News tagged with payroll tax

White House takes tax fight to Twitter

The White House has taken its battle with Republican lawmakers over a crucial tax extension to Twitter, inviting Americans to weigh in on what the extra $40 per paycheck means to them.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Twitter makes new nest in San Francisco

Twitter on Friday said it has inked a deal to move into a new nest in a chronically downtrodden part of downtown San Francisco that local officials are eager to rehabilitate.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

San Francisco lawmakers approve Twitter tax break

City lawmakers approved a tax break Tuesday to keep Twitter Inc. from fleeing San Francisco.

Technology / Business

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

San Francisco vote set for Twitter tax break

(AP) -- City lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a tax break to keep Twitter from fleeing San Francisco as part of an incentive package to revive a blighted neighborhood.

Technology / Business

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter tax deal creates classic San Francisco row

(AP) -- In the shadow of San Francisco's stately City Hall, sidewalks abound with transients, drugs and crime. Into this neighborhood, one of the world's hottest social media companies has promised to stride, offering urban ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What you pay for Medicare won't cover your costs

(AP) -- You paid your Medicare taxes all those years and think you deserve your money's worth: full benefits after you retire.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Tax break for employer health plans a target again

(AP) -- Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans get serious about cutting the deficit.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prognosis guarded for Medicare and Social Security

(AP) -- Medicare and Social Security - the foundation of a secure retirement - are facing strains from an aging population and an economy that can't seem to get out of low gear.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

House eyes new taxes as senators pare health bill

(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.

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Tax health care to pay for health care?

(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.

Medicine & Health / Health

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