Stealth IRS changes mean millions of new tax forms (CNNMoney.com)
Still more on those changes to 1099 tax form filings for small businesses and the self-employed: The massive expansion of requirements for businesses to file 1099 tax forms that was hidden in the...
View ArticleIRS starts mopping up Congress’s tax-reporting mess (CNNMoney)
With the Great Blizzard of 1099s still looming (if 2012 counts as “looming”), there could be a white knight riding to the rescue … would you believe the IRS? With a new mandate looming that will...
View ArticleTalking 1099s on TOP
Programming note: I’ll be on WTOP radio in Washington, D.C. this afternoon at 2:20 pm Eastern time, to talk about the Great 1099 Tax Form Mess. Tune in via webstream here.
View ArticleReich on Why Obama’s Business Tax Credit Sucks
For anyone wondering whether Obama’s reported plan to give lots of investment tax breaks to businesses is really that bright an idea, Robert Reich today gives a resounding “no way, no how“: The economy...
View ArticleDiagnosing A Defeat: Why The Sick Leave Bill Failed (City Limits)
A multi-year campaign to require that all employees in New York City receive paid sick time (which I first wrote about last fall) was quashed in October by city council speaker Christine Quinn. What...
View ArticleCongress plays chicken over paying for 1099 fix (CNNMoney)
The 1099 tax form mess continues, with both the House and Senate moving to pass repeal bills. Unfortunately, the Senate’s solution for filling the resulting revenue gap is to promise vaguely to find...
View ArticleThe Gentrifier’s Guide: Art Is Long, Leases Are Short | Village Voice
Tamara Zahaykevich is one of the many New Yorkers who have found themselves both gentrifier and gentrified, as the front lines have gradually shifted. “I’ve been in New York since 1996, and since then...
View ArticleAs Industry City Promises a New Sunset Park, Some Residents Fight to Maintain...
On a recent Saturday afternoon on the Sunset Park waterfront, the Industry City warehouse complex was a hive of activity. On the first floor, the food court bustled with visitors scarfing down chicken...
View ArticleHow to Help Local Stores Survive When Neighborhoods Get “Discovered”| Village...
When the Brownsville Community Justice Center won a small city grant to erect an informational kiosk beneath the elevated 3 train tracks last fall, it seemed like a fun project for the group’s youth...
View ArticleThe story of a store | Curbed NY
Even in an East Village littered with “For Rent” signs in store windows, East Ninth Street between First Avenue and Avenue A stands out.At the east end of the block sits a six-story brick edifice,...
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