Direct Taxation

Comparison Of Democratic Health Care Bills

A Comparison Of Senate, House Democratic Health Care Bills (AP) A comparison of the health care bills before Congress: The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): WHO'S COVERED: About 94 percent of...

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Tim Eyman's failure, a success for state finances?

Legislators shaking in their boots? Thank you Prof. James N. Gregory for your informational commentary on Tim Eyman [“Rejection of Eyman empowers reform of state’s finances,” Opinion, guest commentary, Nov. 18]. I had no idea...

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Higher Taxes than France... doesn't sound like a good idea

Since the Health Care debate began a couple of months ago, we realised that Democrats have a lot of talent and imagination when it comes to creating new taxes. Currently, the top federal tax rate is 35%. In addition, the House...

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Harrison educating landlords about apartment inspections

By Tom Yerace, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Saturday, November 21, 2009 Harrison Township landlords must have units inspected before each rental by township Zoning Officer Joe Marino. "What I am looking to do is to try to enlighten...

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Preemptive Rebuttal on Property Taxes

Yes, the common advice is simply to ignore NEA-RI Assistant Executive Director Pat Crowley, and for psychological purposes, that is certainly an attractive approach. Its problem is that it's in Crowley's nature to rush to...

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Lawmakers discuss tax caps, welfare privatization

Voters will likely have a chance next year to decide if they want the Indiana constitution to place limits on the collection of property taxes. That was the forecast given by several state lawmakers who spoke at a “Meet Your...

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Tax bad debts rocket as recession bites

The amount of unpaid tax which is being written off by the Government has rocketed to over £11 billion this year while tax revenues plummet because of the recession. By Melissa Kite, Deputy Political Editor Lord Myners said 90...

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Tax-free rental income 'should double'

Householders ought to get extra help from the taxman when they take in lodgers, according to a new campaign group that is pushing to more than double the income that can be received tax-free when you let a room in your home.

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RJD reviews tax collection, utilisation of TFC funds

MCE lagging behind in collecting vacant land tax and property tax, he says ‘Funds likely to be lapsed if they fail to utilise before the end of current fiscal’ ELURU: The lack of coordination in higher echelons of the Municipal...

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Alan Scott: A silly time to get too clever with your tax strategy

In New Zealand, the gap between the top personal tax rate (38 per cent) and the lower/middle personal tax rates - as well as the company rate of 30 per cent and the trust rate of 33 per cent - continues to make structuring and...

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