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Oakland = GM?
Where have I heard this before: Oakland City Council members may have privately bandied about the possibility of the city filing for bankruptcy, an unusually rare event in U...

Chapter 7 & Back Taxes
A taxpayer may have the right to discharge back taxes in a chapter 7 bankruptcy. Filing chapter 7 is a way to eliminate back taxes if you meet the conditions for discharging those back taxes...

How to File Back Taxes and Avoid Future IRS Problems
There are several reasons why people do not file their taxes, and while most of them are acceptable, the fact of the matter is that even late or back taxes eventually need to be filed...

Estate Taxes
Most people don't realize that we have two systems of taxation. One taxes income as it's earned; the other taxes wealth as it changes hands...

IRS Sues Robin Givens for $300k in Back Taxes
The IRS has sued actress Robin Givens, ex-wife of boxer Mike Tyson, for $300,000 in back taxes, interest, and penalties for eight of the twelve calendar years through 2007...

Morality and Charlie Rangel?s Taxes: It?s Much Easier to Raise Taxes If You Don?t Pay Them
Editorial in today's Wall Street Journal: Morality and Charlie Rangel?s Taxes: It?s Much Easier to Raise Taxes If You Don?t Pay Them: Ever notice that those who endorse high taxes and those who actually pay them aren?t the same people? Consider the curious case of Ways and Means Chairman Charlie...

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

Can failure of an employer to provide healthy working conditions lead to wrongful discharge?
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) protects workers from...

I feel everyone should be treated equal in this world, but in a lot of cases that doesn't happen. I live in a white community with only 2 to 3 African American families. I belong to one of them. A week after getting into
I would call the courthouse and ask for the judges assistant, and ask them why t...

Can the so-called proprety manager enter my duplex without permission?
The manager (sister of owner) has NO right to be in the apartment unless there w...

How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...

Tax Discrepancies
Northwest Airlines pays IRS $12.6 million settlement for taxes and interest.

DLP
Ohio State to Receive $42 Million in Corporate Taxes Settlement

Personal Property Taxes
Village of Romeo pays Ford Motor Company a $1.2 million settlement for double charging.

Chattanooga, TN
Seven months in back pay resolves pepper spray dispute.

Celebrity Chef
John Burton Race ordered to pay wife $7.2 million divorce settlement.

Detroit, MI
$6.5 million settlement in mayor whistleblower lawsuit.