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Source: nytimes.com - Feb 8, 2013

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ Published: February 7, 2013 Jack Andrews and his wife no longer enjoy what they call date night, their once-a-month outing to the movies and a steak dinner at Logan’s... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: latimes.com - Jan 30, 2013

By STEPHEN D. FROIKIN Special to The Chicago Tribune OK. So you've decided to skip the sharp pencil routine this year and let someone else prepare your taxes. Who should it be? Aunt Millie? A CPA?... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: irs.gov - Jan 30, 2013

R-2013-10, Jan. 28, 2013 WASHINGTON — As preparations continue for the Jan. 30 opening of the 2013 filing season for most taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service announced today that processing... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: irs.gov - Jan 28, 2013

IR-2013-1, Jan. 3, 2013 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today released updated income-tax withholding tables for 2013 reflecting this week’s changes by Congress. The updated tables,... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: nola.com - Jan 23, 2013

By Mark Waller, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on January 23, 2013 at 12:08 PM, updated January 23, 2013 at 12:30 PM The Jefferson Economic Development Commission is taking applications for the... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

Source: irs.gov - Jan 23, 2013

IR-2013-6, Jan. 16, 2013 WASHINGTON — Certain owners of individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) have a limited time to make tax-free transfers to eligible charities and have them count for... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: theadvocate.com - Jan 15, 2013

BY MICHELLE MILLHOLLON Capitol news bureau January 15, 2013 As he builds his tax package, Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to keep economic development incentives in place and forego any property tax... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

Source: irs.gov - Jan 15, 2013

IR-2013-5, Jan. 15, 2013 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced a simplified option that many owners of home-based businesses and some home-based workers may use to figure... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: wdsu.com - Jan 12, 2013

Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing to eliminate Louisiana's personal and business income taxes, in exchange for higher state sales taxes and the removal of some tax breaks. Jindal's shopping the idea... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

Source: irs.gov - Jan 8, 2013

IR-2013-2, Jan. 8, 2013 WASHINGTON — Following the January tax law changes made by Congress under the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA), the Internal Revenue Service announced today it plans... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: forbes.com - Jan 8, 2013

Good things come to those who wait, right? It turns out that tax season won’t begin on January 22, 2013, after all – not that we expected as much. The Internal Revenue Service has announced... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: nationaljournal.com - Jan 2, 2013

Congress on New Year's Day approved legislation to address the year-end tax hikes and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff. The measure passed the House late on Tuesday after the Senate approved... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: foxnews.com - Jan 2, 2013

Congress gave its final approval Tuesday to a bill halting massive tax hikes and delaying a risky round of spending cuts, sending the package to the president’s desk and likely averting for now... Read more >

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Source: cnn.com - Jan 1, 2013

(CNN) -- If a Senate deal to avert the fiscal cliff becomes law, all but a sliver of the U.S. population will avoid higher tax rates, some key issues will be put off for two months, and all sides... Read more >

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Source: evangelinetoday.com - Dec 26, 2012

The Evangeline Parish Tax Commission again discussed a possible state takeover of local sales tax collections, during its monthly meeting on December 19. The commissioners discussed the matter... Read more >

Category: General Business