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BusinessWeek
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The candidates' opening salvos reveal widely different views. Obama calls current policy "the most fiscally irresponsible in our history"
They've parried over gas taxes (BusinessWeek.com, 4/15/08) and fixes for the housing crisis. Now, as the general e..
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MSNBC
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With two of the three presidential candidates proposing a gasoline tax “holiday,” some readers are wondering: Why can’t the government do more to cut gas prices?
If the feds can help with cutting interest rates why can't they do something that re..
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BusinessWeek
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The idea: More competition among insurers, spurred by a tax credit that helps consumers buy their own insurance, would lead to universal coverage
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), the likely Republican Presidential nominee, stayed true to GOP principles A..
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MSNBC
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Thursday it may restrict tax preparers such as H&R Block Inc and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc from offering refund loans to customers because doing so could encourage fraud.
The agency's proposal sent shares..
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Washington Post
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The most controversial tax break on Wall Street, known simply as the Carry, is not authorized by any law and was never approved by Congress.
Instead, it grew quietly over several decades, hinted at but never directly addressed in obscure court cases an..
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Yahoo News
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Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a $32 billion package of tax breaks for renewable energy that would have been financed mostly by new taxes on major oil companies.
Democrats came three votes short of overcoming a threatened GOP filibuster that wa..
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FOX News
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Chinese stocks plunged Wednesday after the government raised a tax on share trades, trying to cool a market boom amid growing concerns about a possible bubble.
The main Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 6.5 percent at 4,071.27 after hitting a record hig..
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BusinessWeek
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New York has e-tailers like Amazon collecting sales tax. Other revenue-strapped states may follow
Jennifer Kahn usually began and ended her online shopping at one site: Amazon.con (AMZN). "I didn't think about it too much," says the Manhattan executive..
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BusinessWeek
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With home buyers sitting tight, builders are hurting and crying for congressional help. But some say a tax credit may only prolong the agony
Robert Toll took time out from explaining his company's dismal earnings report on June 3 to pitch a proposal. T..
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BusinessWeek
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By forming multinational investigative teams, the IRS and other tax collectors are cracking down on evaders and giving new meaning to globalization
Government authorities from Australia to the U.S. are hunting big game together. Their prey? Wealthy tax..
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BusinessWeek
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The oil giant paid $9.3 billion, or 49% of its first-quarter gross income, in income taxes. Is that enough? Depends on who you talk to
With gas prices averaging $3.63 a gallon, consumers understandably aren't cheering Exxon Mobil's latest profit report..
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BusinessWeek
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No better time than tax day for Ancestry.com to announce it's including access to federal income tax records—dated 1862-1918—for subscribers
The year is 1865. Andrew Carnegie steps out of his carriage sporting a gold watch. At home in Carnegie's Pe..
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CNN
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A wide-ranging investigation of tax evasion by Germans stashing their money abroad has led to the recovery of about $41.2 million and has netted 163 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Speaking briefly to reporters in Bochum, Hans-Ulrich Krueck said that s..
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MSNBC
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As readers sit down to the annual brain-teaser of filing their income tax returns, this year offers a new enigma. Will I get one of these tax rebates from the government? Last week's column on the subject touched off a flood of fresh questions.
Regardi..
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MSNBC
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Now that the dust has finally settled on the announcement that the government wants to spray tax rebates at consumers to get the economy humming again, the mailbox this week was full of variations on the same question: How much will I get? Like anything i..
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MSNBC
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Pushing deficit concerns aside, Democratic and Republican leaders moved closer to agreement with the White House Wednesday night on emergency tax cuts and benefit increases to jolt the economy out of its slump, including opening new financing windows for..
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MSNBC
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U.S. homebuilders, lenders and other struggling companies could receive hefty one-time tax refunds this year and next under a provision of the economic stimulus plan percolating in Washington.
President Bush and lawmakers from both parties aim to quick..
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BusinessWeek
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A new report shows that Wal-Mart has jacked up political contributions in states where it wants to reduce its tax bill
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) has been sharply increasing political contributions in states where it is trying to cut its corporate tax bill...
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BusinessWeek
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Democrat Charles Rangel proposes elimination of the alternative minimum tax and an overhaul of corporate taxes, pitting businesses against one another
It's being called the "Mother of All Tax Bills" on Capitol Hill, and it might just set off the mother..
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Los Angeles Times
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A populist push to hike taxes on private equity firm partners is apparently petering out in the Senate, following a fierce lobbying effort by those who faced whopping tax increases under the legislation.
Influential House members remain interested in t..
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