Owe Back Taxes?

Burgess breaks down key issues
Earlier this month, U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX 26) spent the week in Lewisville to attend a series of town hall meetings around the region.

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Jobs benefit of $40M in RI tax breaks unknown
Businesses in Rhode Island received nearly $40 million in tax breaks during the last fiscal year, but state officials aren’t saying if those breaks resulted in new jobs being created. Rhode Island – United States – Fiscal year – Politics – Business and Economy

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Tax breaks for hiring the unemployed: Has it made a difference here?
RACINE – Society’s Assets jumped at the chance to take advantageof a new tax incentive to hire unemployed workers and has increasedhiring.

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A New Government Report Reveals the IRS Breaks Rules When Filing Tax Liens Against American Taxpayers
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – 08/09/10) – The Tax Resolution Institute believes in keeping the American taxpayer up-to-date about IRS tax news. According to a new government report, the IRS often breaks the rules when filing tax liens. The report concludes that action is needed to protect American taxpayers during the IRS tax lien process. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration …

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IRS: Tax breaks for previously employed job seekers
DALLAS – Many people may be unaware that it is possible to deduct some job search expenses on their federal tax return, though you cannot deduct such expenses if you are looking for a job for the first time.

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Missouri governor today will sign bill for $150 million in automaker tax breaks
Gov. Jay Nixon today will sign into law $150 million in tax breaks for automakers that are aimed at Ford Motor Co. ’s assembly plant in Claycomo and intended to save thousands of jobs.

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End tax breaks for billionaires
Tuesday July 13, 2010 Four facts: One: The United States is in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the 1930s. More than 16 percent of working-age Americans are unemployed or underemployed. Long-term unemployment is the highest on record. Millions of people have lost their homes, their savings and their pensions.

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Wisconsin developers get tax breaks on agricultural land in urban areas
July 09–MADISON — About half the land that gets agricultural property tax breaks in four urban areas of the state is owned by real estate or property development businesses, according to a new study that raises questions about whether the tax breaks are being used as intended.

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Congress votes to continue tax breaks for US home buyers
The US Congress has voted to extend a popular program providing tax credits of up to 8,000 dollars to first time home buyers, as the federal government tries to prop up a flagging US real estate market seen as key to the economic recovery.

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New Paltz mulls sales tax breaks for some projects
NEW PALTZ — The Town Board is reviewing whether comprehensive plan changes should ask that sales tax breaks not be allowed for commercial or industrial projects approved in conjunction with residential construction.

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