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To keep corporations here, fix the tax code
The report of Apple avoiding corporate income taxes the past four years signals it's time to overhaul the U.S. corporate tax code. Like many multinationals with strong intellectual property, Apple legally earns nearly all of its income offshore. The U....
Tags: Credit Ratings, Earnings, Barack Obama, Personal Income, Credit and Debt
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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Politics, Abortion, Chuck Grassley, Parties and Movements
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ANALYSIS-In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
Reuters(Repeats from earlier May 23 for wider distribution) By Joan Biskupic and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23 (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared...Tags: Republican Party, Baseball, Dick Cheney, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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GM Chevy Spark electric car's price 38 percent less than sibling hybrid Volt's
ReutersDETROIT (Reuters) - The Chevrolet Spark all-electric subcompact car will cost U.S. buyers as much as 38 percent less than what it takes to buy its larger sibling, the hybrid Volt, General Motors Co said on Thursday. The 2014 Spark EV, which goes on...Tags: Toyota, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Credit and Debt
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St. Louis TV anchorman Larry Conners fired over Facebook post
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A veteran TV anchorman has been fired in the wake of comments he made on Facebook claiming "pressure" by the IRS following his 2012 interview with President Barack Obama. KMOV-TV announced the firing of Larry Conners on its website...Tags: Politics, Social Media, Media Industry, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service
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Analysis: In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
ReutersWASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared that she had done nothing wrong - but said she did not intend to testify. Her defiance only...Tags: Republican Party, Baseball, Dick Cheney, Laws, Roger Clemens
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The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Luxembourg, Google Inc., Finance, Teaching and Learning
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Republican Issa to call IRS's Lerner back in Tea Party probe
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Darrell Issa said on Thursday he will call Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner back to testify before his committee on the IRS-Tea Party scandal after she asserted her...Tags: Politics, Darrell E Issa, Internal Revenue Service
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Key IRS official refuses to testify
WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...
Tags: Easter, Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama, White House, Jay Carney
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Performances worthy of an audit
WASHINGTON — They were the speak-no-evil and see-no-evil duo of the Internal Revenue Service. Lois Lerner, who runs the IRS office that targeted tea party and similar conservative groups for extra scrutiny, took the Fifth, when she appeared...Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Easter, Tea Party Movement, Stephen F. Lynch, Barack Obama
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Local enterprise zones at risk
Staff WriterGov. Jerry Brown is once again pushing to do away with enterprise zones and their tax break benefits, a move that the local enterprise zone manager says would severely hinder the Valley’s capacity to entice businesses. And while Imperial Valley...Tags: Regional Authority, Business, Politics, Executive Branch, Jerry Brown
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Court awards contracts for county services
kmckinney@jessaminejournal.comThere wasn’t any competition for several services bid out recently by the Jessamine County Fiscal Court. The court received just one quote for each of the services and on Tuesday approved contracts with those companies that bid. Judge-...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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