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Source: bnd.com - Oct 26, 2015

WASHINGTON The Obama administration is promising a smoother and more user-friendly shopping experience on HealthCare.gov when the 2016 enrollment season for marketplace health coverage begins on... Read more >

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Source: forbes.com - Sep 8, 2015

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to bring home millions of dollars of illicit money stashed abroad. Indians call undisclosed money ‘black money,’ and how much there is remains... Read more >

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Source: townhall.com - Mar 3, 2015

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed Monday that President Obama is "very interested" in the idea of raising taxes through unilateral executive action. "The president certainly has... Read more >

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Source: wbrz.com - Mar 3, 2015

BATON ROUGE - The state has started issuing state tax refunds, it announced Monday. Refunds were withheld for about two weeks so the state could more thoroughly screen tax returns in light of... Read more >

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Source: Okay, folks...electronic filing begins on 01 - Dec 30, 2014

IR-2014-119, Dec. 29, 2014 WASHINGTON -- Following the passage of the extenders legislation, the Internal Revenue Service announced today it anticipates opening the 2015 filing season as scheduled... Read more >

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Source: politico.com - Dec 19, 2014

12/17/14 5:52 PM EST The IRS will freeze hiring and stop overtime as a result of the budget cuts just passed by Congress, according to an email obtained by POLITICO. IRS Commissioner John... Read more >

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Source: nola.com - Sep 10, 2014

New Orleans has the 14th best climate for Hispanic entrepreneurs, according to a study by the WalletHub personal finance website. Baton Rouge ranked 9th. The report used data from the Census, U.S.... Read more >

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Source: nola.com - Sep 10, 2014

The group that says it started the first angel fund for investing in upstart businesses in Southeast Louisiana has announced it will launch a second campaign to continue backing early stage... Read more >

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Source: forbes.com - Sep 10, 2014

How marvelous is tax-deferred investing! That is the selling pitch with tax-deferred annuities. Your assets expand under the protection of a tax shelter. You owe tax when you eventually pull the... Read more >

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Source: variety.com - Sep 4, 2014

The sun may be setting soon on North Carolina as a site for movie and TV production. But its loss will likely be Georgia’s and Louisiana’s gain. On Aug. 20, North Carolina lawmakers decided to... Read more >

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Source: nola.com - Sep 4, 2014

A presentation on how best to organize governing boards for family-owned businesses takes place at Tulane University on Sept. 12. The Tulane Family Business Center is hosting a speaker, JoAnne... Read more >

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Source: washingtonpost.com - Aug 28, 2014

Having gone through tax season not that long ago, you may not want to face any issues related to your tax situation until next year. But some of you may need to do some tax planning now... Read more >

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Source: foxnews.com - Aug 28, 2014

Californians already pay the nation's second highest gas tax at 68 cents a gallon -- and now it will go up again in January to pay for a first-in-the-nation climate change law. "I didn't know... Read more >

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Source: usatoday.com - Aug 25, 2014

Burger King is working on a whopper of a business deal. The burger chain is in talks with Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons about merging, a plan that, if accomplished, would create the... Read more >

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Source: nola.com - Aug 19, 2014

GONZALES (AP) — Knowledge is power — and, in Ascension Parish, it apparently also means a lot more tax revenue for local government. With a trove of new data collected earlier this year... Read more >

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