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Politico Alabama's Immigration Law to Cost State Millions in Lost Taxes, Study SaysFox NewsAlabama employers say Latinos — including legal immigrants — are not showing up at their jobs because of the hostile environment they feel since an immigration law took effect.AP Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories New Immig.Alabama immigration law costs [...]

Globe and Mail Romney defends his taxes as 'entirely legal and fair' during GOP presidential …Washington PostRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says his tax returns will show he pays all taxes that are legally required and, in his words, “not a dollar more.” Romney is set to release his tax returns Tuesday morning. Asked during [...]

Since When Are Persons Supposed to Be Above the Law and Paying Taxes?Huffington PostIf we were all governed by principles instead of man-made laws, Detroit wouldn't be burning the trash and supplying the water to a surrounding population that breaks out in hives at the thought of their tax dollars supporting the city that provides [...]

“I put my head in the sand,” M&A specialist John J. O’Brien told the court, saying he was “enormously embarrassed” by failing to report millions of dollars in partnership income between 2003 and 2008. “I always knew the day of reckoning was coming.” View full post on Law.com – Newswire

GoLocalProv INVESTIGATION: Legal Loophole Saves Brown Millions in TaxesGoLocalProvThat charter indeed can override the limitations imposed by the state law, according to legal experts interviewed by GoLocalProv. However, that exemption is not unlimited, according to Bob Craven, a former state assistant attorney general. …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

NEW ORLEANS – A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 5 found no error in a federal judge in Texas’ ruling dismissing a man’s lawsuit against his loan servicer over its payment of delinquent property taxes, establishment of an escrow account to cover the taxes and foreclosure on the property after the [...]

Investors in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme are entitled to refunds on state taxes paid for gains that never existed, a New Jersey Tax Court judge has ruled. The judge overturned a decision by state tax authorities to deny a refund to a couple who invested nearly $700,000 with Madoff. View full post on Law.com – [...]

TPMDC House repeals law withholding contractors' taxesUSA TodayWASHINGTON (AP) – In a rare show of unity in a bitterly partisan year, the House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of what contractors are owed until they pay their taxes. …Congress would scrap law pressing [...]

TPMDC House Repeals Law Withholding Contractors' TaxesFox NewsAP In a rare show of unity in a bitterly partisan year, the House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of what contractors are owed until they pay their taxes. …House To Repeal Law Withholding Contractors' TaxesNPRHouse [...]

TPMDC House To Repeal Law Withholding Contractors' TaxesNPRby AP WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare show of unity in a bitterly partisan year, the House moved Thursday toward an overwhelming vote to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of what contractors are owed until …House to repeal law [...]