News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
THE SNP has suffered its first serious defeat on efforts to introduce the controversial 3p local income tax.
Nudge blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Some psychologists have proposed that humans suffer from an “illusion of control,” in which they overestimate their ability to control risks that may or may not have much power over. As an example, humans are more willing to bet on dice that they roll themselves than on the same dice rolled by someone else. How can [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Under increasing scrutiny for its role as a leading offshore tax haven, the country will now in limited circumstances turn over the bank records of American clients suspected of tax evasion.
icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE PCS union has warned of an increase in tax evasion if the closure of tax offices across Wales is confirmed today.
icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE PCS union has warned of an increase in tax evasion if the closure of tax offices across Wales is confirmed today.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Free tax advice for small business owners will be available on Wednesday during a live online chat sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Tax expert Thomas P. Ochsenschlager of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants will begin taking calls at 10 a.m. Small business owners can ask him questions about 2009 tax law changes and get tips on tax savings and tax mistakes to...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A Napier dairy owner who evaded paying $200,000 in taxes has repaid $165,000, Napier District Court was told today. Pakistani immigrant and Carlyle St store proprietor Farrukh Hashmi, 42, had pleaded guilty in September to nine...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Gerald Prante at the Tax Foundation blog posts this MSNBC report about a farmer worried that his cows, ahem, emissions will soon be taxed by the EPA: Given Obama’s plans for using emissions regulation to control every aspect of our economy , I don’t think taxing cow emissions is that much of a stretch. But what disappoints me is Prante’s apparent approval of taxes on emissions in general. He takes...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
PROVIDENCE — Driving your car may take on a new and larger meaning — for your wallet.To fix its crumbling roads and bridges and rescue the state’s financially challenged public transit system, a draft report made public yesterday, says the state should consider charging tolls at the state line on every interstate highway and creating a new tax for each mile a vehicle is driven. The report calls for...
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Softpedia - Latest Mac software (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Help your child learn the multiplication grid using this AIR-based application
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Free educational software that presents a floating alphabet
Madville Times (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
A request for clarification: this morning I asked whether Governor Rounds's call for tough cuts might not be better tempered by some leadership in calling for new sources of revenue, also known as tax increases. The front page headline in today's Sioux Falls paper is that Rounds is asking for a property tax increase. But Terry Woster's Q&A says the governor's proposal, to skip the usual bookkeeping...
This French Life (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
THE inheritance tax problems faced by same-sex couples registered in a civil partnership from outside France are to be raised in the European Parliament. Scottish Liberal Democrat MEP Elspeth Attwooll...
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, says he has no plans to increase taxes in response to the worse-than-expected decline in the public finances.
