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What to expect on the new tax law in 2019

Dec 28, 2018
We’re still learning how the tax law is playing out and what it all means.
Anticipating a high volume of calls and the ensuing backlog, the IRS is urging people to prepare as much as possible this tax season.
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The cost of four missing words in the tax law

Dec 12, 2018
Dropped words in the tax law are causing a mess for retailers and restaurants.
The drive-thru machine at the Commack, New York, White Castle is causing problems, but the store put renovations on hold because of the retail glitch in the tax law.
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New tax law may provide window of opportunity for impoverished areas

Mar 21, 2018
It’s an ongoing problem: how to transform persistently poor parts of the country? Well a program coming out of the new tax law hopes to solve that problem. Today is the initial deadline for states to nominate “opportunity zones,” which will try to draw private investment to these areas. But the program may just make […]