The Marketplace Fairness Act

The Marketplace Fairness Act

One of the many perks of online shopping, the lack of online sales tax, may soon be a thing of the past as the Marketplace Fairness Act, an official Senate Bill, is on its way to the House of Representatives. As of 1992, online retailers have only been required to collect sales tax from consumers that live in the state where the online store has a “physical presence”. However, tension was slowly mounting as smaller businesses tried to keep up with the many perks the online world offered.

Retailers on the web slowly began to push … Read the rest

United Way Offers Free Tax Preparation To Qualified Earners

Free Tax Preparation To Qualified Earners

It is that time of year again; time to get out your tax documents, records, and W2s and do your taxes.  Some people dread this time of year as they know they will owe the government money.  Other people look forward to it as they know the government will be sending them a check.  Still others just do not like it at all knowing that they will need to take the time to file their taxes.

If you dread this time of year because you are confused about your taxes or need help filing … Read the rest

Microsoft May Owe Denmark A Billion Dollars

Microsoft May Owe Denmark A Billion Dollars

Throughout its known history, corporate America has not been unfamiliar with the concept of companies seeking to enhance their profits by saving on high taxes. The three giants of American IT – Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have faced the ire of several competitors and governments in their efforts to place billions of dollars in tax havens or through complex, layered acquisitions. Today, Microsoft finds itself in troubled waters with the taxation authority of Denmark who have levied a charge of over $1 billion on the technology giant in back taxes and fines.

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The Discretion of the President to Plan Cuts Under Debate

The Discretion of the President to Plan Cuts Under Debate

President Barack Obama has been pretty vocal about the effect that automatic budget cuts are going to have. These warnings are getting increasingly ominous from the President and the Congressional Republicans are preparing to counter these warnings as far as possible. Basically the Congressional Republicans are looking to aid the administration with more flexibility and that too in instituting the 85 billion dollars worth of cuts. They believe and have said that this one proposal could actually serve the vital purpose of shielding the most important programs. This should be … Read the rest

Details On Obtaining Prior Year Tax Information From The IRS

Obtaining Prior Year Tax Information

The ability to get prior year tax information from the IRS is virtually a guarantee due to the fact that the IRS is required to keep tax returns on file for seven years. As with most actions related to the IRS there is a form that is required to fill out in order to obtain prior tax information. This is Form 4506 that can be found by completing a simple form search on the IRS website. The IRS will not provide prior tax information without filling out a hard copy of Form 4506.

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U.S. tax reform – Effect of decrease in the tax code’s bias for debt

The much awaited tax reform has at last arrived to reduce the tax code’s bias for debt. As per the recent announcements, the U.S. corporate tax rate may reduce to 25% from 35%. The non-financial corporations will be allowed a deduction of nearly 65% of their gross interest expense, whereas the financial corporations will be allowed a deduction of up to 79%. Some special rules and regulations have also been implemented for the corporations who have stated a malfunction in the tax purposes.

According to various financial experts, the general strategy is to reduce the corporate tax while restraining the Read the rest