Digital tax breaks advance - Baton Rouge Advocate
Two Senate bills that would give tax breaks for digital interactive media businesses passed out of a House committee Monday. Media industry representatives rallied behind Senate Bill 277, sponsored by state Sen. Ann Duplessis, D-New Orleans, which
Valley Grande will forgo Alabama tax holiday - Selam Times-Journal
The City Council here decided that the city will not participate in the 2009 Alabama Sales Tax Holiday during its meeting on Monday. Valley Grande Mayor Tom Lee cited a low amount of eligible products and the headache participation causes as reasons
How Obamacare Will Change Your Life - Spectator.org
It’s all over but the slow walking and sad singing. The old U.S. health care system is about to receive the last rites from the high priest of hope and change. All that remains are a few arrangements relating to the funeral, which is tentatively
State budget talks fail to reach accord - Memphis Commercial Appeal
JACKSON — Some State Tax Commission jobs could disappear if legislators trying to reach a budget agreement decide to spend $10 million in 2010 on a software program targeting tax cheaters. Six legislators — three senators and three House members
As Unemployment Rises, So Does Confusion on Tax Implications Act Now - PR Inside
KANSAS CITY, MO — (Marketwire) — 06/16/09 — One in 10. That is how many Americans economists predict could be unemployed by year’s end. Yet, 8 in 10 taxpayers believe they won’t have to pay taxes on unemployment benefits, according to a survey
Board ponders school tax hike - Daily News
The Putnam County school system may balance its 2009-10 budget, but only if a 0.25 mill property tax increase is enacted, board members learned in a Tuesday workshop. State lawmakers authorized the local effort tax during the 2009 legislative session
Cuts would hurt state - Monterey County Herald
LOS ANGELES — California’s economic recovery will be stymied by massive state work force cuts that could boost the unemployment rate to more than 12 percent and restrain growth even after housing markets stabilize, according to an economic forecast
Mayor says sales tax holiday needed - Tuscaloosa News
TUSCALOOSA | Despite falling tax revenues, the cities of Tuscaloosa and Northport have enacted a sales tax holiday again this year, and Tuscaloosa County appears poised to join them. ‘If there’s ever a year for a sales tax holiday, this is the one
BBC chief Sir Michael Lyons declares war on plans for licence fee - Times Online
Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust, began a fightback against plans to slice off part of the BBC’s £3.6 billion licence fee as hopes grew that the scheme could be overturned with the help of unhappy Labour MPs. The chairman’s
Our economic foundation isn’t secure - Everett Herald
According to the state’s top economist, “The freefall in the Washington economy appears to be abating.” Even with a good parachute, of course, the freefall may end with a thud. Arun Raha, head of the state economic and revenue forecast council, sees
Digital tax breaks advance - Baton Rouge Advocate
Two Senate bills that would give tax breaks for digital interactive media businesses passed out of a House committee Monday. Media industry representatives rallied behind Senate Bill 277, sponsored by state Sen. Ann Duplessis, D-New Orleans, which
Valley Grande will forgo Alabama tax holiday - Selam Times-Journal
The City Council here decided that the city will not participate in the 2009 Alabama Sales Tax Holiday during its meeting on Monday. Valley Grande Mayor Tom Lee cited a low amount of eligible products and the headache participation causes as reasons
How Obamacare Will Change Your Life - Spectator.org
It’s all over but the slow walking and sad singing. The old U.S. health care system is about to receive the last rites from the high priest of hope and change. All that remains are a few arrangements relating to the funeral, which is tentatively
State budget talks fail to reach accord - Memphis Commercial Appeal
JACKSON — Some State Tax Commission jobs could disappear if legislators trying to reach a budget agreement decide to spend $10 million in 2010 on a software program targeting tax cheaters. Six legislators — three senators and three House members
As Unemployment Rises, So Does Confusion on Tax Implications Act Now - PR Inside
KANSAS CITY, MO — (Marketwire) — 06/16/09 — One in 10. That is how many Americans economists predict could be unemployed by year’s end. Yet, 8 in 10 taxpayers believe they won’t have to pay taxes on unemployment benefits, according to a survey
Board ponders school tax hike - Daily News
The Putnam County school system may balance its 2009-10 budget, but only if a 0.25 mill property tax increase is enacted, board members learned in a Tuesday workshop. State lawmakers authorized the local effort tax during the 2009 legislative session
Cuts would hurt state - Monterey County Herald
LOS ANGELES — California’s economic recovery will be stymied by massive state work force cuts that could boost the unemployment rate to more than 12 percent and restrain growth even after housing markets stabilize, according to an economic forecast
Mayor says sales tax holiday needed - Tuscaloosa News
TUSCALOOSA | Despite falling tax revenues, the cities of Tuscaloosa and Northport have enacted a sales tax holiday again this year, and Tuscaloosa County appears poised to join them. ‘If there’s ever a year for a sales tax holiday, this is the one
BBC chief Sir Michael Lyons declares war on plans for licence fee - Times Online
Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust, began a fightback against plans to slice off part of the BBC’s £3.6 billion licence fee as hopes grew that the scheme could be overturned with the help of unhappy Labour MPs. The chairman’s
Our economic foundation isn’t secure - Everett Herald
According to the state’s top economist, “The freefall in the Washington economy appears to be abating.” Even with a good parachute, of course, the freefall may end with a thud. Arun Raha, head of the state economic and revenue forecast council, sees