Tax Breaks

Protestors Take On The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 15 Arrested

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.23.2012

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Just days after thousands of protesters descended on Chicago to rally against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 15 people were arrested outside ...

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Should You Expect An Audit?

The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Survey Says, Irs, IRS Audit, Small Business Tax Deductions, Audits, Small Business News and Trends, Business Expenses, Small Business Taxes, Tax Breaks, Tax Deductions, Small Business News

It may be a little late to dispensing tax advice, but often the best time to start preparing for next tax season is while the IRS is still fresh on yo...

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Most States Don't Know If Their Tax Breaks Are A Waste Of Money

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: State Tax Breaks, Tax Incentives, Video, State Budget Crisis, Business News, Tax Breaks for Businesses, Corporate Tax Breaks, Tax Breaks, Job Creation, Business News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Most states are doing a poor job tracking whether their tax breaks for businesses are actually spurring job growth, including some ...

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Big Companies Collecting State Taxes From Workers And Keeping The Money

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: General Electric, Chrysler, State Taxes, Ford, Tax Breaks, Goldman Sachs, Video, General Motors, Big Companies, Proctor and Gamble, Reuters, Business News, Corporate Tax Breaks, State-Tax-Collections, Business News

* By David Cay Johnston April 12 (Reuters) - Across the United States more than 2,700 companies are col...

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10 Ways To Cut Your Tax Bill This Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Tax Tips, Best Tax Tips, Last Minute Tax Tips, Tax Credits, Tax Deductons, Barbara Weltman, Small Business News and Trends, Tax Breaks, Small Business News

There's one thing worse than that sick-in-the-gut-feeling you get paying a big tax bill: the idea that you left money on the table. And yet many small...

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There's Money in Your Home Office! Here's How to Find It!

Ebong Eka | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Home Office, Taxes, Small Business, Tax Breaks, Irs, Money, Tax Deductions, Filing Taxes, Tax Season, Money News

If you're an entrepreneur or small business owner you are most likely working out of your home. Your home office can be a much-needed tax deduction.

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Apple May Get Big Tax Break If It Hires County's 'Disadvantaged'

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.04.2012

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Apple is the most valuable company in the world, but in one state, local governments are considering giving the computer giant millions in tax breaks....

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How Do The Rich Change When You Raise Their Taxes?

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.27.2012

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The rich are responsible for creating most of America's jobs. Raise their taxes and many of those jobs will disappear -- so say the rich, anyway. ...

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Senate Dems Unveil Plan To Boost Business Hiring And Investment

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.26.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday to debate a Democratic bill to kill several tax breaks taken by the five largest oil companies and use some...

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Tax Breaks Now Roughly Same Size As Federal Budget Deficit

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Capital Gains Tax, Taxes, Video, Social Security, Capital Gains Taxes, Mitt Romney, Tax Cuts, Medicare, Capital Gains, Tax Breaks, Tax Code, Business News

Take all the tax breaks in the U.S. tax code and put them together. You'll find that they add up -- and up and up. That's the conclusion of a re...

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Are You Taking Advantage Of These Tax Breaks?

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

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By Amy Feldman NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - It's too bad colleges don't offer a class in "advanced tax strategies" to all freshmen, along wi...

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Obama Speaks Against Oil Tax Breaks, Again, Some More

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.17.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pump prices on his mind, President Barack Obama says Congress should kill tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and help develop...

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Subway Riders May Be $1000 Richer

Posted 03.12.2012

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City commuters plagued by routine fare hikes may finally be receiving some well-deserved cash relief with lawmakers considering a tax break for mass ...

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For Victims Of Natural Disasters, IRS Offers Break

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Kentucky Tornado, Natural Disasters, Fema, Disaster Relief, Irs, Reuters, Kentucky, Tornadoes, Tax Breaks, Irs Tax Breaks, Money News

(The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are her own.) By Amy Feldman NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - The recent string...

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How The Wealthy Game Their Taxes

Emily Cohn | Posted 03.08.2012

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Warren Buffett's secretary pays a higher tax rate than billionaire Warren Buffett. Mitt Romney paid a 13.9 percent tax rate in 2010--lower than many m...

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Tax Breaks for Manufacturing? Do We Need Them?

Ebong Eka | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Manufacturing Tax Breaks, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union 2012, Small Business Taxes, Tax Breaks, Small Business Tax Breaks, Small Business News

A tax break that rewards American small businesses for staying at home is a tax break that matters! Now if we can only get past the rhetoric and back to the economy!

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Corporate Taxes As Percentage Of Profits Now Lowest In Decades

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.03.2012

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As a percentage of ever-growing profits, corporations are paying less in taxes than they have in decades. Thanks in part to federal tax breaks, cor...

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Spill Cleanup? Just a Cost of Doing Business?

Jackie Savitz | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Taxes, Tax Code, Congress, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Bp, Tax-Cuts, Subsidies, Tax Breaks, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Legislation, Politics, Politics News, Oil Industry, Big Oil, Hastings, Treasury, Oil, Our Oceans, BP Oil Spill, Oceans, Bill, Green News

Congress and the Administration should be doing much more in response to the Gulf Spill. But at the very least passing the Oil Spill Tax Fairness Act would be a good first step.

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The Working Families and Occupy Movement Are Winning

Amisha Patel | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Cme, Tax Breaks, Tifs, Video, Chicago News

Last night it was announced that the CME along with several other corporations would return the TIF money previously allocated for them. When has one corporation, let alone three, ever given back TIF money in Chicago? NEVER.

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Income Inequality Can Be Fought With Policies That Simultaneously Spur Growth, Report Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 01.23.2012

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Policies that boost economic growth don't necessarily accelerate income inequality -- they can actually reduce it, a group of economists from develope...

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All Jobless Benefits Received Last Year Can Be Taxed As Income

AP | By CAROLE FELDMAN | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Taxes, Turbotax, Video, Congress, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Irs, Tax Deductible, Great Recession, American Opportunity Credit, Unemployment Insurance, Jobs, Tax Breaks, Business News

-- The jobless rate is dipping, but millions of people are still out of work. And that could have implications when they file their income tax return...

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What's Next For Occupy Wall Street And The 99 Percent?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 01.21.2012

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The police raids of the past week are raising questions about the future of Occupy Wall Street. Without the Zuccotti Park encampment that was at the h...

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Tom Coburn: Feds Pay Out Billions In 'Welfare For Well-Off'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Millionaires are receiving billions in taxpayer-funded support every year that helps them pay for everything from child care to bad debt...

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WATCH: Obama Speaks On Tax Credits For Businesses That Hire Veterans

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Veteran Employment, Obama Jobs, Video, Unemployment, Military, President Barack Obama, 112th Congress, Obama Tax Breaks, American Jobs Act, Business, Obama American Jobs Act, Tax Breaks, Barack Obama 2012, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Embracing veterans, President Barack Obama on Monday urged Republicans in Congress to "put country before party" and support new wa...

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Just Say No to Corporate Greed

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Taxes, Poverty, Corporate Profits, Corporate Responsibility, Jobs, Joblessness, Corporate Social Responsibility, Tax Breaks, Corporate Taxes, Bush Tax Cuts, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Corporate America, Tax Cuts, Repatriation Tax Holiday, Corporate Greed, Business News

One solution being proposed by some of our Congressional leaders is a rehash of an old experiment: a repatriation tax holiday that would temporarily allow U.S.-based companies to bring home profits they currently hold overseas.

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