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Posted by Small Business Books on 22/02/2012 at 12:00 pm

House-Senate Negotiators Announce Payroll Deal Completed – BusinessWeek

Wall Street Journal

House-Senate Negotiators Announce Payroll Deal CompletedBusinessWeek16 (Bloomberg) — Congressional negotiators said they agreed on a plan to extend a payroll tax cut and expanded unemployment benefits through the rest of the year. “We have reached an agreement,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, …McConnell [...]

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Posted by Small Business Books on 21/02/2012 at 12:00 pm

Salmond says oil and gas sector needs ‘tax stability’ – BBC News

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Salmond says oil and gas sector needs 'tax stability'BBC NewsScotland's First Minister Alex Salmond believes the country's offshore oil and gas industry needs a stable tax regime. He was speaking at a conference in Edinburgh looking at the next 40 years of the [...]

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Posted by Small Business Books on 20/02/2012 at 12:01 pm

Intergenerational Accounting at the Public Mutual Fund and Insurance Company – New York Times (blog)

Intergenerational Accounting at the Public Mutual Fund and Insurance CompanyNew York Times (blog)Net benefits should be defined over an individual's life cycle, comparing all taxes paid with all benefits received, an approach sometimes referred to as generational accounting. The economist Laurence [...]

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Posted by Small Business Books on 19/02/2012 at 12:01 pm

BOB BLALOCK: Why not a low-old-taxes pledge? – The Birmingham News – al.com (blog)

The Birmingham News – al.com (blog)

BOB BLALOCK: Why not a low-old-taxes pledge?The Birmingham News – al.com (blog)Robert Bentley's no-new-taxes pledge. He said what he means, and he means what he said. "I promised the people of this state that I would not [...]

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Posted by Small Business Books on 18/02/2012 at 12:00 pm

Dalton council protests “double taxation” – The Daily Citizen

Dalton council protests “double taxation”The Daily CitizenOn Monday, council members plan to vote on a resolution to end what they say is “double taxation” of city residents. But some members of the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners say the city's proposal could drive up property taxes in [...]

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Posted by Small Business Books on 17/02/2012 at 12:01 pm

Compromise payroll bill would auction public airwaves – Omaha World-Herald

New York Times

Compromise payroll bill would auction public airwavesOmaha World-HeraldWASHINGTON — The need for revenue to cover the extension of the payroll tax cut and long-term unemployment benefits has pushed Congress to embrace a generational shift in the country's media landscape: the auction of public airwaves [...]

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Posted by Small Business Books on 16/02/2012 at 12:02 pm

Olympus executives arrested in accounting investigation – Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

Olympus executives arrested in accounting investigationTelegraph.co.ukThe accounting scandal engulfing Japanese electronics giant Olympus appears to have claimed its first real scalps with the arrests of former chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa and two other former executives. Michael Woodford, former chief executive of Olympus …Former Olympus president arrested over accounting fraud [...]

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Posted by Small Business Books on 16/02/2012 at 12:02 pm

Olympus executives arrested in accounting investigation – Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

Olympus executives arrested in accounting investigationTelegraph.co.ukThe accounting scandal engulfing Japanese electronics giant Olympus appears to have claimed its first real scalps with the arrests of former chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa and two other former executives. Michael Woodford, former chief executive of Olympus …Former Olympus president arrested over accounting fraud [...]

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Posted by Small Business Books on 15/02/2012 at 12:00 pm

Professional Bookkeepers & Tax Specialists Serve Small Business Needs with … – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Professional Bookkeepers & Tax Specialists Serve Small Business Needs with …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Books in Balance, specialists in providing industry-specific accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and tax services, now offers service packages custom designed for small business entrepreneurs. Books in [...]

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Posted by Small Business Books on 13/02/2012 at 12:01 pm

How The Accounting Industry Is Being Changed By Cloud Computing – CloudTweaks News

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How The Accounting Industry Is Being Changed By Cloud ComputingCloudTweaks NewsThe market for accounting and tax services are in quandary primarily because customers are gearing towards bookkeeping services which are less costly and that big accountancy firms are pushing other players out [...]