July 14, 2013
2013 Tax Planning Guide released
Thomson Reuters has released, under its PDI Global brand, the 2013 edition of its annual Tax Planning Guide.
July 12, 2013
Pennsylvania legislature targets property taxes
A proposal to replace the school property tax with a higher personal income tax and a higher sales tax is getting closer to majority support in the state Senate but is stalled in the House of Representatives.
July 11, 2013
Low job growth in California weakens consumer confidence
Job growth in California has mostly struggled to catch up to the rest of the nation, and that continues to be reflected by a recent study of consumer confidence in the state.
July 11, 2013
Ohio CPA Society introduces women’s initiative
Program kicked off with five receptions to raise awareness, spark discussion
July 10, 2013
Convenience store clerk accused of stealing $84,000 from ATM
A Danville, Pennsylvania, woman is charged with pocketing more than $80,000 from an ATM that she was supposed to be filling each day at the gas station where she worked.
July 10, 2013
Higher property taxes proposed for Miami
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Tuesday proposed raising the property-tax rate for the first time in three years to stave off cuts to fire and library services and fund a plan to stop killing dogs and cats at the county's animal shelter.
July 9, 2013
Singer Lauryn Hill starts prison sentence for $1M tax evasion
Lauryn Hill began serving a three-month jail sentence Monday after pleading guilty last year to not paying approximately $1 million in taxes.
July 9, 2013
Bank risk experts expect U.S. consumer credit gap to shrink or disappear
61 percent of bankers surveyed expected the average credit card balance to increase during the next six months. Just 26 percent of respondents expected delinquencies on credit cards to increase.
July 8, 2013
Last-minute changes to new property tax bill to effect many Ohio homeowners
Late change in Ohio property-tax structure will cost homeowners
July 7, 2013
California taxpayer group fighting sales tax hike in court
After losing in appellate court to block Santa Clara County's Measure A sales tax increase approved last year, the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association is appealing the issue to the state Supreme Court.
July 3, 2013
Data breaches at stores, banks and agencies exposed 2.5 million Californians in 2011-2012
In the first report of its kind, California state Attorney General Kamala Harris said 2.5 million state residents had Social Security numbers, credit card and bank accounts and other sensitive information exposed in 131 data breaches.
July 2, 2013
Small businesses getting more sales via mobile devices
Taken together, the one-two punch of the flashy ZippyCards and the catchy ZippyPitch is all aimed at corralling new customers via their smartphones.