FEI Committee Encourages Inclusion of Tax Relief for Businesses in Economic Stimulus Plan.
Committee on Taxation Proposes Initiatives to Increase Liquidity and Promote Job Growth FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Committee on Taxation (COT) of Financial Executives International (FEI) today issued a letter to Congress encouraging the inclusion of important tax relief for businesses in the economic...

Tax-exempt bond incentives for private entities in the Heartland: Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008.
The Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 (the "Act") was signed into law as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 on October 3, 2008. The Act provides temporary tax relief for areas in the Midwestern Disaster Area similar to the relief given to areas impacted...

British Tax Review: Double Tax Relief-Sections 57-59.
This article was first published in the British Tax Review. The three sections on double tax relief in the Finance Act 2008 (FA 2008) implement running repairs to anti-avoidance rules. All three sections have to be seen in the context of developments in tax structuring over the...

Joie de Vivre Hotels Launches 'Tax Relief for Californians' Campaign.
Pledges to Pay Occupancy Tax for CA Residents on Stays through Tax Day 2009 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Joie de Vivre, California's largest boutique hotel collection, kicks off a "Tax Relief for Californians" campaign today. Through April 15, 2009, Joie de Vivre will take the...

IRS Issues Tax Relief Notices Affecting Financial Institutions that participate in the Treasury Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Program.
On October 14, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued Notice 2008-100 to provide tax relief for financial institutions that sell stock to the Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") under the Capital Purchase Program ("CPP"). As we noted in our October 14, 2008, Alert, TARP Takes a New Turn;...

Tax Extenders And Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act Of 2008.
On October 3, 2008, following weeks of contentious negotiations between the House and Senate, Congress approved and the President signed into law a comprehensive tax extenders bill as part of H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. For more than a year, businesses and industry groups have...

Executive Compensation Provisions In H.R. 1424 - Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Of 2008, And Tax Extenders And Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act Of 2008.
After a tumultuous week on Wall Street and in Washington, the President signed on Friday, October 3 the $700 billion financial bailout bill, H.R. 1424 – P.L. 110-343. The House approved the bill on October 3, five days after it had rejected a similar bailout bill. The Senate had...

Home Warranty of America Speaks with Tax Expert about Key Details of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act Affecting Homeowners.
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- No matter what the circumstances, from job loss or illness to changing market conditions, there's a lot of stress a homeowner goes through in a foreclosure or a short sale of their home. As the Government takes action to stabilize...

PMAP lauds Congress for tax relief bill for low wage earners.
"PMAP salutes the House of Representatives for the speedy action of House Bill No. 3971 which will provide tax exemptions to thousands of minimum wage earners. This is indeed a welcome relief," PMAP President Ric Abadesco said. "We are sure the Senate will act on the bill with the...

Mining gets some service tax relief.
Byline: Deepshikha Sikarwar NEW DELHI: Giving partial relief to the mining industry from payment of service tax, the government has decided that the industry will not be liable to pay tax on services related to activities such as coal cutting or mineral extraction, undertaken prior to June...