Tax Credits

John Celock

Lawmakers 'Hijack' Business Bill With Abortion Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Abortion, Tax Credits, New-Hampshire-Abortion-Bill, Women's Health, New Hampshire Politics, Research and Development, New-Hampshire-Legislature, Womens Right to Know, John Lynch, Politics News

The Republican-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives Tuesday adopted a measure placing a 24-hour waiting period on abortions as part of a ...

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Tax Credit Report: 7 in 10 Small Businesses Eligible for Combined $15.4 Billion in Healthcare Tax Credits

John Arensmeyer | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Small Business, Tax Credits, Small Business America, Small Business Health Care, Obamacare, Small Business Tax Credit, Health Care, Small Business News
John Arensmeyer

The reality is, most small businesses operate within thin profit margins. And that means they're less likely than big businesses to be able to afford health coverage for their workers.

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SomeTax Preparers Are Fudging Clients' Income In Aim To Jack Up Fees

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Taxes, Tax-Preparers, Video, Tax Credits, Income Taxes, Earned Income Tax Credit, Tax Preparation, Reuters, Business News, Taxable Income, Business News

By David Cay Johnston NEW YORK, April 26 (Reuters) - Each year the Internal Revenue Service receives tax returns that ...

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Should You Adjust Your Tax Withholding?

Jason Alderman | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: W-4 Form, Personal Withholding Allowance, Estimated Taxes, Tax Credits, Tax Deductions, Tax Withholding, Tax Refund, IRS Tax Withholding Allowance, Money News
Jason Alderman

Your goal should be to receive little or no tax refund next year. Better to use that money throughout the year to pay down credit card balances or other debt, build emergency savings, beef up your retirement plan contributions or invest it.

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Why Families Are Racing To Adopt

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: National Council for Adoption, Decline in Adoption, Adopting-Children, Congress, Irs, Tax Credits, Reuters, Adoption Tax Credit, Adopting Babies, Adoption Rate, Form 8839, Adoption Tax Credit Expiring, Tax Credits for Parents, Cost of Adoption, Adoption, Money News

By Amy Feldman NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - Julie and Brett Redden are in a hurry for the paperwork to go through fo...

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Don't Forget About the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit

John Arensmeyer | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Health Care Tax Credit, Taxes, Tax Day, Small Business America, Small Business Owners, Tax Deductions, Tax Credits, Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, Small Business News
John Arensmeyer

With tax day rapidly approaching, small business owners still have a chance to cash in on a health care reform provision reserved just for them: health care tax credits.

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Tax Tips for Busy Parents

Beth Kobliner | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Taxes, Tax Tips, Tax Credits, Tax Tips for Parents, Tax Advice, Tax Deductions, Irs, Money News
Beth Kobliner

We're not supposed to toot our own horns when we give, but change that way of thinking when it's tax time. Take credit for doing good! Don't forget to count the cost of driving to and from the place you volunteer, and don't undervalue that bag of clothes you donated to Goodwill.

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Janean Chun

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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Why It's Gotten Harder For You To Fight The Tax Man

Bloomberg BusinessWeek | Elizabeth Dwoskin | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Taxes, Fighting Taxes, IRS Taxpayer Advocate, Irs, Tax Credits, Taxpayer Advocate, Internal Revenue Service, Nina Olson, Tax Day 2012, Tax Day, Taxpayers, Money News

Micah Andrews opened his first notice from the IRS a week before Christmas in 2010. He was standing in the kitchen of the house in the Atlanta suburbs...

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Are You Overpaying On Your Taxes?

Emily Cohn | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Federal Income Tax, Tax Forms, Tax Credits, Unemployment, Earned Income Tax Credit, Unemployment Taxes, Tax Day 2012, Tax Day, IRS Tax Forms, Saving Money, Tax Deductions, Video, Money News

It's tax season and chances are you're confused. We all are. The federal tax code is more than 70,000 pages or 3.7 million words long. Every year the ...

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Tax Tips: 6 Money Saving Opportunities You Shouldn't Miss

Lisa Greene-Lewis, CPA | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Taxes, Turbotax, Filing Taxes, Tax Season, Tax Deductions, Tax Tips, Turbo Tax, Money, Finance, Business News, Tax Refund, Tax Credits, Economy, Bblog-Turbotax, Business News
Lisa Greene-Lewis, CPA

Before you file your taxes, here are some simple tax tips you can't afford to miss.

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Remodeling Homeowner Incentives: A Plan to Revive the Housing Market by Replacing Mortgage Interest Deductions with Tax Credits

Bill Parks | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: US Economy, Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, Housing Market, Tax Credits, Subprime Mortgages, Joseph Stiglitz, Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Mortgage Refinancing, Business News
Bill Parks

It is time that we considered deeper, more meaningful reforms that would help existing homeowners, encourage prospective buyers and spur the construction, banking and real estate industries now and in the future.

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Five Tax Deductions You Don't Want To Miss

Lisa Greene-Lewis, CPA | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Turbotax, Taxes, Tax Tips, Filing Taxes, Bblog-Turbotax, Tax Credits, Tax Season, Turbo Tax, Tax Refund, Tax Deductions, Business News
Lisa Greene-Lewis, CPA

Before you file your taxes, here are some of the simple tax tips you don't want to miss.

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Obama To Propose Plan To Keep U.S. Jobs At Home

Reuters | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Taxes, Video, Labor Market, Tax Credits, Unemployment, President Barack Obama, Reuters, Elections 2012, Jobs, Tax Reform, The White House, Business News

* Obama promotes "insourcing" of U.S. jobs * New tax ideas likely face Republican resistance * Jobs, economy's health ar...

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To Give or Not to Give, Is That Really the Question?

Paul Ruth | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Taxes, Business Taxes, Charity, Michigan, Economy, Tax Credits, Michigan Business Tax, Charitable Donations, Detroit News
Paul Ruth

The end of the year can mean many things to many people, but for Michigan charities this year means the end of considerable tax credits for those who give to them.

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Report Pokes Holes In Republican Tax Plan

AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Taxes, Dave Camp, Video, Tax Credits, Corporate Tax Deductions, Sander Levin, Joint Committee on Taxation, Gop Tax Plan, Corporate Taxes, Republicans Corporate Taxes, Republican Tax Plan, Corporate Tax Credits, 112 Congress, Tax Deductions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- It will be hard for Republicans to attain their goal of lowering the top corporate tax rate to 25 percent if they want to pay for it sol...

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Generation WTF

Leslie Hendry | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Tax Credits, Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, Forbes Magazine, Wtf, Billionaires, Healthcare, Wealth, Quality of Life, New York News
Leslie Hendry

Occupy Wall Street is not politicizing, alienating, seeking power or trying to overthrow anything. They are simply asking for serious review to move beyond generation WTF.

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Pennsylvania Reform Plan Receives Mixed Response

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Pennsylvania Schools, Pennsylvania Public Schools, Tax Credits, Michelle Rhee, Studentsfirst, School Voucher Program, Education Tax Credits, Tom Corbett Pennsylvania, Video, Pennsylvania Education Reform, Teacher Evaluations, School Vouchers, Charter Schools, Tom Corbett, Education Reform, Pennsylvania Education Reform Plan, Tom Corbett Education Reform Plan, Pennsylvania Charter Schools, Education News

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled a four-part education reform proposal Tuesday morning that has since received mixed reactions. At a news con...

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Nonprofits Need Vets to Build the Nation

Richard Buery | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Tax Credits, Barack Obama, Nonprofit Sector, Veterans, Unemployment, Volunteering, Veterans Employment, Nonprofit Jobs, New York News
Richard Buery

Because of their commitment to positive social change and dynamic work environments, nonprofits offer veterans unique opportunities to continue their service to America, and the sector can use the support.

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What Passes for a Big Idea in Washington? Stupid Tax Tricks.

Joseph J. Thorndike | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Taxes, Tax Incentives, Unemployment, Tax Credits, Tax, Investment Tax Credit, Jobs, Taxation, Work Opportunity Tax Credit, Politics News
Joseph J. Thorndike

Two factions within the White House have offered competing foolish tax plans.

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Obama Pushing Jobs For Unemployed Military Veterans

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Taxes, Obama Veterans, Obama Jobs, Video, Tax Credits, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Monthly Jobs Report, Jobs Report, Veterans Unemployment Rate, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday proposed tax credits and training programs to help thousands of U.S. service members returning fro...

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A Tax Cut That Would Create Jobs

Samuel H. Williamson | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Jobs, Tax Credits, Long-Term Unemployment, Business News
Samuel H. Williamson

Businesses are not interested in hiring more workers except if it will increase profits. If they can save costs by employing labor-saving technologies, they will.

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Spin-Doctors Aim To Kill Small Business Healthcare Tax Credits

John Arensmeyer | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Small Businesses, Affordable Care Act, Irs, Tax Credits, Healthcare Reform, Small Business America, Healthcare, Business News
John Arensmeyer

Opponents, including groups that claim to represent small business, are taking aim at the small business tax credit in the Affordable Care Act.

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A Decade Later "New Markets" Continues to Build Opportunity in an America Left Behind

Michael A. Siegel | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Rural Communities, Bill Clinton, Tax Credits, New Markets, Urban Revitalization, Economy, Treasury Department, Private Investment, Jobs, Rural Development, The New Markets Tax Credit Coalition, Business News
Michael A. Siegel

"New Markets" encourages private investments from corporations and individuals who might never consider buying into "high-risk areas." The cost to taxpayers have created nearly 500,000 jobs at a cost of less than $12,000 each.

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Dan Froomkin

The Top 10 Tax Breaks -- And How They Help The Wealthy The Most

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Taxes, Tax Credits, Irs, Employer, Tax Expenditures, Tax Breaks, Tax Deductions, Datalab, Business News

This is the time of year when we are most aware of our tax burdens. But what we may be less aware of are all the huge tax breaks built into our system...

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