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Cong. Levin Bill (HR 2834) Proposing New §710, Treating Partnership Allocations To Investment Management Services As Ordinary Income. This bill is designed to attack REITs and large public partnerships which have some tax advantages. HR 2834 is that it would tax as...
Today’s new reported mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans hit 6.75%. This is the highest level in almost a year. Further, “sub-prime” defaults and foreclosures both are at record highs. More than 15% of“sub-prime” adjustable loans are delinquent and 3.75% are in...
Rising longer-term interest rates yielding 5.25%10-year Treasury marked the highest level in ten months. In early March, the 10-year yield was 4.5%. Because many consumer and corporate loans are tied to the 10-year Treasury, effective loan interest rates are rising....
6% growth in the first quarter signals a possible recession. The housing market in New Jersey and many states is in decline. Housing and construction businesses are hurting. Mortgage brokers are closing and real estate brokers are contracting. Moving companies are in...
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The US Supreme Court has ruled the US Tax Court is the proper court for appeals of IRS denials of interest abatements. The Court held the Court of Federal Claims did not have concurrent jurisdiction. The complete decision is Hink v. US. see: http://www.TaxEsq.com
America’s lowest-paid workers will get a $2.10 raise, if the keep their jobs, by Congress mandating an increase in the federal minimum wage. Despite the well-known harmful loss in employment by teens and the lowest skilled workers,President Bush was expected to sign...
The Internal Revenue Service announced on April 26, 2007, tax relief for New Jersey and New York taxpayers in the Presidential Disaster Area that was struck by severe storms and flooding April 14-18, 2007. The disaster area consists of the following counties: Bergen,...
Effective May 31, 2007, Intuit will no longer provide support for the 2004 versions of QuickBooks Pro, Premier and Enterprise Solutions. If you are running either of these applications, this means that your access to technical support and other business services will...
The Christian Science Monitor reports that “[s]lightly over half of all Americans – 52.6 percent – now receive significant income from government programs, according to an analysis by Gary Shilling, an economist in Springfield, N.J. That’s up from 49.4 percent in 2000...
