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Martin D. Ginsburg, 78, a Georgetown University tax law professor whose blind date more than a half-century ago with a quiet undergraduate named Ruth Bader blossomed into an enduring marriage, died June 27 of complications from metastatic cancer at his home in Washington.
Mr. Ginsburg joined the Georgetown faculty in 1980 and was considered one of [...]
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WASHINGTON –– The Internal Revenue Service today provided guidance to individuals and businesses affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and announced a number of new efforts to help affected taxpayers, including a special Gulf Coast Assistance Day on July 17.
“This is a very difficult time for many people [...]
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From The IRS:
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is providing administrative relief for sponsors of defined contribution plans, such as section 401(k) plans, that were affected by the storms and other severe weather in those counties in Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Tennessee and West Virginia declared [...]
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The Internal Revenue Service today issued regulations outlining the administration of a 10-percent excise tax on indoor tanning services that goes into effect on July 1.
The regulations were published today in the Federal Register.
In general, providers of indoor tanning services will collect the tax at the time the purchaser pays for the tanning services. The [...]
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to eliminate capital-gains taxes on some small-business investments.
The House adopted the $3.5 billion in tax breaks on a 247-170 vote. The bill will be fused with a separate measure, which the House will vote on Wednesday, aimed at boosting lending to small firms, and then shipped to the [...]
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In one of the clearest signs yet that federal investigators are focusing on former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in their probe of the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, the FBI has subpoenaed a Southfield TV station for video of a 2001 mayoral debate at which Kilpatrick denied misusing the fund.
WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) editorial director Chuck Stokes received [...]
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Under the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages. As one consequence, same-sex couples must file individual tax returns even if they are married or registered as domestic partners under state law.
The new rulings were prompted by a 2007 California law that requires registered domestic partners to treat their earnings [...]
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