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Louisiana AG urges shoppers to be mindful on Cyber Monday
Source: ksla.com - Nov 22, 2017 Right before shoppers sit at their computers waiting for the perfect holiday deal, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry advises shoppers to be mindful of the deals they take part in. Cyber... Read more > Category: General Business |
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[In the UK] Nearly three million diesel car drivers hit by new 'green' taxes
Source: telegraph.co.uk - Nov 22, 2017 early three million diesel car drivers will be hit with new "green taxes" from next year under new measures to phase out the vehicles in yesterday's Budget. The new higher taxes will affect... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Entrepreneurs: Grab these last-minute tax breaks while you still can
Source: cnbc.com - Nov 21, 2017 If you're an entrepreneur, you're running out of time to reduce your 2017 tax bill. That means it's time to whip out your receipts, review any upcoming payments and fund your retirement plans.... Read more > Category: General Business |
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LaToya Cantrell to Become New Orleans' First Female Mayor
Source: time.com - Nov 21, 2017 (NEW ORLEANS) — LaToya Cantrell, a City Council member who first gained a political following as she worked to help her hard-hit neighborhood recover from Hurricane Katrina, won a historic... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Pay As You Go, So You Won’t Owe: A Guide to Withholding, Estimated Taxes, and Ways to Avoid the Estimated Tax Penalty
Source: irs.gov - Nov 21, 2017 The IRS has seen an increasing number of taxpayers subject to estimated tax penalties, which apply when someone underpays their taxes. The number of people who paid this penalty jumped from 7.2... Read more > Category: General Business |
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New treasurer, Medicaid contracts and offshore oil: Louisiana politics today (Nov. 20)
Source: nola.com - Nov 20, 2017 ohn Schroder is Louisiana's new treasurer Former state Rep. John Schroder, R-Covington, will be Louisiana's next state treasurer, after a lopsided victory over Democrat Derrick Edwards, an... Read more > Category: General Business |
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'We're very optimistic': New Orleans retailers prepare for Black Friday, holiday shopping season
Source: theadvocate.com - Nov 20, 2017 National retail organizations are projecting consumers will spend 3.6 percent to 4 percent more this holiday shopping season than in 2016, and activity at Louisiana stores should be even better... Read more > Category: General Business |
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These 6 deductions can reduce your 2017 tax bill come April
Source: cnbc.com - Nov 20, 2017 This has been a banner financial year for just about everyone — corporate earnings and stock markets are at all-time records, millions of individuals and small-business owners have experienced... Read more > Category: General Business |
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California proposal: No kids? Then don't pay school taxes
Source: foxnews.com - Nov 16, 2017 A California man has proposed a ballot measure to exempt residents who don’t have kids in state public schools from paying the taxes to fund them. The “California Education Tax Relief Act,”... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Amazon Sellers Brood as States Come Calling for Taxes
Source: nytimes.com - Nov 16, 2017 Amazon and the tax man are back at it again. For years, the company and state governments scuffled over Amazon’s resistance to charging state sales tax, which helped keep prices low on its... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Flood insurance premiums to go up for many homeowners due to more frequent, powerful storms
Source: wafb.com - Nov 16, 2017 The House has passed legislation that will increase flood insurance premiums for many property owners to help firm up a program under stress from ever-more frequent and powerful storms. The bill's... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Airbnb touts $3 million tax collection, opponents still not buying it
Source: fox8live.com - Nov 15, 2017 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Tuesday, Airbnb announced it has collected more than $3 million in tax revenue for New Orleans since the beginning of the year, but not everyone believes the additional... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Obstacles to entrepreneurship, pay gap, reticence about self-promotion, not realizing what your brand is
Source: theadvocate.com - Nov 15, 2017 Women in Louisiana face many obstacles, the most glaring being the largest pay gaps in the country, the state's first lady, Donna Edwards, said Tuesday. "Women in Louisiana earn just 66 percent of... Read more > Category: General Business |
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The Child Tax Credit in Four Dimensions
Source: nationalreview.com - Nov 15, 2017 Last night, Senate Republicans changed their tax bill to expand the child tax credit. That’s a very good change, in my opinion, and one that makes the overall tax reform much more worth... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Louisiana gives DXC Technology major incentive deal for 2,000-job New Orleans expansion
Source: theadvocate.com - Nov 14, 2017 One of the world's biggest technology companies will open a New Orleans office early next year that will eventually employ 2,000 people, officials said Monday, calling it the single largest jobs... Read more > Category: General Business |
