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Published Feb 07 2013 by WSJ.com Video - Business

Tax Moves That Maximize Your 2012 Return

There are several credits and deductions Americans should take this tax season that can maximize their tax returns. Plus: What's the impact of the Affordable Care Act? The Tax Institute at H&B Block executive director Kathy Pickering joins Markets Hub. Photo:...

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Ed Miliband pledges to bring back 10p tax band

Labour leader says abolition of rate in 2007 was a mistake and reintroduction would be funded by new mansion tax Ed Miliband has promised to undo one of Gordon Brown's greatest mistakes by announcing that Labour intends to reintroduce a 10p tax band funded ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Ed Miliband, The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 15 2013 - 2 reports

Retailers Laud Marketplace Fairness Act

The National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) have applauded the introduction of the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill that seeks to close the sales tax disparity by granting states the authority to ... [Published Progressive Grocer - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Marketplace, Taxes, David French

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 15 2013 - 2 reports

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Government to blackball tax avoidance firms from major contracts

Treasury unveils proposals to stop companies bidding for major contracts if they have used aggressive tax structures over the past decade The Treasury has unveiled proposals to blackball suppliers from bidding for lucrative public sector contracts if ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Tax Avoidance, Taxes, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Jason Collins

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 15 2013 - 2 reports

Miliband backs mansion tax and 10p rate

Labour leader proposes £2bn mansion tax, vowing to redistribute the cash to the ‘squeezed middle’ through the reintroduction of a 10p tax band ... [Published Financial Times - UK Homepage - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Taxes

First reported Feb 13 2013 - Updated Feb 14 2013 - 4 reports

Treasury secretary nominee in tax pledge

Treasury secretary nominee Jack Lew vows to reform America’s tax code and defends himself over Cayman Islands investment at his confirmation hearing ... [Published Financial Times - Asia homepage - Feb 13 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Cayman Islands, Jack Lew

First reported Feb 13 2013 - Updated Feb 13 2013 - 4 reports

Oanda Corp

US Retail Sales Grow Slightly as Taxes Rise

Retail sales barely rose in January as tax increases and higher gasoline prices restrained spending, suggesting the economy got little help from the consumer at the start of the year. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday retail sales edged up 0.1 ... [Published OANDA Forex Blog - Feb 13 2013]

Entities: Retail Sales, Taxes, Oanda Corp

First reported Feb 13 2013 - Updated Feb 13 2013 - 6 reports

Republican Party (US)

Text of Sen. Marco Rubio's GOP

The text of the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery by Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, and provided by the press office of the speaker of the House:___Good evening. I'm Marco Rubio. ... [Published WPRI - Feb 13 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Republican Party (US), Medicare

Blogs

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Facebook Paid No Corporate Income Tax Last Year... [Published Think Progress - Feb 14 2013] Between 2008 and 2011, 26 major corporations were able to pay no federal corporate income tax , despite making a combined $205 billion in profits. According to a new report from Citizens for Tax Justice, Facebook joined that illustrious club last year, ...
White House complains GOP won’t adopt Democrats... [Published Politisite - Feb 14 2013] White House Statement on Republican refusal to adopt Democrats Sequester Solution Statement by the Press Secretary Today, Senate Democrats offered a balanced plan to avoid across the board budget cuts that will hurt kids, seniors, and our men and ...
GAO removes IRS modernization from high-risk list [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Feb 14 2013] "The Government Accountability Office has removed the Internal Revenue Service's decades-long effort to transform the technology it uses to process tax returns from its list of federal high-risk programs. The list, which GAO updates biennially, has included ...
North Carolina’s Costly Cut in Jobless Benefits [Published Off the Charts Blog \| Center on Budget and Poli ... - Feb 14 2013] North Carolina, where unemployment is over 9 percent, is close to enacting a breathtaking cut in jobless benefits that would surely prove extremely harmful for unemployed workers — and very bad for the state’s economy. The proposal would: Slash regular ...
Internet tax gains steam with GOP support [Published MuskegonPundit - Feb 14 2013] Internet tax gains steam with GOP support \|WashingtonExaminer.com "On Thursday, Wyoming Republican Sen. Michael Enzi and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander are joining Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin to unveil the "Marketplace Fairness Act" which would ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Mansion tax: 'Strong case for levy' [Published BBC News Video - Politics - Feb 14 2013]
EU launches €35bln plan to tax trading [Published Reuters Video: Business - Feb 14 2013]
Consumers hit by one-two punch [Published Reuters Video: Business - Feb 13 2013]
Jack Lew Faces Questions on Taxes, Investments [Published FOX Business - Video - Feb 13 2013]
Rep.: Obama obsessed with raising taxes [Published CNN.com - Video - Feb 13 2013]

Press Releases

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Year-end report 2012 [Published CisionWire - English - Feb 14 2013]
Year-End Report 2012 [Published GlobeNewswire: Advertising News - Feb 14 2013]
Year-End Report 2012 [Published CisionWire - English - Feb 14 2013]
Fitch Affirms Hood County, Texas Ltd Tax Bonds ... [Published Business Wire Professional Services News - Feb 13 2013]
No Gimmicks, No Surprises - Standard Benefits [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Feb 13 2013]