TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A legislative effort to deliver property tax relief to Florida homeowners got bogged down Wednesday over differences between the House and Senate over how far the tax cutting should go. The House is pushing to cap tax increa
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday called for the return of a tax on companies to pay for cleaning toxic waste sites, riling Republicans who called it unfair for firms that do not despoil the envi
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani ruled out a tax increase Wednesday to help shore up Social Security, a slight shift in position designed to reassure anti-tax conservatives. The former New York mayor also said the be
Dear Tax Talk, I'm receiving a notice of deficiency -- waiver, Form 5564, from the IRS to pay back taxes on a called debt. The amount and account referenced in the Form 1099-C was included in our filing in 1996 and discharged in 1997. The creditor s
NEW YORK (AP) -- Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards have proposed vast policy programs costing billions of dollars. Republicans Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain and Fred Thompson have vowed to extend President Bush
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Chinese bank's bid to acquire a minority stake in Bear Stearns Cos. could prove to be the most enticing offer for the investment bank, which has been hit hard by the recent upheaval in the credit markets. China Citic Bank Corp., ow
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The public financial incentives given to computer manufacturer Dell Inc. to build a plant in Winston-Salem are legal, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, rejecting the arguments of a Republican candidate for governor who s
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- In the face of powerful union opposition, some state lawmakers are agitating to build support for legislation that would ban teacher strikes in Pennsylvania -- a move they say would end the state's distinction as a leader in t
Dear Dr. Don, My ex-husband and I lost our youngest son in an accident in the middle of our divorce. He had a small life insurance policy of $20,000, with his dad and me as beneficiaries. I've kept the money in an account in my own name. The balance
When Sports Illustrated writer Doug Looney retired to his mountain home in the foothills above Boulder, Colo., in the mid-1990s, one of his first priorities was to give something back to the University of Colorado, where his dream career began. I wa
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Developers of a coal-to-fuel plant in western North Dakota say more than a dozen similar plants are planned in the U.S. -- though no one wants to be the first to build one. "There is significant risk to being No. 1," said David
Nothing provokes anger from the business community like the prospect of new taxes. It's no surprise then that investors and businessmen in Britain are up in arms over proposed laws that would raise taxes 80% on sales of business assets and require lo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The gap between America's richest and poorest is at its widest in at least 25 years, with the wealthiest taking home a record share of the nation's income that exceeds even the previous high in 2000. According to recent data f
Dear Tax Talk: I receive royalties from an invention (software) and want to know if I am required to pay Social Security taxes on the royalties from the software sales. I am not self-employed but unemployed at this time. Do the royalties I receive q
Scenario : You are financially well-off, maybe even wealthy. You would like to make some significant gifts to people you care about. Plus, you've heard that by transferring assets during your lifetime, you can help your estate-tax bottom line. This
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