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  • Sep 4, 2010 Bristol Virginia leaders study restructuring (Bristol Herald Courier) ...expenses between biannual real estate tax collections. In three of the previous five fiscal years, the city has borrowed and repaid nearly $20 million worth of TANS and related interest charges. "You need to get away from the TANs on a permanent basis," David Rose of Davenport and Co., told...    more...  
  • Sep 2, 2010 Report looks at health-care reform's tax credits for small businesses (Richmond Times-Dispatch) The credit phases out as wages go up and employee numbers increase. "The mandate is that you pay 50 percent of the employee premium.    more...  
  • Aug 29, 2010 Health-care reform will help young adults get coverage (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Playing music is his job -- even if it doesn't pay much. Like many people his age, Dixon has no health insurance. Health insurance isn't on his list of priorities with $500 monthly rent, a phone bill, groceries and band costs. Routhier said he believes that everyone has a right to health care...    more...  
  • Aug 29, 2010 Bristol Virginia tax collections enter new phase (Bristol Herald Courier) In judgment items, typical turn time is 10 business days for resolve -- either payment or payment arrangements. One has a bill for $14,000 and the house hardly values at what is owed.    more...  
  • Aug 28, 2010 D.C. developer owes Richmond $293,777 in taxes (Richmond Times-Dispatch) He has made a splash in recent years, snatching up property throughout downtown. Last year, the city offered additional incentives to its collections agency, Linebarger Goggan Blair and Sampson LLP, allowing additional fees paid by the delinquent taxpayer on top of what was owed previously.    more...  
  • Aug 24, 2010 Health insurance brokers' roles under health care reform may shift (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Stocks said. Health-care reform will change the insurance landscape for consumers, but it also will change it for insurance brokers and agents who earn a living helping people choose plans. The law requires states to set up health insurance exchanges that consumers can go to and shop for a...    more...  
  • Aug 21, 2010 Chesterfield businessman gets year in prison for false tax returns (Richmond Times-Dispatch) He admitted that he perpetrated the same scheme from 2003 to 2007. The case was investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service.    more...  

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