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Source: marketwatch.com - Aug 1, 2017

Maybe taxpayers just aren’t scared enough. Companies are more likely to comply with tax laws when they are reminded how likely they are to be audited, according to a new working paper from... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: losangeles.cbslocal.com - Aug 1, 2017

It’s exciting when you’ve decided the time is right to turn a side gig into a full-time job. However, plenty of big questions loom if this is your first foray into small business ownership.... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: nola.com - Jul 28, 2017

LONDON -- Scrambling to combat a growing air pollution crisis, Great Britain has announced that sales of new diesel and gasoline cars will reach the end of the road by 2040. It's the latest step in... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: nola.com - Jul 28, 2017

Checks are to be mailed Monday (July 31) to almost 125,000 east bank residents and businesses for flood damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They are part of a $20 million settlement reached in... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: wsj.com - Jul 28, 2017

If President Donald Trump sticks to what he has said, Americans earning between $149,400 and $307,900 are most likely to see an increase in their taxes as a result of tax reform. Those figures... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: adweek.com - Jul 27, 2017

While creating high-quality content is essential, it won’t do you any good if no one sees it. You have to get it to the right people—your target audience—to attract new customers. When... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: marketwatch.com - Jul 27, 2017

Say you own a vacation home that you’ve rented out most of the time and also used as your personal residence some of the time. Now you would like to unload this property and acquire another one... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: theintercept.com - Jul 27, 2017

Top White House adviser Steve Bannon is pushing for tax reform to include a new 44 percent top marginal tax rate, hitting people who earn more than $5 million a year, with the revenue paying for... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: northsidesun.com - Jul 27, 2017

New residents in the Magnolia State often get a taste of sticker shock when they have to pay for their license plates, and those costs are going up. What makes Mississippi tags so expensive is the... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: forbes.com - Jul 26, 2017

Admit it. As the battle for the future of healthcare divided our nation over the past few months, you remained squarely on the sideline. It's not that you didn't have an opinion on whether... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: theadvocate.com - Jul 26, 2017

There they go again. If not in so many words, that was the gist of a conversation with Vic Stelly, the legislator from Moss Bluff near Lake Charles who is best-known for his tax reform plan that he... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: neworleanscitybusiness.com - Jul 26, 2017

The IRS is seeing a big drop in the number of identity theft victims after the agency teamed up with tax preparers to fight the problem, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Tuesday. The number of... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: passionforsavings.com - Jul 26, 2017

Here is the Current list of Back to School Tax Free Weekend Holidays for 2017. Including Texas, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Ohio, Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and more. A lot of states... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: thehill.com - Jul 25, 2017

The business community is trying to light a fire under lawmakers and push them to pass tax reform legislation as soon as possible. The increasing pressure comes as advocates fear that the gridlock... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: forbes.com - Jul 25, 2017

The IRS can be tough on collecting income taxes, and even tougher where payroll taxes are concerned. The money is withheld from employee wages, and is supposed to be paid over to the IRS. If the... Read more >

Category: General Business