- 8 years ago Sticky: Welcome to t/tax! Come and introduce yourself.
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Why it makes sense to file your 2013/14 self-assessment tax return before Christmas
The deadline for filing your 2013/14 tax return is Friday, midnight 31 January 2015 – still 45 days away. You might feel that it is not worth worrying about now- and certainly not worth troubling your accountant about.
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The Crazy Tax Scam You've Never Heard Of
Sovereign citizens believe they don’t have to pay taxes because their name isn’t punctuated or capitalized correctly. Some of them even believe the government owes them $630,000. Sound crazy? My dad was one of them.
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Canada’s tax on tampons to stop July 1
Apparently pressured by their female MPs, the federal Conservatives go with an NDP proposal that followed decades of campaigns and an online petition.
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Cannabis church gets tax-exempt status
When it comes to living the high life, the First Church of Cannabis is on its way. The Internal Revenue Service recently notified the Indianapolis-based church that it had been granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code, which covers nonprofit organizations.
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Are You Receiving a Marriage Bonus or Penalty?
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8 Ways To Stay Out Of Legal Trouble In China
Before your US company attempts to do business in China, this is a short list of issues from ABL to start a constructive conversation. (Point 7 - local taxes - seriously keeps me up at night.)
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10 worst states in America to make a living in 2015
We all want to make a good living, but the rat race doesn't provide the same course obstacles in every state. America's status quo now includes a painfully obvious split economy. Some citizens are experiencing a rebound in prosperity, while others are dumbfounded by the use of "recovery" in headlines. Either way, location plays a major part in your personal finances.
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No, Taxation Is Not Slavery
For all his efforts over the last few years to present a less radical, less ideologically rigid form of libertarianism, now and then Rand Paul says something that reminds you that he would prefer to live in Galt’s Gulch with the other “strikers” against the “slavedrivers of collectivism.”
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Congress Attempts to Run the Government Under Norquist Rules
The Republican Congress follows certain budgetary principles that have been in place long enough that they have faded into the backdrop of the political debate and are not the subject of open debate, or even acknowledgement, but taken as a given. The rules hold that if Congress votes to cut taxes or to increase military spending, it can disregard the costs. Domestic spending, on the other hand, can only be increased if Congress “pays for it” with offsetting measures.
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TheMoneyIllusion » New York’s shamefully regressive property taxes
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Reverse Robin Hood tax policy: Shifting taxes from the rich to the poor
An article of faith in the right wing of the US is that raising taxes is always bad and lowering taxes is always good. In fact, Grover Norquist has made a good living going around getting candidates to sign a pledge that they will never raise taxes, ever, and woe to anyone who breaks such a pledge.
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Effective Policy for Reducing Inequality? The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Distribution of Income
In this paper, we examine the effect of the EITC on the employment and income of single mothers with children. We provide the first comprehensive estimates of this central safety net policy on the full distribution of after-tax and transfer income.
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America's Best Poverty-Fighting Tool May Be Even Better Than We Thought
The Earned Income Tax Credit has long been one of the wonk's favorite poverty-fighting tools. It's a tax credit available only to those who work, so it works as a powerful incentive to find employment. It also acts as a subsidy for low-paying jobs, which are often the only ones that the poor can find. And the money comes from the government, so it doesn't distort labor markets or meet resistance from employers, as the minimum wage does.
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Two Americas: Hillary Clinton and Scott Walker have utterly different visions for our future.
On Monday, if you were paying attention, you caught a glimpse of our ultrapolarized future. Specifically, you saw two speeches from two candidates on opposite ends of the ideological divide. First was Hillary Clinton’s marquee speech on the economy, in which after months of silence, she addressed a major question of her candidacy: Was she committed to the neoliberal path of her husband’s administration and her first campaign, or would she follow the progressive economic zeitgeis?
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HSBC The Bank of Tax Cheats [2015]
Reporter Richard Bilton reveals how Britain's biggest bank helped some of its wealthiest customers dodge tax and asks why these tax evaders have not been prosecuted.
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Fleecing Uncle Sam
A growing number of corporations spend more on executive compensation than federal income taxes.
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New Report Finds American Taxpayers Have Paid More Than $1B in Five Years for Police Misconduct Cases
Bad policing has cost American taxpayers more than $1 billion, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. WSJ reporters Zusha Elinson and Dan Frosch conducted an in-depth study of public records and found the cost of settling police misconduct cases has almost doubled over a five-year period.
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Raise the Gas Tax Already
The federal gas tax is, as it should be, a key source of funding for highway spending. The problem is that it hasn’t gone up since 1993. By James Surowiecki.
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Return due dates changed in highway funding bill
Starting in 2016, Partnership tax returns (1065) will be due March 15 for calendar year partnerships. Corporations returns (1120) will be due April 15.
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UberX Announces 10% Price Hike In Australia Following ATO Ruling
Amidst a landmark legal battle and ruling by the Australian Taxation Office against Uber, the ride-sharing startup has announced a price increase of 10% for UberX rides in Australia overnight.