Taxes
Mortgage industry seeing highest job growth in 5 years
Mortgage employers expanded their monthly payrolls, making a significant gain over the past year. The last time mortgage staffing was this strong was during the George W. Bush administration.
Tim Cook Defends Apple’s Tax Accounting
Associated Press Video: Apple's CEO, Tim Cook is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates. (May 21)
Pennsylvania group wants elimination of property tax
They revenue-neutral legislation proposes to eliminate school property taxes and raise the state income to 4.34 percent and sales taxes to 7 percent in its place.
IRS to cancel two e-Services products used by many tax professionals
IRS canceling Disclosure Authorization of Form 2848 and Electronic Account Resolution (EAR). Tax practitioners react strongly, petition the IRS to reverse course on e-Services scale back
New Florida law speeds up foreclosure process
In the week before Florida Gov. Rick Scott's deadline to sign a bill that would speed up the state's residential mortgage foreclosure process, bank employees flooded his inbox with a form letter urging his approval.
Ohio Governor trying again on fracking tax
Ohio Governor John Kasich is trying to revive a twice-killed new severance tax on shale drilling by offering to send some of the proceeds back to 33 counties in Ohio's Appalachian region.
Health reform rules still a mystery to many small businesses
If you run a company with 50 or more full-time employees and have not done your homework on health reform, you might soon regret it.
Will privately-owned homes on Key West Naval base be subject to property tax?
The question of whether houses on military-owned land in Key West are subject to property taxes is headed to a November trial following a Monday hearing in Key West.