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GAO finds popular tax breaks are a hazard to budget.(Tax Watch): Byline: Mark Battersby The Government Accountability Office recently said that popular tax breaks built into U.S. laws are growing and threaten to worsen an already dire long-term-budget situation. The office reportedly was hoping to inf ...; Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Inc., General Accounting Office, tax, tax break; Research articles 2005-10-03
Nearly 40-Percent of Adults Are Frustrated about Tax Season; Network Solutions Launches 'Tax Break Sweepstake' to Help Alleviate Stress Experienced by Tax Payers: HERNDON, Va. -- A recent survey conducted by Harris InteractiveR and commissioned by Network Solutions (http://www.networksolutions.com) found that 37-percent of U.S. adults indicate that frustration comes to mind when thinking about filing their taxes. No matter if you file taxes annually for your personal finances or quarterly if you have...; Tags: Network Solutions Inc., tax, tax break; Research articles 2006-03-13
Disaster grants may get tax break.(Tax Watch): Byline: Mark Battersby Recipients of some federal disaster relief funds are a step closer to not having to pay taxes on the grants, following recent congressional action. Legislation (HR 1134) intended to end the taxation of...; Tags: clinic, Internal Revenue Service, tax, tax break, taxpayer; Research articles 2005-03-28
Tax break for all is smart fix.(Viewpoint)(Column): Byline: Alair Townsend So, as everyone including this columnist predicted, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal for a $250 million property tax rebate for homeowners got jaws flapping. Albany politicians said they have other ideas on tax relief fo Byline: Alair Townsend ...; Tags: homeowner, tax, tax break; Research articles 2004-01-26
CEOs expect bigger bite as two big tax breaks end.(Taxation): Nearly half of 392 CEOs of enterprises identified as "fast-growing" anticipate corporate taxes will rise an average of 18 percent, with 46 percent of the total fearing the jump will be as high as 40 percent, according to results of a Sept Nearly half...; Tags: audit, company, Internal Revenue Service, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, tax, tax break; Research articles 2005-01-01

Hurricane Victims May Be Eligible for Tax Breaks; H&R Block Offices To Provide Free Tax And Financial Counseling: MIAMI -- Floridians affected by Hurricane Charley and/or Hurricane Frances may qualify to deduct a portion of their loss on their federal tax return. H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), the nation's largest tax services company, can advise taxpayers on the tax implications of claiming a casualty loss and will amend their...; Tags: financial, H&R Block Inc., tax, tax break; Research articles 2004-09-10
Senate bill gives head start for farm tax breaks in 2005.(TAXES): A Senate bill gives a head start for farm tax breaks in 2005. Finance Com. Chm. Chuck Grassley and ranking Democrat Max Baucus, both ag backers, have merged pet tax proposals into a bipartisan bill that includes goodies for farmers and ranchers. It w A Senate...; Tags: farmer, head start, tax, tax break, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2004-09-17
Small Business: WTC-related tax breaks available; A kinder IRS eases filing pain with a disaster relief program.(Brief Article): After 16 years of seeing patients in an office across Liberty Street from the World Trade Center, Dr. Steven Zalaznick needs an armed guard just to enter the heavily damaged building to collect his records. The optometrist is operating out of a bor After...; Tags: Internal Revenue Service, small business, tax, tax break; Research articles 2002-01-21
Tax break wins, places and shows: economic stimulus measure revives horse racing as a shelter.: The horse industry is looking for investors with a need for speed. The economic stimulus package signed by President Bush in March revived a 15-year-old tax incentive for investing in racehorses--one that the industry hopes will pull in some n ...; Tags: Internal Revenue Service, investor, tax, tax break; Research articles 2002-06-17
Tax break brings profits home, but jobs still a question.(tax benefit): Byline: Katie Merx A one-time corporate tax break designed to encourage U.S. companies to bring foreign profits home is working, but financial experts are skeptical that the job creation the act intended will occur. Jackson-based CMS Energy Corp Byline: Katie Merx...; Tags: job, tax, tax break; Research articles 2005-03-28
North: Goldman Sachs Wins Tax Break: JERSEY CITY Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the New York City-based investment banking and securities firm, last week won a $2 million tax abatement to build a second tower in the state's second largest city.; Tags: tax, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., tax break; Research articles 2007-07-23
Tax break bandwagon ready to roll: industry has wish list for GOP on Capitol Hill. (Special Report).: If the new Republican Congress' agenda is going to be, first and foremost, about tax reform, then the financial services industry wants to be on it. It will be pushing next year to make higher retirement contributions permanent and to acceler...; Tags: tax, U.S. Senate, annuity, U.S. Congress, Iowa, tax break; Research articles 2002-12-09
Bill would eliminate tax break for punitives.(News): Byline: SALLY ROBERTS WASHINGTON-Punitive damage award payments would no longer be a deductible business expense under a provision tucked away in a Senate tax bill awaiting floor action. The Jumpstart Our Business Strength Act, S.1637, which was Byline: SALLY ROBERTS ...; Tags: tax, tax break, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2004-01-05
Count on Congress to make some tax breaks permanent this year.(TAXES): Count on Congress to make some tax breaks permanent this year. Count on Congress to make some tax breaks permanent this year.; Tags: tax, tax break, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2005-01-07
Think Your Taxes Are a Joke? Here's Your Chance to Prove It! Enter Quicken.com's $10,000 'Take A Tax Break' Sweepstakes and Vote For Your Favorite Tax Joke: Business Editors; Tags: Quicken, tax, tax break; Research articles 2000-02-09
Competing bills address export issues.(News): Byline: JEFFREY SILVA With the United States facing $4 billion in retaliatory tariffs from the European Union by month's end, telecom and high-tech firms find themselves split on competing legislation to repeal tax breaks for U.S. exporters. ...; Tags: tariff, tax, tax break, telecommunications, World Trade Organization; Research articles 2003-09-15
SIA: Hold line on tax breaks.(Short Interests): Byline: Sara Hansard WASHINGTON - The Securities Industry Association of New York and Washington this year led the call for Congress to renew tax breaks for dividends and capital gains. Prompt action is needed, because investors...; Tags: dividend, Semiconductor Industry Association, tax, tax break; Research articles 2005-10-24
Morningstar Names Best, Worst 529s.: Morningstar rated the 529 state college savings plans of Colorado, Maryland and Nebraska the best in the nation based on low fees and high performance. Alabama, Alaska and Missouri offer the worst plans, according to the March 1 report. Until ...; Tags: Morningstar Inc., tax, tax break; Research articles 2007-04-01
Costco likes tax break.(BUSINESS Today): ISSAQUAH, WASH. -- Getting a big lift from a lower tax rate and a smaller tax bill, fourth quarter profits at Costco Wholesale Corp. climbed 19.5 percent, to $354.7 million from $296.8 million last year. But roughly half of the lift to...; Tags: income, tax, lift, Costco Wholesale Corp., tax break; Research articles 2005-10-10
Controversial export tax break and Congress.(TRADE): Congress won't fix a controversial export tax break this year, despite the cost to U.S. exporters, who must pay higher tariffs in Europe. The duties were imposed in retaliation for the U.S. failure to end the tax exemption for overseas sales by Ameri Congress won't fix...; Tags: tariff, tax, tax break, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2004-08-27