10Vote! Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
One for Ritchie and points left. A central tenet of public finance, however, is that the entity that has the legal obligation to pay a tax is not necessarily the one that bears the burden. For example, payroll taxes are levied on firms, but we know that they are mostly borne by workers. [...]
5Vote! PoliticalArticles.NET (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
TIP FOR The IRS: At a rally over the weekend, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Min., proposed that people should protest the health reform bill, if passed, by not paying their taxes. Overheard: “I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
7Vote! eWEEKeurope (Free subscription) | yesterday
British technology companies are calling on the government to cut taxes and provide economic incentives to encourage the growth of the IT industry and create 250,000 jobs over the next ten years. A group of companies, including Alchemy, Iris and Kewill, have drawn up a Technology Manifesto, in which they argue ...
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Freethinking Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Owing to my own good fortune, I have some experience of the advantages that the wealthy get, over the poor. From an email sent to me giving investment advice: “Consider Capital Gains at 0/18% rather than Income tax at up to 50%” Oh, you think. – but people getting involved in Capital gains take a risk, don’t [...]
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Scottish Libertarians (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following on from the previous Whyte & MacKay blog and details noted by the Scotsman regards an EU Directive, I was emailed the efforts of the Drinkers Alliance against the expected increase in Alcohol taxation. Britain is one of the highest taxed countries in Europe when it comes to alcohol and it looks like this will become yet another opportunity for the state to replenish the funds wasted,...
5Vote! Giles McNeill (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, is under strong pressure from 10 Downing Street to 'make an example' of whisky, gin and vodka drinkers when he makes his Commons statement later this month, the Drinker's Alliance claim. The debate over the plans is further evidence of the tension between Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Mr. Darling, which boiled over last week when the Chancellor said No.10 had unleashed...
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UK Politics 5Vote! The Register (Free subscription) | yesterday
You can be big and perfectly formed too, y'know UK technology firms are calling on the government to slash taxes to help create thousands of new jobs in the IT sector.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
5Vote! The Edge (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Treasury should not grieve too greatly at companies such as J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) paying early bonuses to avoid the new top income tax rate. By paying during the 2009/10 tax-year the exchequer will receive 40 per cent tax now rather than 50 per cent later, and time can be more valuable than money. For a [...]
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Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | yesterday
It was every businessperson's nightmare. Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. "They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending," says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff. The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered to Zeff's on-site manager showed the amount of money owed...
3Vote! Sify (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Missouri tax officials are warning people who live in rented housing that they do not qualify for a tax break unless their landlords pay property taxes.
3Vote! Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Eileen Ambrose -- Personal Finance T he tax deadline is a month away, and the Internal Revenue Service wants you to know that it's going to lighten up.
3Vote! DISSENTING JUSTICE (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
TurboTax prepared a graphic to demonstrate the connection between federal income taxes and categories of national spending. As usual, defense spending comes out far ahead of any other category (yes -- including food stamps!). Click graphic twice to enlarge.
3Vote! Money Prophet (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
NEW YORK - Canada will not impose new taxes on banks or financial transactions and will try to convince European leaders of the folly of their proposals at the upcoming G8 and G20 near Toronto in June, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Monday.
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MooPig Wisdom (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
TAXES :: Tracking down your tax refund By Kay Bell • Bankrate.com TAX TIP No. 38 You're getting a tax refund, so you filed early. So where's your check? Well, you can stop bugging your mail carrier. There are more productive ways to track down your Internal Revenue Service cash. Now you can go online or call a special toll-free number to check your refund status, regardless of whether you're awaiting...
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carrolltrust | yesterday
Shocking new revelations surround the UK regional insolvency practioners Haslers of Loughton Essex an award winning "top forty" firm of chartered accountants who could face compulsory liquidation as a "cause and effect" victim of the firm's deep involvement in the Carroll Foundation Trust Case. The Carroll Global Corporation's world wide interests have been the victim of fraudulent accounting embezzlement
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carrolltrust | 11/03/2010
UK Government Whitehall sources close to the Carroll Foundation Trust international fraud case have confirmed that high level law enforcement officers from Scotland Yard's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) Division "in concert" with the Essex Police Organised Crime Unit are closing in on Goodman Derrick the London based law firm in Europe's longest running largest tax evasion organised crime case.
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carrolltrust | 09/03/2010
The UK Law Society firm Goodman Derrick could face compulsory liquidation as a "cause and effect" victim of the firm's deep involvement in the Carroll Foundation Trust Case. Goodman Derrick is a broadly based commercial practice who are the subject of serious ongoing criminal allegations of racketeering organized crime in Britain's longest running largest organised criminal conspiracy and corruption
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