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IRS Expands Campaign Against Identity Theft, Tax Fraud
Source: bna.com - Aug 8, 2018 Two-factor authentication for email accounts should be applied by payroll and tax professionals, who also should be vigilant in recognizing suspicious electronic correspondence, according to an... Read more > Category: General Business |
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IRS Targets Loopholes for $415 Billion Business Owner Tax Break
Source: bloomberg.com - Aug 8, 2018 The Internal Revenue Service provided some long-awaited answers for business owners hoping to dodge the limits on a juicy new tax break. The IRS’s proposed regulations make it clear that the... Read more > Category: General Business |
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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations On Section 199A Deduction For Solos & Pass-through Businesses
Source: forbes.com - Aug 8, 2018 When Congress tackled tax reform last year, the tax treatment of businesses was front and center. The new tax law permanently lowered the tax rate for corporations to 21% while rates typically... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Industrial tax breaks now come with hiring, wage criteria after OPSB vote; will city do the same?
Source: theadvocate.com - Jul 27, 2018 Industrial projects will have to meet specific hiring and wage criteria to get breaks on their school property taxes in New Orleans under rules adopted last week by the Orleans Parish School Board.... Read more > Category: General Business |
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No more tax free weekends in Louisiana
Source: myarklamiss.com - Jul 27, 2018 BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA) - Back to school shopping is right around the corner, but this year there will not be a statewide sales tax exemption. In previous years Louisiana residents have enjoyed 3... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Congress And Trump Are Spending Money And Cutting Taxes Like There Is No Tomorrow
Source: forbes.com - Jul 27, 2018 What is the difference between Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson, and President Trump and Congress? Wilson, you may recall, spent last Sunday handing out an estimated $200,000 in crisp new... Read more > Category: General Business |
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House passes repeal of medical device tax
Source: taxprotoday.com - Jul 27, 2018 The House approved a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s medical device tax, along with a bill that prohibits the IRS from rehiring any employee who was fired for misconduct. Implementation of... Read more > Category: General Business |
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The GOP tax law will make churches and nonprofits pay taxes for the first time
Source: theweek.com - Jun 26, 2018 Churches, synagogues, and other nonprofits are subject to a new 21 percent tax on some types of employee benefits (like parking, transit passes, and gym memberships) under the GOP tax reform plan,... Read more > Category: General Business |
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19 winners and losers in Louisiana's budget and tax battles
Source: nola.com - Jun 26, 2018 After over two years of gridlock, Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Legislature finally reached a consensus Sunday (June 24) on how to bring stability to the state's finances. Lawmakers... Read more > Category: General Business |
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With tax deal, stable years ahead for Louisiana's finances
Source: brproud.com - Jun 26, 2018 BATON ROUGE, La. (LOCAL 33) (FOX 44) - Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is poised this week to sign the state's longest-term revenue fix in a decade. The proposal to levy a 4.45 percent sales tax... Read more > Category: General Business |
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What You Should Know About Taxes And Student Loan Repayment
Source: forbes.com - Jun 26, 2018 Last month, borrowers across the country were pretty excited to learn that hundreds of millions of dollars in student loans were potentially eligible for student loan forgiveness. As part of the... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Postcard-size 1040 tax form to be released next week
Source: taxprotoday.com - Jun 22, 2018 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said his department will be releasing a postcard-size Form 1040 next week, fulfilling one of the promises of last December’s tax overhaul. “Next week, we will... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Make $100,000? Here's where you're likely to get the biggest tax cut
Source: money.cnn.com - Jun 22, 2018 What was true of the old tax code is still true of the new one: Two people who make the same income could still have very different federal tax bills. That same principle also applies to the... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Facebook to host digital training workshops in New Orleans in August
Source: theadvocate.com - Jun 22, 2018 Facebook plans to host three days of free local training and workshops in New Orleans in August to help small businesses, entrepreneurs and job seekers strengthen their digital skills, the social... Read more > Category: General Business |
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OPEC ministers strike deal on oil production levels
Source: cnbc.com - Jun 22, 2018 OPEC ministers and their allied partners meeting in Vienna have agreed on oil production levels starting from July. A source confirmed to CNBC that a deal has been struck, and the group will aim... Read more > Category: General Business |
