Taxes News
recent headlines ...
Ephrata Borough will see no new taxes, but electricity rates are going up ...
Ephrata Borough residents will not see their real estate taxes increase next year, it was announced at the council's workshop meeting Monday.Ephrata's preliminary 2009 budget, which council will vote on at its meeting Monday, will hold the millage rate at 1.88.That's the good news.The ba...
Source: Lancaster Online (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:23:22 GMT)
Somerset County holds line on taxes ...
SOMERSET ? Finally, some good economic news. Despite uncertainty over state subsidies and a significant increase in their mandatory retirement contribution, Somerset County officials unveiled a tentative budget Wednesday with no tax increase.
Source: The Tribune-Democrat (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:02:34 GMT)
Lower Burrell raises taxes; water rates are next ...
Real estate taxes will increase about 9 percent in 2009 for Lower Burrell property owners, and the water usage rate is expected to jump 24 percent.
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:33:27 GMT)
The best and the worst of the day in news ...
DIM BULB Legislation we can?t afford State lawmakers considered universal health care legislation earlier this week that comes with a $2.8 billion per year price tag. Taxpayers would finance it through an increase in payroll taxes and higher cigarette and alcohol taxes.
Source: Baltimore Examiner (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:06:56 GMT)
AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-03 15:49 Zambia copper mines struggling with...
LUSAKA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Foreign copper mines in Zambia are struggling to pay new mining taxes set earlier this year, making it unlikely the country will achieve a $415 million revenue collection target, a senior revenue official said Wednesday. ZRA Commissioner General Christicles Mwansa said the tax authority had collected just 293.1 billion Zambian kwacha ($88.8 million) between April and ...
Source: Interactive Investor (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:20:59 GMT)
Taxes rise a little for homeowners ...
The owner of the average single-family home will be paying $105 more in property taxes in 2009, based on new tax rates set by the Board of Selectmen last night.
Source: Norwood Bulletin (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:37:41 GMT)
No New Taxes, Sustainability Office, School Board at Odds | News Blips ...
"In the first six months of next year there will be more retail museums than retail stores." Britt Beemer, chair of the Charleston-based America's Research Group, regarding the post-holiday landscape for national retailers. He noted that Victoria's Secret and Urban Outfitters are doing well, but Saks Fifth Avenue and Talbots are struggling. Source: TIME
Source: Charleston City Paper (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:45:27 GMT)
Dist. 64 Levy Up Slightly, Taxes Down ...
There is more positive news for the Park Ridge-Niles School Dist. 64 property tax levy for 2008. The effect of the levy on taxpayers will be modest and the district's property tax rate will go down slightly.
Source: Niles Journal (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:15:35 GMT)
JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ????????:????????????? ...
Major Japanese trading firms Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsui & Co said Wednesday the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has reduced back taxes on them in the wake of a Japan-Australia governmental agreement on double taxation over their Australian gas project.
Source: Japan Today (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:30:15 GMT)
Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 20 November?3 December ...
Below is a round up of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 20 November?3 December 2008. Nigerian children 'missing out on bednets' An analysis of insecticide-impregnated bednet usage in 40 African countries over seven years, using the Global Rural Urban Mapping Project , has identified poverty-stricken Nigerian children as a priority for the rollout of free bednets to prevent ...
Source: SciDev.net (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:54:29 GMT)
© 2007 citedlive.com - all rights reserved