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    The VW scandal - the unanswered questions

    Will drivers get any compensation? Claims are already being prepared in the US, with lawyers suggesting that drivers have been misled. In the UK, there are suggestions that drivers and dealerships might be able to claim for compensation if they were given false information on purchase, or if...
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    Tories decry NDP tax evaders amid tax troubles for former Harper aide

    Conservatives who are having to answer to the Senate expenses scandal are now accusing opposition parties of ethical lapses of their own. But it's now emerged that one of Stephen Harper's former top advisers also had tax troubles while he was working in the Prime Minister's Office. More...
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    Canada left out of tax probe into leaked offshore data

    The U.S., Britain and Australia have announced what could be the biggest ever international investigation into tax cheats
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    Hospital parking rates a 'tax' on sick Canadians

    Rising hospital parking rates amount to a tax on ailing Canadians, says one medical specialist. More...
  5. the doctor

    House GOP have backup on payroll tax (AP)

    AP - In an abrupt about-face, House GOP leaders announced Monday that they are willing to extend the two percentage point cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year and add the approximately $100 billion cost to the nation's $15 trillion-plus debt. More...
  6. the doctor

    Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely (AP)

    AP - Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? More...
  7. the doctor

    GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle (AP)

    AP - When last seen in Washington, House Republicans were furious with their own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and angry with their Senate Republican brethren over how the showdown over the Social Security tax cut turned into a year-end political debacle. More...
  8. the doctor

    Boehner: House will approve payroll tax cut bill (AP)

    AP - House Speaker John Boehner predicted Monday that the House will approve legislation that renews a payroll tax cut and curtails extra benefits for the long-term unemployed. More...
  9. the doctor

    Senate rejects, for now, extending payroll tax cut (AP)

    AP - The Senate on Thursday sidetracked rival plans to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut, in dueling votes that pave the way for negotiations on a compromise on a core component of President Barack Obama's jobs program. More...
  10. the doctor

    Perry wants flat tax with some popular deductions (AP)

    AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is rolling out an economic plan that includes a flat tax proposal, private retirement accounts for Social Security and a lower corporate tax rate. More...
  11. the doctor

    Rick Perry's flat tax plan is a political gamble (AP)

    AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry's call for a flat income tax rate will tie his Republican presidential campaign to a contentious issue that excites many conservatives but has repeatedly failed to win the embrace of mainstream America. More...
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    Alabama still collecting tax for Confederate vets

    The last of the more than 60,000 Confederate veterans who came home to Alabama after the Civil War died generations ago, yet residents are still paying a tax that supported the neediest among them. Despite fire-and-brimstone opposition to taxes among many in a state that still has "Heart of...
  13. CASPER

    Obama warns against short-term deal on debt limit

    President Barack Obama prodded Congress on Tuesday to reach a sweeping long-term deal within the next two weeks to raise the U.S. government's borrowing limit rather than "kick the can down the road" with a makeshift, short-term solution. He declared the deal must include tax increases...
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    Amazon Cuts Off Connecticut Following Sales Tax Dispute

    The United States has a long history of fighting against unfair taxes (Boston Tea Party, anyone?), and while Amazon's battle is of a different sort than when the country was founded, the e-tailer feels as though it's the victim of greed by state officials who have the audacity to seek sales tax...
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    Combined taxes highest in N.S.

    Nova Scotians pay the highest level of taxes in the country, according to a report prepared for the provincial Finance Department. When federal, provincial and municipal taxes are added up, Nova Scotians pay the highest share of GDP, slightly ahead of Prince Edward Island, the report states...
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    Conservatives to outline policies on June 3

    Canada's new government will outline its policies and priorities on June 3, soon after the newly elected Parliament opens up, local media said on Monday. The government's inaugural speech is bound to include many of the campaign promises that won Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper his...
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    Conservatives to outline policies on June 3

    Canada's new government will outline its policies and priorities on June 3, soon after the newly elected Parliament opens up, local media said on Monday. The government's inaugural speech is bound to include many of the campaign promises that won Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper his...
  18. Scammer

    Que. building firm boss fined $1.2M for tax fraud

    A Laval businessman linked to an ongoing tax evasion case involving Quebec's construction industry has agreed to pay more than $1.2 million in fines, after pleading guilty in court. Francesco Bruno, owner of B.T. Ceramiques, pleaded guilty to eight counts of tax evasion at a Tuesday hearing in...
  19. Scammer

    California budget: State workers may get 10% pay cut

    -- After years of cutting billions and billions in spending, California has to do it again. On Monday, newly inaugurated governor Jerry Brown said he'll release a budget that slashes spending by $12.5 billion in the coming fiscal year, as the state moves to cut a $25 billion shortfall by June...
  20. Scammer

    Bracing for a new political reality

    President Obama meets with Democratic and Republican leaders at the White House on November 30. A new political reality hits Washington next week, with the first split Congress since 2004 raising questions about whether the bipartisan cooperation of the recently concluded lame-duck session can...
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