Donald Trump’s choice of Senator JD Vance as his running mate for the 2024 presidential election has been branded as a “masterstroke” by the CEO of a leading independent financial advisory and fintech for his pro-cryptocurrency approach. Trump selected the Ohio senator, ending months of speculation about the Republican nominee’s choice to help him challenge … Read more
(The Center Square) — Several tax changes took effect on Monday, the start of fiscal 2025, including a decrease in Georgia’s personal and corporate income tax rates. House Bill 1015 lowers Georgia’s personal income tax rate to 5.39% from 5.49%, while HB 1023 sets the corporate income tax rate — previously 5.75% — to the same level as … Read more
EAST ISLIP, — Two Long Island business owners were sentenced in late June after pleading guilty to grand larceny for stealing tax money from New York State, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said. Brian Soltan, 62, of West Islip, owner of several East Islip auto body businesses, and Gerald McCrystal, 51, of Dix … Read more
Listen to this article Two owners of businesses on Long Island were sentenced last week for stealing more than $1 million in sales tax money from New York State, according to a statement from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. West Islip resident Brian Soltan, owner of several East Islip auto body businesses, had pleaded … Read more
What to Know New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a $56.6 billion budget that hikes taxes on high-earning corporations. Lawmakers on Friday sent the measure to Murphy, who signed it shortly before midnight. They were two days ahead of their constitutionally set deadline to enact a balanced budget, avoiding a government shutdown. For taxpayers, … Read more
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s Democrat-led Legislature passed a $56.6 billion budget on Friday that hikes taxes on high-earning corporations, sending the measure to Gov. Phil Murphy, who’s expected to sign it. Lawmakers were two days ahead of their constitutionally set deadline to enact a balanced budget, avoiding a government shutdown. For taxpayers, the spending … Read more
In Moore v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (MRT), holding that the MRT does tax income — the realized earnings of foreign corporations — and thus is a constitutionally permissible income tax authorized by the Sixteenth Amendment. The MRT is a “one-time, backward-looking” tax in … Read more
A tax tweak may have helped keep R.I.’s biggest bank from decamping for Massachusetts A Citizens Bank branch, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Charles Krupa/Associated Press tweak state tax policy to help the big bank?We’ll never know for sure. But it’s a hot topic in Rhode Island’s political and business circles.House Speaker … Read more
The traffic is running smoothly on the main roads according to the Police. As reported to CNA by the Press Office of the Police Headquarters, increased traffic to urban centers is expected to occur in the afternoon hours of Monday during the return of tourists. The police are appealing to drivers to be particularly careful … Read more
On the morning of October 7, 2023, I found myself reading the Economist when suddenly a message appeared on my phone. The Hamas terror attack in Israel was all over the news and I could hardly believe how such massive and despicable crime could have happened in our times, especially given Israel’s superior army, intelligence … Read more