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  • Oregon lawmakers OK tax deal for Nike expansion

    A deal proposed by Nike Inc. to create hundreds of jobs in Oregon in exchange for a guarantee that the state won't change a favorable corporate tax structure has prompted state lawmakers to approve emergency legislation. Critics have questioned the...

    News • December 17th, 2012

  • Gasoline prices soon to hit low point for 2012

    By Monday, the national average should fall below the $3.28 a gallon that drivers paid on Jan. 1, according to analysts. The drop is a gift for those hitting the road during what is expected to be the busiest Christmas travel season in six years.

    News • December 17th, 2012

  • Farmers fear fiscal cliff inaction could hurt agriculture

    Local politicians and farmers are afraid agriculture will tumble over the "fiscal cliff." The president and Congress are working to avoid a combination of tax increases through expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts and $109 billion in spending cuts set...

    News • December 17th, 2012

  • A look at tax breaks that expired this year

    While much of Washington is consumed by the debate over tax cuts scheduled to expire next year, a big package of tax breaks already expired for this tax year (2012). Among the biggest, along with the cost to retroactively extend each one for 2012 and...

    News • December 17th, 2012

  • Harlingen, Tex., sees sales tax dollars increase nearly 20 percent

    The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts says that Harlingen will receive $1,696,146, up 19.47 percent from this time last year. The numbers, reported this month, are based on revenues collected in October.

    News • December 17th, 2012

  • Guide to giving year-end gifts to charities

    As the end of December closes in, many people's holiday ritual includes pulling out the checkbook and a list of charitable organizations they support year after year. Besides helping those in need, the gifts translate to deductions on next spring's...

    News • December 17th, 2012

  • Midwesterners to spend more on vacations, home improvements in 2013

    Huntington Bank recently released its first consumer survey, focused on the Midwest market, that showed more residents are planning vacations and home-improvement projects for next year and are are planning to spend more on their holiday purchases...

    News • December 17th, 2012

  • Professionals on the Move - December 14, 2012

    A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

    News • December 14th, 2012

  • NetClient CS Receives Major Enhancements

    Thomson Reuters releases a series of enhancements for NetClient CS.

    News • December 13th, 2012

  • Open Enrollment Ending Soon for 2013 BMRG GAP

    Open enrollment for the 2013 BMRG Group Advisory Program ends December 28, 2012.

    News • December 13th, 2012

  • Tennessee tax preparer loses firm; Accused of investment fraud scheme

    A Tennessee tax preparer in the city of Soddy-Daisy will will lose his firm in the first step by bankruptcy trustee Jerry Farinash to track down millions of dollars of investors' money that has disappeared.

    News • December 13th, 2012

  • Cuomo to veto Grisanti historic tax credit bill

    A measure to expand tax credits to encourage development of historic properties in Buffalo and other cities and villages will be vetoed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

    News • December 13th, 2012

  • Tech guru Andreessen claims market seeing a 'tech depression'

    Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture capitalists, is tired of all the chatter about a social-media bubble. In fact, he claimed Wednesday in a talk in New York City that the nation is in a "tech depression...

    News • December 13th, 2012

  • Police board wants cop suspended for alleged tax scam

    A police board found officer Elaine Thomas, a 15-year veteran of the force, guilty Wednesday of an alleged tax scam and recommended that she be suspended for 30 days without pay.

    News • December 13th, 2012

  • Landscaping business owner sentenced for bankruptcy fraud

    An owner of a Lakewood, New Jersey, landscaping business has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for concealing assets in connection with his November 2008 bankruptcy petition, authorities said.

    News • December 13th, 2012