Latest articles by Joan Pryde
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New House Tax Chairman Levin Will Seek His Own Path
Politics Speaker Nancy Pelosi may still run the show, but Sander Levin will wield more power over tax policy than did his predecessor on Ways and Means.
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Sooner or Later, Big Tax Hikes Inevitable
Politics It won't happen this year, not with elections coming up, but there's no other way to close the budget gap.
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A Tax Win for Downsizing Firms
Business Costs & Regulation Laid off workers also gain in a stunning district court decision.
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More Tax Breaks for Business Coming Soon
Business Costs & Regulation One year after passage of an economic stimulus bill, Congress is planning to give the economy another boost with more tax cuts.
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Health Bill Will Saddle Employers With Mountains of Paperwork
Employee Benefits Though details are still being worked out, it’s clear that the new health plan will mean a lot more administrative work -- as well as additional costs -- for companies.
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SBA to Stretch Definition Of “Small” Business
business Qualifying for Small Business Administration aid will soon be easier for thousands of companies.
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Employers Seek Benefits In Cash Balance Pensions
Employee Benefits Much maligned a few years ago, cash balance plans now have a chance to be a useful cost-cutting tool for pension plan sponsors.
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Tax Law Change Means Cash for Cos.
Business Costs & Regulation It’s Christmas in November for money losing businesses, which will see cash in their stockings, thanks to a new law OK’d by Congress.
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Excise Taxes: Is Sugar the New 'Sin'?
taxes Folks who represent the food and beverage industry are fighting an all-out war against a federal excise tax on sodas, fruit drinks, sports drinks and other sugared beverages.
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Baucus Bill: Employer Mandate in Sheep's Clothing
spending A lot has been written about how Sen.
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Stashing Cash Abroad Just Got Riskier
taxes If the IRS has its way, the term "Swiss bank account" will soon lose its cache.For decades, the availability of foreign tax havens -- which allow U.S. citizens to stash funds in overseas accounts beyond the reach of U.S. authorities -- has been a thorn in the side of the IRS.
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Is Obama Heading for "Read My Lips II"?
taxes Is a campaign promise to avoid raising taxes going to sink this president? It wouldn't be the first time.As a candidate, Obama made the now-famous pledge that married couples making less than $250,000 and single filers making less than $200,000 won't see their taxes go up on his watch.
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A Surtax on Upper Incomes? Don't Count It Out
taxes But don't dismiss the surtax just yet: It's still a live option for lawmakers struggling to figure out how to pay for overhauling the health care system.
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A National Sales Tax to Pay for Health Care?
taxes You're going to hear a lot in the coming weeks about passing a consumption tax to help foot the bill for health care reform.
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Hold Fire on Obama's Offshore Tax Proposal
taxes By proposing to rein in offshore tax havens, President Obama has the right idea for fixing a huge flaw in the way companies are taxed.But that's just the first piece of the puzzle that he'll put together this year to overhaul business taxation.At first blush -- and by measuring the high pitch and decibel level of the howls from business lobbyists -- it would be easy to conclude the proposal to crack down on offshore tax havens will have a rough time in Congress, particularly in the more pro-business Senate.
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A Small Business-Estate Tax Myth?
taxes Many staunch estate tax opponents are already lobbying to nudge that $3.5 million a bit higher.
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Wanted: Nominees With Clean Tax Returns
taxes Incredibly, the list of Obama nominees with tax troubles keeps growing.
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Tax Cuts: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
taxes Plow through the 575-odd pages of tax provisions in the stimulus bill signed this week by President Obama, and Cosmo's declaration will keep coming back to you.
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Stimulus Home-Buying Break Flunks Fairness Test
Politics Congress has stirred up a hornet's nest with a minor provision tucked away in the massive economic stimulus package that's on track to be passed this month.
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Treasury to Seniors: Drop Dead
retirement IRA owners must act quickly to take required 2008 payouts.
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