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Homeowner Associations subject to Constitutional Free Speech Guarantees The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, ruled Feb. 7 that privately owned homeowner associations may be subject to free speech and other guarantees under the state’s constitution....
HR Block Sued by NY Attorney General More than half a million eager savers signed up for H&R Block’s Express IRA product in recent years, and plenty of them are probably wondering how to unravel that decision now. With its steep fees and low interest rates,...
NJ Supreme Court rules to limit rent-to-own interest rates to 30% The state Supreme Court ruled on March 15, 2006, that the rent-to-own industry is subject to the state’s 30 percent interest rate cap. Groups such as New Jersey Public Interest Research Group have...
The Supreme Court considered on March 1, 2006 whether taxpayers can challenge lucrative tax breaks that elected officials give businesses as incentives to expand or relocate. The Court’s decision in the case brought by DaimlerChrysler could have a significant effect...
Sole Proprietors 10 times More Likely to be Audited Sole proprietors, independent contractors, self-employed workers and others accounted for $68 billion in missing taxes, the IRS said, the Associated Press reported. “That is a very significant noncompliance rate,” an...
Lottery Winnings are Ordinary Income and Not Capital Gains Lottery winners cannot claim a “capital gain” when they sell off the rights to future annual payments, but instead must treat that lump sum as “ordinary income,” the 3rd Circuit has ruled, becoming the second...
Surprise! The Tax Burden is Increasing Citing the typical excuses such as rising costs in Medicaid and education which in turn led to higher spending levels and ultimately higher taxes, state taxpayer burdens rose more than 40 percent between 1994 and 2004. According...
US Supreme Court hears challeng to Ohio’s Tax Break As challenges to corporate tax breaks percolate around the country, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next month in a case involving a $280 million tax incentive plan for DaimlerChrysler’s Ohio...
On February 1st Congress passed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, intended to severely limit the ability of seniors to protect their assets and qualify for Medicaid coverage of their nursing home care. It significantly changes rules on transfers of assets, protection...
The Treasury Department issued rules on Monday requiring owners of companies based in U.S. territories to have set up shop and live there at least six months a year to benefit from corporate tax breaks amounting to up to 90 percent of profits. The rules apply to Guam,...
