Options if you can’t afford your lease

Dear Liz: I find myself in a significant quandary. Three years ago I went through a divorce and shortly afterward lost my job ... my credit card debt. Unfortunately, my situation has continued to deteriorate, and I’ ... credit card debts is almost always a bad move. You incurred unnecessary taxes and penalties, plus [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 19:13:45

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Growing numbers avoiding or delaying paying tax

Growing numbers of people and businesses are avoiding or delaying paying taxes as the "credit crunch" bites, ... . The auditors estimate that up to 1.5 million working adults had a personal or business tax debt in April ... , introduced risk profiles on taxpayers to target those who could be bad payers and tailored debt collection [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 08:28:37

Your tax dollars at work?

By Denise Ross If you can believe Rapid City property developer Doug Hamilton -and that does seem to be a big “if” - our tax dollars helped fund ... of his loan defaults, bounced checks and his bad business debt that stretches into the 10s of millions. ($18M in foreclosures so far, and possibly up to $45M in total debt, he says.) It all makes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 15:12:53

The unseen effects of landfill tax

Dear The Skip, Not too long ago, Mr Darling and Mr Brown decided that they needed a lot more tax to help fill the hole of incompetence they find ... bad debt relief for waste carriers. So if the waste producer goes bust the waste carrier still [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 20:31:35

Boring Into the Obama Stimulus Plan

The first and most important thing about the Obama stimulus plan is that it’s about the size we need. That’s absolutely critical ... of good stuff in terms of refundable tax cuts that make sure to offer both some middle class relief ... have wracked up enormous profits in past years by, for example, packaging a lot of bad debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:22:27

ProPublica and Bill Lockyer vs. Goldman Sachs

ProPublica was launched to much fuss and applause as a new institutional backer of investigative journalism of the sort getting scarcer at major ... debt. How bad is the article? Ask Felix Salmon ("garbage.... This isn't responsible impartial ... of the .com bust and the attendent tax evaporation. At the time, it was Bill Lockyer leading the charge [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 03:13:55

Goldman Sachs Tax Rate Drops To 1%

Very, very bad public relations. And I thought it was bad PR when the auto company CEOs flew to Congress in private jets to ask for a bailout ... billion and debt guarantees from the U.S. government in October, expects to pay $14 million in taxes ... is cause for concern. “This problem is larger than Goldman Sachs,” Doggett said. “With the right [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 22:22:54

Critical: Tell Gov. Schwarzenegger NO VET CARE TAX!

Animal guardians should not have to pay “luxury tax” on veterinary visitsMy fellow Californians: first the bad news, then the other bad news. Our state faces a $41 billion budget deficit over the next 18 months, and to make matters worse, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger propounds to pay off this massive debt by sticking animal guardians [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:04:00

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