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The tax cut: Much ado about nothing?
The Bush administration has been working overtime to convince the public and lawmakers on Capitol Hill that its $1.6 trillion tax cut will help spur the flagging economy.
Tax Watch: IRS tailors site to small business, self-employed
In its first visible outreach to small-business taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service has unveiled a website tailored to…
Tax Watch: New IRS warning on the latest tax scams
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a nationwide alert to taxpayers – and practitioners – warning them not…
Tax Watch: House quizzes IRS on ID-matching for returns
Dan Burton, the Indiana Republican who heads the House Government Reform Committee, has written to Internal Revenue Service…
Tax Watch: IRS’ e-filing system suffers from PIN drop
According to the Internal Revenue Service, paperless tax filing is a reality. Now, if they could only get…
Tax Watch: IRS taking showbiz approach to education
The Internal Revenue Service has caused a lot of taxpayers to tear their hair out, so it’s fitting…
Tax Watch: IRS introduces timesaver for routine problems
A new Internal Revenue Service initiative will allow taxpayers to check a box on their individual tax return…
Tax Watch: Futures on single stocks get the go-ahead
Futures contracts on single stocks have become legal under one of the provisions of the omnibus appropriations bill…
Tax Watch: Tax-exempt bonds are getting a closer look
The Internal Revenue Service’s exempt-bond unit is working to bolster its audit and outreach activities, according to Mark…
Tax Watch: New IRS program seeks to head off disputes
The Internal Revenue Service has announced an Industry Issue Resolution Pilot Program. Its objective, according to IRS Notice…
Quants at SSgA unit trying a new spin
State Street Global Advisors Inc. is developing new quantitative models that don't go strictly by the numbers.
TAX WATCH: Buying into funds? Check those distributions
Tax law requires capital gains distributions when a fund sells a stock at a gain. If the fund…
TAX WATCH: Three choices for treating commissions
Effective Oct. 2, Revenue Procedure 2000-38 provides guidance on three accounting methods that mutual fund distributors may use…
TAX WATCH: Annuity owners can offset now, pay later
The Internal Revenue Service recently ruled that the owners of single-premium annuity contracts could offset their annuity income…
PriceWaterhouse seals Van Kampen site with a kiss
Van Kampen Funds Inc. became the first mutual fund company to have its website awarded the PricewaterhouseCoopers BetterWeb seal of approval, while several others are in the process of getting their own BetterWeb seals.
Investing with a conscience can build client trust
Can you afford to ignore socially responsible investing? Investors put more than $1 trillion into socially and environmentally responsible portfolios in 1999.
MONDAY MORNING: Hope that tech souffle doesn’t fall
Has anyone figured out the Nasdaq yet? Shares of technology companies soared last week, setting records for three…
HEIDI FLAMMANG: GRIEF, LOSS INSPIRE HER BUSINESS
After Heidi Flammang became a widow at age 27, managing a $1 million insurance settlement proved just about as trying as coping with her grief.
George M Steinbrenner legacy up in the heir?
In his 25 years at the helm of the New York Yankees, George M. Steinbrenner III has earned a reputation as baseball's quintessential control freak. But even he can't control the passage of time.
To elbow two aside, Fitch IBCA tries harder: Three’s a crowd for bond ratings
When the Chicago Park District has sold bonds lately, it has employed two companies to rate the debt for investment safety.