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Obama Touts Clean Energy in Battleground State

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Clean Energy Tax Credits, White House, 2012 Election, Obama Energy, Barack Obama Iowa, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Obama Iowa, Barack Obama 2012, Tax Credit, Barack Obama, Politics News

Despite sustained criticisms from the oil industry and his presumptive general election opponent on energy issues, President Barack Obama has, in rece...

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Knowing Which Financial Records to Save, Toss

Jason Alderman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Tax Credit, IRS Audit, Tax Deduction, Tax Forms, Personal Finances, Tax Season, Tax Paperwork, Money News

If the memory of hours spent hunting for and organizing paperwork for tax season is still fresh in your mind, maybe it's time to do some financial spring cleaning so preparing next year's taxes won't be such an ordeal.

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Beware Of Free Money

AP | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Elderly Scammed, Tax Refunds, Oklahoma Ag, Free Money, Oklahoma, Tax Fraud, Tax Credit, Tax-Scams, Money News

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Attorney General Scott Pruitt is warning Oklahomans about fraudulent tax refund schemes that involve criminals that are trying to che...

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Obama Wants To Boost Electric-Car Rebates To $10,000

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Chevy Volt, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Electric Car Credit, Tax Rebate, Electric Car Rebate, Obama Budget, Nissan Leaf, Tax Credit, Obama Budget Proposal, Business News

President Obama's proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget includes a new provision for hybrid and electric car tax credits that would broaden the program, in...

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Congressional Democrats' Advice for Obama's Jobs Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Barbara Lee, President Obama, Economy, Al Franken, John Sarbanes, Jobs, Bernie Sanders, Obama, Tax Credit, Kathy Hochul, Public Works, Mortgages, Infrastructure, Progressive Caucus, Unemployment, Mark Begich, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi, Grijalva, Green Energy, Energy, Raul Grijalva, House, New Deal, Jobs Speech, Free Trade, Congress, Democrats, Barack Obama, Advice, Transportation, Education, Payroll Tax Holiday, Chris Weigant, Jerry Nadler, Obama Speech, Harry Reid, Job Creation, Senate, Politics News

The nation is waiting to hear what President Obama is going to say tomorrow night, when he gives an address to a joint session of Congress on the subj...

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Spring Buying Sends Home Prices Up In Most Cities

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home-Price Index, S&P's Index, Homebuyers, Home Prices, High Unemployment, Economic Recovery, Corelogic, Tax Credit, Down Payment, Housing Crisis, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — Spring buying pushed home prices up for a third straight month in most major U.S. cities in June. But the housing market remains sh...

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State Assembly Extends Tax Breaks For Filming

AP | ADAM WEINTRAUB | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, California Film and Television Tax Credit Program, LA News, Tax Credit for Films, AB 1069, Tax Cuts, LA Events, Tax Breaks, California State Assembly, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tax Credit, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state Assembly voted Tuesday to extend incentives for California's entertainment industry for five more years, approvin...

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How Tax Credits Ended Up Costing Home Buyers

SmartMoney | JACK HOUGH | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Inflation Rate, Home Buyers, Housing Prices, Zillow, Congress, President Obama, Homeowners, Tax Credit, Home Value, Business News

The government's recent $8,000 cash incentive for first-time home buyers has proved even more costly for recipients than for taxpayers, according to d...

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IRS Gives $513M In Homebuyer Credits To Unqualified Taxpayers

AP | BY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Congress, Irs, Mortgage, Economic Stimulus Package, Homebuyer Tax Credit, Homebuyers, Internal Revenue Service, Inmates, Tax Reform, Taxpayers, Tax Credit, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service has paid out more than a half-billion dollars in homebuyer tax credits to people who probably didn't qualif...

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Adoptive Parents Receive Unbelievable Tax Refund

CNNMoney | Blake Ellis | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Tax Deductions, Irs, Internal Revenue Service, HR Block, Tax Preparer, Tax Refund, Tax Tips, Tax Credit, Adoption, Business News

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (CNNMoney) -- The Wards couldn't believe the news when their tax preparer called to tell them they're getting a $54,000 refund this y...

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IRS: Tax Refunds Could Be Delayed Due To Government Shutdown

Bloomberg | Richard Rubin and Steven Sloan | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: IRS Commissioner, Congress, Irs, Tax Season, Electronic Filing, Douglas Shulman, Government Shutdown, Internal Revenue Service, Tax Return, Obama Administration, Tax Credit, Tax Code, Business News

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman said the Obama administration has not decided whether the IRS would process tax returns and issu...

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Weekly Audit: GOP Plays Chicken with the Debt Ceiling

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Weekly Pulse: GOP Plays Chicken with the Debt CeilingBy Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is calling for a "big show...

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Congress: Don't Wait to Extend HIRE Act Before it Expires

Brandon Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Payroll Tax, Taxes, Unemployed, Senator, Tax Bill, Job Growth, Tax Incentive, Hiring, Jobs, Congress, Obama, Hire Act, Business, Tax Credit, Politics News

Extend the HIRE Act and make sure that one of the better incentive programs continues to encourage employers to give jobs to those who need them the most.

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Small Business Jobs Act: Real Value to Small Manufacturers

Brandon Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Tax Credit Company, Tax Incentive, Small Business Jobs Act, Tax Credit, Amt, R&D, Carryback, Tax Incentives, Small Business Advice, Alternative Minimum Tax, Domestic Manufacturing, Small Business Tax Advice, Business News

Manufacturers with revenues under $50 million should pay close attention to the Small Business Jobs Act, particularly the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax barrier regarding business tax credits.

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Let's Get Back The First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Home Buyers, Obama, 40 Percent, Tax Credit, First-Time, Bush, Impact News

The news from the National Association of Realtors for August is fairly brutal and speaks for itself: "Existing-home sales, which are completed trans...

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Home Prices Could Drop For The Next Three Years

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Thinking about buying a home? You might want to proceed cautiously. The housing market may continue to decline, potentially for at least three more ye...

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It's Time to Make R&D Tax Credit Permanent, Assure U.S. Remains World's Top Innovator

Brandon Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

It's time to put questions about the future availability of the R&D credit to rest so that companies will stop discounting its value and take full advantage of it as a key driver of innovation.

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Small Business Tax Credit Could Pay 35 Percent Of Health Care Premiums

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Irs, Small Business Health Insurance, Internal Revenue Service, Tax Credit, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Monday unveiled a tax cut for small companies that provide health insurance, but business groups gave it a...

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Five Major Reasons the Economy is Screwed

Damien Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uncle Sam, Tax Credit, Social Security, Housing, U.S. Economy, Medicare, Healthcare, Baby Boomers, Restaurants, Business News

What other the obstacles that stand in the way of prosperity? What are some reasons we will pull out of this economic mess?

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The Failure of Bipartisanship

Lawrence Mishel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Tax Credits, Charles Grassley, Tax Credit, Business News

Millions of Americans are out of work, and things aren't going to get much better for a very long time, unless the government acts boldly. The Senate "compromise" doesn't offer any real relief.

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Cut the Deficit -- Cut Military Spending

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, President Obama, Children, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, Economy, State, Ronald Reagan, National, Employment, Domestic Priority, Priorities, Poor, Tax Credit, Military Budget, Unemployment, Defense Contractors, Housing, Tanf, Security, Secretary of Defense, Sword, Tax Credits, Attack, Sacred Cow, Veterans, Education, Workers, Trillion, Biblical, Deficit Spending, Domestic Spending, Recession, Barney Frank, Bob Greenstein, Faith Community, Military, Afghanistan, Operating Budget, Military Spending, Job Creation, Politics News

To reduce a $1.6 trillion shortfall in the 2011 budget, we should cut the contracts of private defense contractors who serve their own profits.

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Designing a Good Jobs and Wage Tax "Cut"

Samuel H. Williamson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Obama, Unemployment, Tax Credit, Business News

We economists love to say that everything takes place on the margin. Now is the time to lower the relative cost of the lower paying jobs more hiring is done at this level.

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Obama's Budget, Jobs Plan Faces Early Tests In Congress

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House Budget, Jobs Plan, Congress, Obama, Tax Credit, Budget, Proposed Budget, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget outline drew bipartisan fire on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with Republicans complaining...

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More Child Care Credit Among Economic Initiatives Outlined By President Obama

cnn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Child Care Tax Credit, Economy, Middle Class, President Obama, President Obama Administration, Child Care Credit, Tax Credit, More Child Care Credit, Politics News

President Obama proposed nearly doubling the child care tax credit for middle-class families Monday, the latest administration initiative meant to rea...

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Jobs Tax Credit: Obama Revives Plan For Job Creation

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Job Stimulus, Job Creation, Obama, Tax Credit, Jobs Tax Credit, Unemployment, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's push to create jobs includes a new tax credit for small businesses that add employees, an idea that fell f...

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