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Source: chinatopix.com - Sep 4, 2014

Louisiana Rep. Bobby Jindal (R) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Common Core program, and is using taxpayers money to pay for his legal aid for which he is... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

Source: irs.gov - Sep 4, 2014

IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2014-23, August 25, 2014 Are you, your spouse or a dependent heading off to college? If so, here’s a quick tip from the IRS: some of the costs you pay for higher education... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: nola.com - Aug 28, 2014

The low-interest loan program called the BioFund has issued more than $2 million in loans to 12 businesses that account for 135 jobs in Southeast Louisiana, said a progress report released... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

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 >

Category: General Business

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 >

Category: General Business

Source: accountingtoday.com - Aug 27, 2014

The Internal Revenue Service recovered $576 million in erroneously issued tax refunds last year thanks to outside tips provided by financial institutions and other sources such as tax preparers,... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: revenue.louisiana.gov - Aug 25, 2014

The 2014 Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday takes place Friday, September 5, through Sunday, September 7. Act 453 of the 2009 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature enacted... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

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 >

Category: General Business

Source: usatoday.com - Aug 25, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxes? Who wants to think about taxes around Labor Day? But if you count on your tax refund and you're one of the millions getting tax credits to help pay health insurance... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: newsmax.com - Aug 25, 2014

Many people who received tax credits to pay for their Obamacare coverage won't get income tax refunds or will see much smaller refunds than expected, USA Today reports. Worse still, noted George... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: nola.com - Aug 20, 2014

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center on Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 20) are watching a low pressure system near the Caribbean. The system, they said, has a high chance (60 percent) of... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

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 >

Category: General Business

Source: nola.com - Aug 19, 2014

Louisiana was one of seven states with "statistically significant" increases in unemployment last month, Governing magazine reports. Louisiana joined Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont,... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: dealbook.nytimes.com - Aug 19, 2014

For years, chief executives have complained bitterly about the United States corporate tax code, arguing that it is too complicated and that rates are too high. The issue has reached a near boiling... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: tax-news.com - Aug 15, 2014

Bloomberg BNA has issued a new study that cast doubts on the efficacy of United States tax incentives in boosting corporate capital expenditure, and pointed out the relative indifference of... Read more >

Category: General Business