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Archive for April, 2006

Question: What is the process of registering your business to hire employees in Florida?

I own several companies in several states but never before have we hired employees (always contractors or partners). We just opened a new office in Tampa, FL and it has come to my attention Workmans Comp is not required for the first four employees. I have decided to bring one on – So far I have found I need to register the new hires online but not much more information has presented itself. Don’t I need to get a state employer number and what is the process with the IRS?

Answer: talk with an attorney and tax consultant (pay for their advice), cause you’re going to need their advice. Here on yahoo answers you can’t possibly get all the information you would need.

United Law Group Offers Relief to People Struggling With Auto Loan Payments

Repossessions are up. Auto auctions have 10-12 times more inventory than normal. People are literally hiding from auto repo companies. Who’s to blame and how can people get help? With United Law Group, citizens struggling to make their auto loan payments can get legal relief from experts in auto lending law.

Florida tax attorney discusses the IRS innocent spouse status

How would tax on ‘Cadillac’ plans affect me? Health Care Fact Check

An excise tax will be paid by insurance companies, not individuals, but individuals likely will notice its effects via increased premiums, decreased benefits or both.

The Ride

Question: Public Defenders ? Do they really do a good job?

In my opinion, public defenders are nothing but a joke. they are there just to earn a goverment check. They are people we pay with our taxes just to sink us even deeper.
My friend was assigned a public defender in a drug related charge. The woman “Attorney” came 5 minutes before the court and when she was asked about my friend’s case , she said “she didn’t have time to read the charges”. I asked her how was she going to defend him if she didn’t know nothing about the case she responded “I hope the family hired a lawyer it will be better”

Answer: It all depends, the higher the profile the case is the more time that paticular lawyer will spend on that case. Public Defenders could also be private attorneys also. The only way those private attorneys will be given to a client is if all the public defenders lawyers are unable to take the case.

As for them doing a good job, acting as a public defender they have to take a certian pay for the case no matter how long it takes. And you may get lucky and get a lawyer who actually cares more about the client then what they get paid. But there are not many of those good hearted lawyers out there.

I know what you mean about the public defenders not doing there job. I met with my sons several times before court and when we went to court he forgot who he was and what he was defending him for.

So it all depends on the lawyers values to each client.

Obama, Clinton and Kerry gather in support of Coakley for final push

By: Renata Brito Thousands gathered at Northeastern University Sunday in a mile-long line with the hope of seeing President Barack Obama as he endorsed Attorney General Martha Coakley at a rally only two days before the hotly contested special election for U.S. Senate….

Federal Court Case Maricopa County Gas Tax $ EEOC Civil Rights Whistle Blowing Freedom of Speech Protected Activity ACLU – EQUAL RIGHTS & JUSTICE

Question: Would a Sales Tax eliminate IRS Jobs?

Interested in why people believe this.

I would think adding new taxes, collection points and ways to cheat it would mean you would need more people to collect it. Even if you replaced an income driven system with a consumption based system, you would still need more IRS- because most people have 20 to 50 spending transactions for every income transaction.

So where is the saving?
If sales tax is collected by retailers, what happens when someone running a small business buys a mobile phone, a computer. or even a box of food? Do you charge everyone sales tax or do you have to keep records of business purchases?

Answer: Not likely. To raise the same revenue as the current graduated income tax, a national sales tax would need to be levied at 30% or more. With that high of a tax burden, which would clobber the poor and middle class, black marketing would become a major problem. The IRS would probably have to shift resources from administration and processing to enforcement.

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Question: How do I stop a tax levy on my paycheck with out a lawyer?

The IRS is taking so much of my check that i’m thinking of quiting my job because I can’t afford to work.

Answer: You can’t. Unless you start getting paid under the table with cash.

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-21 21:16 U.S. IRS directs agents to focus on equity swaps

By Kim Dixon

Tampa Tax Attorney discusses IRS Installment Agreements