Sorbis/Shutterstock Eligible taxpayers can file their tax return online for free using many different services. Tax season officially began January 29, with a final deadline of April 17 this year. The IRS recommends e-filing your taxes and requesting your refund via direct deposit. Business Insider decided to try the free file version of several online […]
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Samsung’s chairman suspected of evading $368 million worth of taxes
Lee Jae-Won/Reuters Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee is suspected of tax evasion. South Korean police alleged Lee used bank accounts containing around $ 368 million under someone else’s name. SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police named Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee as a suspect over allegations that he used bank accounts held in someone else’s […]
What’s the Best Card for Paying Taxes and Fees on Award Tickets?
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More Taxes, Less Death?
Sugar is having a tobacco moment, not just here, but around the world. Urbanization, falling poverty rates, and growing global trade have changed the diets and expanded the waistlines of the world’s poor, with processed food and sweetened drinks becoming household staples. Even very low-income communities are seeing rising rates of obesity, diabetes, cancer, and […]
Which Colleges Will Have to Pay Taxes on Their Endowment?
Small liberal arts colleges could take a hit from a new federal tax on investments, while some wealthy universities will likely avoid payments in the near-term.
Apple plans to pay $38 billion in US taxes to bring overseas cash home
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Gary Waters) Apple announced on Wednesday that it would pay $ 38 billion in taxes to the federal government as it brings cash earned overseas into the United States. The big payment is the result of President Donald Trump’s tax cut bill, passed last month, which created a new, special […]
U.K. threatens Facebook and Google with new taxes if they don’t share more user data to fight terrorism
(Reuters) Britain may impose new taxes on tech giants like Google and Facebook unless they do more to combat online extremism by taking down material aimed at radicalizing people or helping them to prepare attacks, the country’s security minister said. Ben Wallace accused tech firms of being happy to sell people’s data but not to […]
Nobody wants to buy this $79.5 million Upper East Side mansion that costs $240,000 a year in taxes
Courtesy of Douglas Elliman A restored Manhattan townhouse less than one block from Central Park is for sale for $ 79.5 million. The Upper East Side mansion boasts 14,700 square feet of living space, equal parts whimsy and luxury, and includes a rooftop terrace and basement level gym and spa. Owner Keith Rubenstein, a New York […]
‘God Made Republicans to Cut Taxes’
Updated on December 19 at 5:35 p.m. ET As Speaker Paul Ryan brought the gavel down on House passage of a $ 1.5 trillion tax cut on Tuesday, a raucous cheer went up among the 227 Republicans who voted for it. It was an outburst of celebration, and of defiance—of the economists who disputed their […]
Death and taxes: In ruins of Greek economy unpaid debt more than half of GDP
Published time: 16 Dec, 2017 10:08 Statistics from the International Association of Pattern Recognition (IAPR) shows unpaid taxes in Greece currently make up more than 55 percent of the country’s GDP due to the inability of people to pay the rising taxes. Overdue debt to the state has reached nearly €100 billion with only €15 […]