IRS Move From NE Phila. to 30th St. is Proceeding
The Philadelphia office of the Internal Revenue Service is now moving thousands of employees from one service center to another. KYW’s Lynne Adkins reports that about 5,000 IRS employees are moving from five buildings on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia to the former main post office at 30th and Market Streets in West Philadelphia (above). [...]
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Good intentions can be disabling
You own a business, maybe a restaurant. You’ve got a lot to worry about. You have to make sure the food is safe and tastes good, that the place is clean and appealing, that workers are friendly and paid according to a hundred Labor Department and IRS rules. On top of that, there are rules you might have no idea about. The bathroom sinks must be a specified height. So must the doorknobs and ...
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Finance and Banking
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 ("the Act") begins sweeping reform for the U.S. financial system. It requires new and existing regulatory agencies to undertake more than 50 studies of the financial system and more than 250 instances of rulemaking.
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Doctors v. Lawyers: A New Battle Over Court Costs
As the Treasury Department considers a tax policy change that would allow trial lawyers to deduct their litigation expenses in contingency-fee cases, the American Medical Association and 90 medical organizations are urging Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to drop the proposal like a bad habit.
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Association head advises officials to skirt OPRA laws
HACKENSACK (AP) A freeholder who oversees the taxpayer-financed New Jersey Association of Counties told 22 trustees most of them elected officials they could skirt public-records laws with this advice: “Keep these documents solely in your personal possession.”
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Regulators defend actions on Lehman, Wachovia
Federal bank regulators on Wednesday defended their actions leading up to the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the purchase of Wachovia at the height of the financial crisis before members of an inquiry panel who criticized government oversight of the banks.
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U.S. regulators defend actions before Lehman collapse, Wachovia takeover
U.S. federal bank regulators on Wednesday defended their actions leading up to the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the purchase of Wachovia at the height of the financial crisis before members of an inquiry panel who criticized government oversight of the banks.
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JOHN STOSSEL: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished?
You own a business, maybe a restaurant. You've got a lot to worry about. You have to make sure the food is safe and tastes good, that the place is clean and appealing, that workers are friendly and paid according to a hundred Labor Department and IRS rules.
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A prescription for trouble?
By now, you may have heard about a provision of the new federalhealth-care reform law that could swamp businesses with paperworkstarting in 2012.
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Panel: Why was Wachovia saved, but not Lehman?
A government panel this morning delved into Wachovia’s near-collapse in 2008, questioning why Wachovia was saved when Lehman Brothers wasn’t, and whether stricter regulations could have allowed Wachovia to remain a stand-alone company.
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Ambler claims activist Hughes loaned Norman $435,000 for house
Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman has refused to discuss who helped his wife buy a $435,000 lakefront home in Arkansas, but a lawsuit by his political nemesis claims conservative activist Ralph Hughes was the source of the money.
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S.F. supe hopeful owes $20,000 in back taxes
BART board member Lynette Sweet, who is running for supervisor in San Francisco this fall, owes the federal government at least $20,000 in back taxes and penalties, records show. The Internal Revenue Service slapped a lien on Sweet's home in the Bayview after... San Francisco - Internal Revenue Service - Board of directors - Bay Area Rapid Transit - United States
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IRS plans to uncover corporations' tax-avoidance strategies
Beginning next year, the Internal Revenue Service plans to mandate that corporations also provide a brief description of their uncertain tax positions and their rationale, essentially offering a road map for its auditors.
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Mastermind behind tax evasion schemes, three others sentenced
The tax evasion scheme that led to actor Wesley Snipes' conviction resulted in prison sentences Monday for the Mount Dora mastermind and three accomplices as well as a Yankeetown dentist who was sentenced in Gainesville on Aug. 18.
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Good Intentions Gone Bad
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | You own a business, maybe a restaurant. You've got a lot to worry about. You have to make sure the food is safe and tastes good, that the place is clean and appealing, that workers are friendly and paid according to a hundred Labor Department and IRS rules.
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