taxes
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The Government Wants You To Pay An NBN Tax
The government is pushing for a $7.10 levy to be implemented on the ISPs that deliver Australia’s superfast fixed-line broadband, to help pay for the wireless and satellite portions of the National Broadband Network. That
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The IRS Is Suing Facebook
Facebook could be in trouble with the US Internal Revenue Service. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, hoping compel Facebook to turn over information regarding any transfer of global assets to an Irish-based holding company on its 2010 tax return. The IRS is investigating whether Facebook undervalued transfer assets by billions of dollars,…
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Looks Like Russian Hackers Stole 100,000 Americans’ Tax Returns Online
The Internal Revenue Service suspect that Russian hackers are the culprits who stole the tax records of at least 100,000 people this year, and — yep, you read that right. Russian hackers! If you’re getting déjà vu, that’s because this marks the third time in very recent history that US government websites have been preyed…
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Argentina Is Using Drones To Hunt Down Tax-Evading Mansions
Officials in Argentina had a sneaking suspicion about property tax evasion, so they sent sent out some camera-equipped drones to look at a mostly vacant part of town. What’d they find? Oh, just 200 luxury houses that hadn’t been registered, according to the Telegraph. That’s pretty flagrant.