Free Talk Live - tax

Local Government Use Traffic Enforcement to Scam Citizens

ModernDayMachiavelli — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:53:31 +0000

Unlawful and deceptive police officers,and other governments are perpetuating an organized "racket" to harass local law abiding citizens through traffic enforcement. How these entities use traffic enforcement as a means to unlawfully "tax" citizens and generate revenue through traffic citations to make up for failing budgets. This is even more important now than ever because of the failing economy. I am a former police officer and police instructor and have been on the show before. What I know and talk about I know from the inside, first hand.

DNC Chair: Non-Compliance With Obamacare Will Not Be Tolerated

iambinarymind — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:49:47 +0000

...Wasserman Schultz said. “This is a penalty that will be assessed on the tax return if you choose to roll the dice and make us all pay for your being irresponsible and increase all of our health care costs.”

“We’re not going to tolerate that any more in America. You have to be responsible and you have to pay a penalty if you choose not to be,” she added...

Facebook co-founder renounces US citizenship

awagele — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:29:46 +0000

Eduardo Saverin will be doing a lot of long-distance poking from now on — and probably won't be giving the thumbs-up “like” to Uncle Sam. The billionaire co-founder of Facebook, Inc. has renounced his US citizenship.

Saverin, 30, forfeited his US citizenship back in August, Bloomberg News has learned. The maneuver isn’t all that magnificently out of the ordinary, though. According to a recent report from the US Internal Revenue Service that RT reported on earlier this year, Americans have been renouncing their citizenship in record numbers.

10 million could pay more Social Security tax

jenrobi — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:12:39 +0000

While current social security recipients get the good news of a 3.6% payout increase, some "high earning" tax payers will have to foot the bill for the increase since the government cannot spend money properly.

Mayor unrolls toilet paper tax - Omaha.com

Deslock Darkstar — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:20:02 +0000

Mayor Jim Suttle went to Washington Tuesday flush with ideas for how federal officials could help cities like Omaha pay for multibillion-dollar sewer projects. Among the items on his brainstorming list: a proposal for a 10-cent federal tax on every roll of toilet paper you buy.

San Francisco Doing Everything It Can To Drive Zynga And Twitter Away

jitgos — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:22:02 +0000

San Francisco, unlike most other cities in Silicon Valley, has a 1.5% payroll tax. And even more stunning is that they consider gains on stock options part of payroll, meaning that any San Francisco based company going public or being acquired could get hit with a massive tax bill in the tens of millions of dollars.

Family charged 'death tax' for baby who lived one hour

iconoclast2007 — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:22:18 +0000

Olivia Clark lived for only one hour. Doctors didn't even expect her to survive birth. Now her family has a hard time understanding why the King County Medical Examiner has to review her death and charge $50.

Federal judge: First Amendment protects Amazon buyers' data

assawyer — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:12:25 +0000

RALEIGH, N.C. — Lists that identify the books, music and movies individual customers bought from online retailer Amazon.com Inc. are protected from North Carolina tax collectors, a federal judge has ruled.

UK Proposes All Paychecks Go Directly to the Government First

parallax — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:24:28 +0000

The UK's tax collection agency is putting forth a proposal that all employers send employee paychecks to the government, after which the government would deduct what it deems as the appropriate tax and pay the employees by bank transfer.