Bush Attacking Medical Malpractice Victims In a typical pandering to the medical profession's attempt to protect physicians who carelessly harm patients, President Bush is campaigning to stop malpractice victims from recovering for their full losses. Mr. Bush is attempting to limit damages to $250k. If a...
IRS Computer Error Rejects Tax Returns Thousands of electronically filed tax returns were initially rejected in the past few days because of a computer glitch. The problem began January 16, 2004 when the Internal Revenue Service officially opened the channels for electronic filing used by many...
SECURITY BENEFITS TO INCREASE 2.1% IN 2004 Social Security benefits will increase 2.1% next year, starting with the payments made in January. The maximum wage base for the combined employer/ee12.4% Social Secuirty tax will increase from $87,000 (in 2003) to $87,900 (in 2004). Wages in excess...
Fed Chairman Suggests Interest Rates have Bottomed The increase in job creation and economic growth may mean no further reduction in interest rates. Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, indicated that the Fed's concern is shifting away from fears of slow/no growth to fears that...
Unclaimed Refund Information Online Taxpayers who think they may be missing a refund or advance child tax credit should check IRS.gov, the IRS Web site which lets taxpayers track both their refund and their advance child tax credit. "Where's My Refund?" provides information about refunds and "Where's My Advance...