Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen states to consider freezing refunds, in one case for as long as five months, according to a story in USA TODAY. States from New York to Hawaii […]
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Those of you who still use the penny as currency may soon notice America’s 1-cent coin has gotten a facelift, according to a story at MSN Money. The U.S. Mint has changed the design for the reverse — or “tails” — side of the 2010 Lincoln Cent, which entered circulation on Feb. 11 (everywhere but
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Inventors Eye is a new publication by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Inventors Eye is targeted at the independent and small entity inventor community. Inventors Eye will appear every other month. Each issue will feature information you can use, tips on working with the USPTO; events, organizations and meetings of interest to the
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Website magazine reports that a study by the Human Capital Institute and “people management” software provider SABA details the use of social networking within local, state and federal government and looks at its effectiveness in conducting government work. It’s not just Obama embracing social media. The study found that federal agencies lead in using social
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Have you ever wondered if any of our presidents were entrepreneurs? Steve Strauss with USA Today dug deep and found an answer to that question. Yes, many of our presidents were in fact small business owners, but some sure were more successful than others. Certainly our first presidents had, if not small businesses, at least
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Associated Press‘ Dave Gram is reporting that the Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that illegally try to trim payroll costs by changing employees’ status to independent contractors. The practice costs governments billions in lost revenue and can leave workers high and dry when they are hurt at work or
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Question: How are entrepreneurs counted regarding unemployment? Economist Howard Rosen over at NPR Planet Money answers: In order to be considered unemployed a worker must be (1) available, (2) able and (3) searching for work. If your listener starts his own business and stops looking for work, he technically is not counted as unemployed; he
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Have trouble keeping track of your mileage for tax deductions or reimbursements? Let your iPhone do it. Taxgirl has the details. Despite the much ballyhooed drop in the IRS’ standard mileage rates for 2010, they’re still not bad. For 2010, the rates are: – 50 cents per mile for business miles driven – 16.5 cents
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The Treasury Department will invest up to $1 billion from the federal bank bailout fund in small banks and credit unions that make loans to small businesses in some of the communities most ravaged by the economic downturn, according to a story in The New York Times. About 210 institutions will be eligible for low-cost
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From fighting forest fires to laying carpet in day care centers, CNNMoney.com takes a look at what some small businesses that got stimulus-funded contracts are doing with taxpayers’ dollars. Carpet One Commercial Flooring in Cheyenne won a $75,000 stimulus contract to update the flooring in a day care/child development center at nearby F.E. Warren Air
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