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For Small Business Week, IRS Spotlights Expanded Tax Credit for Hiring Veterans, Credit for Providing Health Care Coverage to Employees and Tax Relief
Source: irs.gov - Jun 1, 2012 Updated 5/30/2012. IR-2012-56, May 23, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is marking Small Business Week, May 20 to 26, by encouraging small business owners to check out two key tax... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Jefferson Parish businesses: check your hurricane re-entry placards
Source: nola.com - May 23, 2012 By Richard Rainey, The Times-Picayune It's that time of year again. The first named tropical storm is in the Atlantic and Gulf Coast residents are exercising their diaphragms for the collective... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Ferrari Crackdown: Italy Declaring War on Tax Cheats
Source: abcnews.go.com - May 23, 2012 By NICK SCHIFRIN (@nickschifrin) and PHOEBE NATANSON May 22, 2012 The Ferrari races through a small Italian town, accelerating around cobbled street corners. A police officer stops the car that... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Report: Jeff. Parish council’s contract selection process “uniquely vulnerable to abuse”
Source: bgr.org - May 11, 2012 May 10, 2012 By Dennis Woltering WWL-TV NEW ORLEANS — The Bureau of Governmental Research is calling for significant reforms in the Jefferson Parish government contracting process, calling the... Read more > Category: General Business |
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MAYOR LANDRIEU’S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO KICK OFF FOURTH SERIES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION SESSIONS
Source: nola.gov - May 11, 2012 NEW ORLEANS, LA—On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Office of Economic Development will host its fourth series of Business Information Sessions featuring helpful information,... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Startup business conference today at NOMA
Source: nola.com - May 3, 2012 By Jaquetta White, The Times-Picayune Launch Fest 2012, a day long conference for startup enterprises, will take place at the New Orleans Museum of Art today from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Last minute tax filers get curbside service at main post office
Source: fox8live.com - Apr 15, 2012 New Orleans, La. - Last minute tax filers will have the convenience of curbside service at the main post office in New Orleans. The deadline for filing tax returns is midnight on Monday, April... Read more > Category: General Business |
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5 signs of a lousy tax preparer
Source: money.msn.com - Apr 10, 2012 You don't always get what you pay for when you hire someone to do your taxes. Here's how to avoid the likely lemons. Taxes are hard enough without having to deal with a lousy -- or worse,... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Will BP Oil Spill Victims Pay Tax On $7.8B Settlement?
Source: forbes.com - Mar 25, 2012 The news release that BP reached a $7.8 billion settlement over its Deepwater Horizon oil spill could mean cash for many victims soon. It’s good news for BP too, although BP must still deal with... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Audit rates of millionaires nearly double
Source: money.cnn.com - Mar 25, 2012 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The more money you have, the more the IRS wants you. Millionaires were nearly twice as likely to receive a tax audit last year as they were the previous year, according to... Read more > Category: General Business |
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The U.S. Is Number One. On April 1, Japan cedes the highest corporate tax rate to America.
Source: online.wsj.com - Mar 20, 2012 April 1 is a date that every politician and business executive in America should circle on the calendar. That's when Japan cuts its corporate tax rate to 36.8% from 39.5%. The United States will... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Can't Find A Product Or Service? Start A Company
Source: huffingtonpost.com - Mar 20, 2012 Not all innovation comes from the lab. One of Forbes's newest standout billionaires is Sara Blakely, founder of undergarment sensation Spanx. As Blakely explained in a recent Marketplace interview,... Read more > Category: General Business |
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TaxMasters files for bankruptcy
Source: money.cnn.com - Mar 20, 2012 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- TaxMasters, the Houston-based firm that advertises it can help consumers facing problems with taxes, filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday. The firm, which had a prominent... Read more > Category: General Business |
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The Big Easy's Business Leap Forward New Orleans has been reborn as a tech town. Really.
Source: online.wsj.com - Mar 20, 2012 By DOUGLAS MCCOLLAM It's been 10 years, but Tim Williamson's face still registers incredulity as he recalls the conversation. He and several other young New Orleans businessmen had dreamed up... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Retailers: U.S. Department of State Issuing New Diplomatic Tax Exemption Cards
Source: dor.wa.gov - Mar 15, 2012 Larry's note: This one's from last year, but thought our retail clients might be interested. Also, follow this link to see what the new cards look like:... Read more > Category: General Business |
