Reducing Refinancing Expenses – New York Times New York Times Reducing Refinancing ExpensesNew York TimesThe rate varies by county, with the minimum being 1.05 percent of the loan amount. The rate is highest in New York City, where borrowers pay 1.8 percent of the loan amount for mortgages under $ 500,000, and 1.925 percent above [...]
Making Companies Pay Taxes the McCain Way – New York Times Wall Street Journal Making Companies Pay Taxes the McCain WayNew York TimesThe shameful thing about Apple Inc.'s ability to structure its business to avoid United States taxes was not that it did it. In fact, as Apple executives tried to point out at the [...]
Taxes, schmaxes: Congress wants you to know it loves Apple – Los Angeles Times Taxes, schmaxes: Congress wants you to know it loves AppleLos Angeles TimesYou could be forgiven for thinking that the big hearing before the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations this week was a chance for lawmakers to grill Apple about some [...]
Shiprock McDonald’s taxes displease customers – Farmington Daily Times Shiprock McDonald's taxes displease customersFarmington Daily TimesIn part, the tax is comprised of the 5 percent Navajo Nation sales tax because the restaurant is located on the Navajo Nation. All businesses on the Navajo Nation are required to pay the revenue from the sales tax to [...]
Pay your taxes, Europe warns multinationals – Los Angeles Times Pay your taxes, Europe warns multinationalsLos Angeles TimesBritain, France and Germany are pushing for the European Union's 27 member nations to share financial intelligence and cooperate on other steps to crack down on corporate tax avoidance, which has emerged as a hot-button political issue on [...]
Bangor Area School District’s final budget would hike taxes 1.5 percent – The Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com Bangor Area School District's final budget would hike taxes 1.5 percentThe Express Times – LehighValleyLive.comThe Bangor Area School Board signed off on a $ 50.2 million proposed final budget that would hike taxes by 1.5 percent. It would [...]
Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy – Los Angeles Times Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategyLos Angeles TimesWASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over [...]
CEO Rejects Claims That Apple Is Avoiding Taxes – New York Times New York Times CEO Rejects Claims That Apple Is Avoiding TaxesNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Tim Cook came to the lion's den on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, prepared to face down lawmakers furious over evidence that Apple, the famous company he runs, had avoided [...]
Live Blog: Apple and Corporate Taxes – New York Times (blog) Live Blog: Apple and Corporate TaxesNew York Times (blog)In response to questions about offshore tax allocations, Mr. Cook says that everything Apple sells in the United States is taxed in the United States. Mr. Bullock reiterates that 100 percent of anything sold in the [...]
CEO Denies That Apple Is Avoiding Taxes – New York Times New York Times CEO Denies That Apple Is Avoiding TaxesNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Facing down blistering criticism on Capitol Hill that Apple sidestepped billions of dollars in taxes, the company's chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, carefully defended Apple's record Tuesday, rejecting any suggestion of [...]