Legal Commentary

Corporate Income Tax
Scholarly research is supporting what corporate executives have known for years, corporations do not pay corporate income tax, they pass it on...

IRS Issues FAQ For Individuals With Offshore Accounts
The IRS yesterday released a 30-point FAQ for taxpayers with unreported income relating to offshore transactions who want to voluntarily disclose the information to the IRS: 3...

Brauner on Why the Corporate Tax Should be Repealed
Yariv Brauner (Florida) has posted The Non-Sense Tax: A Reply to New Corporate Income Tax Advocacy on SSRN...

Tax Benefits Under China?s New Corporate Income Tax Law: Much Unfinished Business
By Steve Dickinson and Andrew Grieve Since enactment of China's new Corporate Income Tax (CIT) code at the first of this year, my firm has been working with a number of high-tech (mostly software, computer hardware, environmental technology, and medical technology) companies to figure out how they can benefit from these new laws...

Offshore Bank Account Holders, Here?s Some Advice
Here’s a frightening scenario: For years you’ve been using offshore bank accounts to illegally shield income, and, fortunately, have never been caught...

Offshore Accounts in Dangerous Waters
According to "IRS: Offshore account holders told fess up to lower penalties" (03/27/09) by Kevin McCoy, published in USA Today, the Internal Revenue Service finally is claiming its tax stake in unreported offshore accounts owned or controlled by U...

Income Tax Changes for 2007
Get Answers to your Income Tax Questions

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Haw can I join with my family who live in the USA?
Only you are allowed to can join your sister....

Can a creditor/collection agency call other employees at your place of work AND call your adult children who live in another state?
A creditor can call you at home, several times a day if you aren't answerin...

Divorce what will I get if all is in his families name?
yes...

FDA
Halts Importation of Drugs Manufactured Offshore By Ranbaxy

Lehman Brothers
allegedly breached ERISA duties for employee savings plan participants.

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

Undetected Sewage Spill
Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board spends $17 million on upgrades and testing.

Technician Whistleblower
Jury orders DuPont Chambers Works to pay $1.224 million settlement to employee.

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