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Louisiana has the highest sales tax rate in America
Source: nola.com - Feb 1, 2017 Sorry, Louisiana shoppers. You have the distinction of paying the highest average sales tax in America. A new report from the Tax Foundation finds Louisiana's average combined state and local... Read more > Category: General Business |
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9 Tax Mistakes You Might Be Making
Source: forbes.com - Feb 1, 2017 If you haven’t started receiving tax forms in the mail yet this year, they’re on their way. It’s time to gather your paperwork and get that tax ball rolling, so to speak. And it’s the time... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Self-employment taxes on corporate income and how to avoid them
Source: marketwatch.com - Feb 1, 2017 Recent tax court decision in Fleischer v Commissioner sustained the IRS’s action in assessing self-employment taxes against the officer of an S corporation. Does that make any sense? It does when... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Congressman to Drew Brees: 'I'll Chair Your Political Campaign ... Seriously'
Source: tmz.com - Jan 31, 2017 Drew Brees is getting some HUGE support for his possible political career -- with one of Louisiana's most powerful politicians offering to chair Drew's campaign in the state. We spoke with U.S.... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Louisiana Heart Hospital in Lacombe to close after filing for bankruptcy protection
Source: wdsu.com - Jan 31, 2017 he Louisiana Heart Hospital in Lacombe will close its doors by the end of February, hospital administration confirmed in a statement. Advertisement WDSU received several messages from viewers... Read more > Category: Louisiana |
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Markets Say Trump's Tax Reform Needs Some Love
Source: foxbusiness.com - Jan 31, 2017 Is the Trump Rally officially over? Not by a long shot, traders and investors say, unless the President continues to waffle on the very platforms that triggered the market rally in the first place:... Read more > Category: General Business |
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5 tax changes you need to know about for the 2017 filing season
Source: finance.yahoo.com - Jan 28, 2017 It’s officially tax season, but before you start tracking down receipts and filling in income boxes, there are a few changes from last year that you need to know about. Delay in getting refund... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Will you soon be able to 'live, work and play' at The Esplanade in Kenner?
Source: nola.com - Jan 28, 2017 "Live, work and play." The three words are a pet phrase of urban planners, developers and politicians. They have even started surfacing as leaders describe efforts to turn The Esplanade mall in... Read more > Category: General Business |
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What if You Forget to Put a W-2 on Your Taxes?
Source: budgeting.thenest.com - Jan 28, 2017 Each year, the Internal Revenue Service receives thousands of income tax returns that contain errors. These errors range from common mathematical mistakes to incorrect personal information. If your... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Six productions underway in Hollywood South after slow 2016
Source: wafb.com - Jan 27, 2017 Production crews are again rolling through the gates at Celtic Media with work underway on a new indie film called Starbright. It's one of six TV and movie productions currently underway in... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Tracking Trump: 6 things New Orleans needs to know
Source: nola.com - Jan 27, 2017 President Donald Trump took his first major steps toward making good on a campaign pledge to crack down on illegal immigration into the United States with the signing of two executive orders... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Claiming parents and adult kids as dependents
Source: taxprotoday.com - Jan 27, 2017 Changing national demographics may be producing a new kind of dependent: parents and adult children of middle-aged taxpayers, according to the National Association of Enrolled Agents. “If you... Read more > Category: General Business |
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La. state income tax filing begins Feb. 6
Source: kplctv.com - Jan 25, 2017 The Louisiana Department of Revenue will begin processing 2016 state individual income tax returns on Monday, Feb. 6. Louisiana File Online is the state's free web portal for individual and... Read more > Category: General Business |
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How the GOP's tax plan could hurt the value of your home
Source: aol.com - Jan 25, 2017 Until recently, the mortgage interest deduction was right up there with Social Security as a sacrosanct institution on Capitol Hill, protected by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Backed by the... Read more > Category: General Business |
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Experts: Small businesses should start 2017's tax planning now
Source: crainsdetroit.com - Jan 25, 2017 Little can be done to help small business owners get their finances straight in time for tax filings this April. However, if they haven't filed taxes yet, they can still try to maximize benefits... Read more > Category: General Business |
