your choice.
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| 12 tax scams you'll want to avoid As so many massive data breaches have shown, there's no way to completely protect your information from swindlers.
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| Tax plan backed by Ricketts advanced for full debate A tax package backed by Gov. Pete Ricketts has cleared a key obstacle in the Nebraska Legislature but still faces resistance from some lawmakers. Members of the Revenue Committee voted 5-3 on Tuesday to advance the measure for debate in the full Legislature. The plan would phase in income tax ...
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| Tax Department Shuts Down Private Vermont Ski Resort ($1 Million Unpaid Taxes) The Tax Department isn't alone in trying to get whats owed by the luxury private ski resort, local contractors, the town of Wilmington, and the banks which financed the company's development around the Deerfield Valley are all seeking remuneration and the pressure is building. Berkshire Bank filed a ...
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| Update on Prop.13 Split Roll Tax Please join Senator Pat Bates, Assemblyman Bill Brough and Carolyn Cavecche of the Orange County Taxpayers Association for an update on a Proposition 13 split.
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| Rethinking Delaware's Tax Structure Rethinking Delaware's Tax Structure. By Connolly Gallagher LLP on March 20th, 2018. Posted in News | North America. State taxation has become increasingly harsh. Developments beyond the reach of governors and legislators have made the ideal of progressive taxation more elusive. Read more.
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| Drake Tax Ready to Process All Bipartisan Budget Act Extenders When the Bipartisan Budget Act was passed in February, some early filers needed to submit amended returns to take advantage of the retroactive tax extenders that were included in the legislation. The problem? The IRS and tax software companies had to first make changes to software and systems to ...
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| Stay a Step Ahead - IRS Issues New Warning About the Latest Tax Scam and More The IRS warns that the latest prevalent tax scam is a new spin on stealing a taxpayer's identity and obtaining a false refund. In this new scam the perpetrators not only file a false return, they have the refund deposited in the taxpayers own bank account! Then, posing as an IRS representative or debt ...
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| Federal Tax Reform Reaches the States As the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has rolled out at the federal level, its impacts have been felt widely in the field of state and local taxation. McDermott's Inside Salt blog has published a series of posts over the last few months addressing the different effects of the TCJA at the state level throughout the ...
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| Europe's Planned Digital Tax Heightens Tensions wi... People get riled up because of an exclusively American twist to their corporate tax rule which allows American companies to defer paying US corporate tax on foreign earnings until the money is "repatriated". This is why you never see UK, German, Japanese, etc. companies use Ireland as a tax "haven".
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| 2017 Tax Bill Impact on Charitable Giving 2017 Tax Bill Impact on Charitable Giving. March 20, 2018. Independent Sector is currently working with the Tax Policy Center and Indiana University to obtain updated estimates and real-time data that reflect the impact of the final Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Tax Policy and Charitable Giving research ...
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| 10 popular ways to save tax Investments and expenses under section 80 C allows various tax benefits, says Harjot Singh Narula | 10 popular ways to save tax.
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