Taxes
Survey shows half of U.S. high school seniors don’t understand cost, terms of college student loans
Credit Union Survey Suggests Future College Graduates Will Face Massive Unintended Debt
Construction up 9.8% in Major California Cities
Quarter-Over-Quarter Private and Public Construction Activity Jumped 22.4%
Tax preparer, a former IRS agent, gets 24 years for defrauding clients and attempted murder
A former IRS agent who opened a tax preparation business was sentenced Friday to nearly 24 years in prison for defrauding clients out of more than $11 million and then attempting to hire a hit man to kill four of them.
Congress considering bills to protect against tax fraud and ID theft
Lawmakers renew push for legislation to prevent $5 billion tax ID fraud
Licensing Tax Preparers: It’s necessary, and it’s going to happen soon
More than half of all tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service are prepared by professionals. That’s a substantial number of returns, so it is sad to see the number of preparers who make significant errors.
$19 million in grants for SBA Resource Partners to support Hurricane Sandy small business recovery
April 11, 2013 — Small businesses rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy will get both immediate and long-term help laying a foundation for economic recovery and resiliency thanks to expanded services funded by a $19 million emergency appropriation. Small businesses can take advantage of free expanded counseling, training and technical assistance from the U.S. […]
Boy Scouts may risk loss of tax exemption in California
Some California lawmakers seeking to pressure the Boy Scouts of America to abandon its ban on openly gay members are taking a novel approach: They are threatening to strip the organization of its state tax exemption.
ID Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act proposed to protect taxpayers
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on Wednesday will delve into ways to combat one of the fastest growing scams - identity thieves claiming other people's refunds.