Archive for October, 2009

Tax Outlook Warps Year-End Planning

Year-end tax planning advice usually boils down to this: Accelerate deductions into the current year and defer discretionary income into the next.


Greg Mankiw's Blog: Average Marginal Tax Rate

Random Observations for Students of Economics. Friday, October 30, 2009


More tax credits for college

More tax credits for college


Norway's 'Tax Porno' – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com

Norway is releasing official records showing the annual income and overall wealth of nearly all the country’s taxpayers.


Pompey exec faces tax charges, team urged to unite

Portsmouth manager Paul Hart called on everyone connected with the struggling Premier League side to unite after it emerged chief executive Peter Storrie was facing tax evasion charges.


Palin Hits Dems on 'Unsustainable Mandate', 'Cadillac Tax', and C …

ABC News’ Teddy Davis reports: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is once again weighing in on the health reform debate, this time echoing the insurance industry’s argument that the individual mandate contained in the Senate Finance bill …


Government planning tax raid on banks: report

The government is drawing up plans for a tax raid on banks that could help pay the cost of the government’s bail-out of the financial system, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.


7,500 tax dodgers apply for IRS amnesty program

Some 7,500 international tax dodgers have applied for an amnesty program that promises no jail time and reduced penalties for tax cheats who come forward, the Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday.


Tax Deadline Nears For Americans With Offshore Bank Accounts

Thursday is the deadline for Americans to come clean about the money they have hidden offshore, in places like Swiss bank accounts.


Get Tax Credits for Home Projects

The federal government is offering financial incentives in the form of tax credits to homeowners looking to make home improvements to help keep energy costs down.