Small Business

Tax chiefs to contest Pompey administration

Tax authorities are to mount a legal challenge to Premier League crisis club Portsmouth’s decision to enter administration, the bottom-of-the-table side announced Monday.


The Cavalier Daily | Prepare for tax time and have your taxes …

For starters, we are talking about the income tax here, as opposed to the sales and restaurant taxes you are probably most familiar with, and the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes that you likely will not have to …


Board seeks higher tax rate in Arlington

The Arlington County Board voted unanimously Saturday to propose a tax rate of 96.5 cents per $100 of a property’s assessed value, a 10.3 percent increase over the rate now of 87.5 cents.


Tax Question Arises Over Sale of an A.I.G. Unit

American International Group ’s efforts to sell one of its biggest life insurance companies to pay back its rescue loans are snagged on a tax issue that may require a special ruling by the Internal Revenue Service , The New York Times’s Mary Williams Walsh and Michael J. de la Merced reported , citing people briefed on the matter.


Tax Bite Prevention

Tax Bite Prevention We’ve all had a chuckle at Ben Franklin’s famous quote that nothing in life is certain but death and.


Japan finmin tests waters for sales tax debate

Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said he was open to debating sales tax reform, suggesting the government may consider raising the tax to help fund its spending programs focused on supporting households.


Massachusetts: Sex Change Tax Benefits

The United States Tax Court has ruled that a Massachusetts woman should be allowed to deduct the costs of her sex-change operation in a decision that could have wide-ranging consequences.


Senate Jobs Bill to Include Tax Credit – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com

If a business hires an unemployed worker, it will be exempted from the Social Security payroll tax .


FDL News Desk » President Pushes Job Creation Tax Credit; Harkin …

In Baltimore this morning, President Obama announced his proposal for a job creation tax credit for small business, which would spend $33 billion dollars trying to encourage hiring in the small business sector, where a majority of all …


UBS Tax Ruling May Prompt Fresh U.S. Legal Battle

A Swiss court ruling that impedes the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to collect data on 4,450 UBS AG accounts may prompt the U.S. to revive a lawsuit that shaped the IRS crackdown on offshore tax evasion.