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House eyes new taxes as senators pare health bill (AP)

House eyes new taxes as senators pare health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- House Democrats have lots of potential targets for higher taxes as they aim to expand health care coverage, from wealthy Americans and the nation's employers to anyone who pops the top on a soft drink.


Tax health care to pay for health care?

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Most people with job-based health insurance don't think of their benefits as a form of income. But Uncle Sam might just change that.





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Japan demands 119 million dlrs in tax from Amazon: report

Technology / Business

created Jul 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Japanese authorities told a sales affiliate of US retail giant Amazon.com to pay about 119 million dollars in tax for unreported income over a three-year period, a newspaper said Sunday.


Study separates russian flat tax myth and fact

Other Sciences / Economics

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Proponents of a flat rate income tax often point to Russia's 2001 switch to a 13 percent flat tax as nothing short of an economic miracle.


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France moves to bring in carbon tax by 2011

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The French government on Wednesday kickstarted plans for a so-called carbon tax on energy-hungry products, to be rolled out by 2011 as part of France's efforts to slash global warming emissions.


Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...


Emerging $80B deal would help fund Medicare drugs (AP)

Emerging $80B deal would help fund Medicare drugs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- Medicare beneficiaries would receive better drug coverage and a portion of President Barack Obama's health care legislation would be paid for under an emerging agreement involving the pharmaceutical ...


Roth IRA conversion not a good fit for all, tax expert says

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Starting next year, anyone can convert retirement savings into tax-advantaged Roth individual retirement accounts, but the much-touted switch isn't for everyone, a University of Illinois expert on tax and elder law warns.


Who wants to pay more for green electricity?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (8) | comments 12

A research report in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution suggests that individuals prefer to be involved in a collective contribution to green electricity that involve everyone paying more, rather than h ...


IRS, Treasury want cell phone tax repealed

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Remember the last time you used a company cell phone for a quick personal call - or text or e-mail? Did you record the value of that call and pay taxes on it as income?


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Fight obesity? Add sales tax to soda tab

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 32

Presenting a united front in the war on obesity, diabetes and other nutrition-related disorders, seven of America’s leading public health and economics experts are urging passage of taxes on sugar-sweetened ...


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Netherlands to levy 'green' road tax by the kilometre

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 8

The Dutch government said Friday it wants to introduce a "green" road tax by the kilometre from 2012 aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent and halving congestion.



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