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Posts Tagged ‘taxes’
April 14th, 2014 - 8:42 am § in Misc.
Tax Day: Freedom to Cheat, Send $$ to THE Ave!
Chances of getting audited by IRS lowest in years This year, the IRS will have fewer agents auditing returns than at any time since at least the 1980s. That plus the GOP’s war on IRS surveillance of political abuse of tax deductible organizations, seems to suggest this is a great time to mak[...]
April 7th, 2014 - 1:12 pm § in Misc., The Ave Scene
What is wrong with King County Prop1?
Prop 1 is a last resort effort to pay for public transit in King County. It is a last resort because all other rational alternatives have been closed by the Replican dominated state legislature. I will vote for this but am pissed off at having to do so. The Prop would add .1% to the […][...]
April 5th, 2014 - 6:47 pm § in The Ave Scene
How Come we do not tax podment developers for transit?
A recent exchange of posts at the UW AAUP listserv illustrates the political castration of the University. To be honest, I intend to vote for prop one with a large clothespin applied to my nose. One participant, excited by something he read in the Seattle Times, posted his enthusiasm for proposition[...]
March 26th, 2014 - 9:28 am § in America
Is Scrooge Driving Companies Out of Seattle?
The Seattle Times is kvetching* that our area may lose the corporate headquarters of T-mobile. The extremely creative T-Mobile, after its failed take over by AT&T came back fighting with new consumer friendly plans. These have meant that the Seattle based company is growing. Meanwhile Spr[...]
March 20th, 2014 - 8:18 am § in Misc.
Washington the 6th best state in which to be a taxpayer.
Yet Another Reminder: Washington Is a Low-Tax State! by Goldy, HORSESASS Personal finance social network WalletHub ranks Washington the 6th best state in which to be a taxpayer. Apropos to yesterday’s post on the proper context in which to put proposed local tax hikes, I’d just like to mention f[...]
January 8th, 2014 - 4:26 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Seattle Port Commission Claims Immunity From Democracy
The City of SeaTac Cannot Pass Laws That Regulate People in The SeaTac Airport. The minimum wage went up last week in 13 states that didn’t wait around for Congressional Republicans to do the right thing. http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/29/news/economy/minimum-wage-states/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Meanwhi[...]
June 25th, 2013 - 12:29 pm § in Misc.
Tax Patriots .. do not buy this guy’s champagne, handbags or cognac!,
France’s richest man moves to Belgium and takes multi-billion pound fortunewith him ‘to avoid new socialist super-tax’ Bernard Arnault, head of luxury goods group LVMH, insists that he moved the cash and assets for ‘family inheritance reasons’ It is thought he wan[...]
The Benefits of a Not Taxing The Rich
FILE – The world’sEclipse, currently the world’s largest privately owned yacht, belongs to Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Russian business mogul who is renown for his steadfast commitment to privacy—-a commitment that no doubt fueled speculation. Eclipse boasts a crew of over 60, [...]
How Federal Income Tax Works
This post expands on a comment I made to another post. The federal income tax is confusing to many people. Like everything else, it’s easier to grasp if you know the basic principles. The general idea is to tax income, but only once. First, you have to define “income,” then specify[...]