All Articles Tagged As: taxes
For every $100 of taxpayer money spent on refrigerators under the federal appliance rebate program, $6 is entirely lost, say two University of Delaware economists.
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Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois economists warns.
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More than any other populace on Earth, Americans are on the move. Because of factors such as employment, climate or retirement, 14 percent of the US population bounces from place to place every year. Now, one researcher at the University of Kansas has made a vital study of how a population in perpetual motion impacts local tax bases and economies around the nation.
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The largest US subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production, according to research to be released on Friday by the Environmental Law Institute in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The study, which reviewed fossil fuel and energy subsidies for Fiscal Years 2002-2008, reveals that the lion's share of energy subsidies supported energy sources that emit high levels of greenhouse gases.
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Live in an expensive city? Think you pay too much in federal taxes? If so, a study in the current issue of the Journal of Political Economy finds that you're exactly right.
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A study of the 2001 Russian flat tax reform finds that the new tax system significantly reduced tax evasion, but did little to increase real income for taxpayers.
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 | A recent tax law change provided a tax break to the corporations by lowering their tax rate 85 percent on certain worldwide income ...> Full Article |
 | Most forms of transportation finance are regressive forms of taxation that burden the poor more than the rich ...> Full Article |
Expert explains rebate for consumers, businesses
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Passage of the national economic stimulus package and state property tax amendment helped boost Florida's consumer confidence by four points to 74 in February after last month's decline to its lowest level in 16 years, a new University of Florida study reports.
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Before you file your taxes, you may want to consider several last-minute tips before sending your W-2s to Uncle Sam by April 15.
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Just a wild guess-I bet that you don't have an estate plan in place. You should, at a minimum, have a valid will and legally designate someone to take care of your financial decisions in the event that you are later incapacitated.
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More elderly men than previously believed reduce the number of hours they work or even stop working to avoid losing Social Security benefits - a trend that has a "sizeable effect" on the U.S. labor force, according to new research from a Michigan State University economist.
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American households will receive tax rebates of up to $1,200 in the next few months, but will they really help America's slumping economy?
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