By Oregon Tax News, On tax day before the Senate Commerce Committee, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed the National Broadband Plan that would expand the Universal Service Fund (USF) tax on landline and cell phones to include broadband internet.  The FCC estimates the National Broadband Plan will cost $350 […]

American Voters Want Consumer Protection Without Hurting Jobs and Main Street — Six State Polls Show Unease With Consumer Financial Protection Agency By U.S. Chamber of Commerce WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released six state polls showing that American voters overwhelmingly oppose the creation of a new Consumer […]

State Treasurer announces panel to help guide travel policy revision, immediate change in per diem rules By Oregon State Treasurer Office SALEM – Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler announced today the members of an advisory panel that will help him craft new travel-related policies for the Oregon State Treasury, where […]

Goldman Sachs, Synthetic CDOs, and … Fraud? By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics, The Goldman Sachs fraud charges certainly make the company look sleazy, but one key fact seems not to be discussed too much:  the securities involved were synthetic CDOs, and I think that makes a big difference.  The […]

Governor Kulongoski reports that Federal Recovery Act continues to produce results in Oregon. $150 million in Recovery Act dollars funded approximately 5800 jobs in third quarter By Governor Ted Kulongoski, Salem – Governor Kulongoski announced today through Oregon’s third quarterly report on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) […]

Washington State’s 2010 Tax Package By Michele Radosevich, Garry Fujita, and Dirk Giseburt Davis, Wright and Tremaine LLP Every taxpayer in Washington will be directly or indirectly affected by massive changes to the Revenue Act of 1935, which is projected to raise close to $800 million in this biennium and […]

Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, Dem. Sen. Ron Wyden team up for Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act as seen on the FoxNewsChannel — April 14, 2010

Miller Nash LLP, Oregon and Washington Law Firm Written by Jeffrey P. Chicoine, Madeline Engel If you start adding employees, do not miss this new tax incentive. On March 18, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, sometimes called the HIRE or New Hire […]

Gallup recently did a follow-up poll on Obama health care reform and whether the public mood has changed and what is the demographic of the support and opposition.  Below are some of the results. Question: Congress recently passed legislation that restructures the nation’s healthcare system.  All in all, do you […]