By the Internal Revenue Service, If you are donating to charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti, you may be able to claim those donations on your 2009 tax return. Here are 10 important facts the Internal Revenue Service wants you to know about this special provision. 1. A new law […]

By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog Gubernatorial candidate Bill Bradbury has come out with a proposal to create a “Bank of Oregon” where all state agencies would be required to deposit their funds. Then the bank would be required to invest only in in-state projects. It is an interesting idea, […]

Flash Cookie changes how marketers can track users online By Oregon Small Business Association, Marketers have a fresh, new tracking tool to follow you online and it’s tougher to beat.  In the past, the best way to preserve online anonymity is to delete your cookies, the bits of computer code […]

NW Business Litigation Blog Ater Wynne Oregon Attorneys at Law Washington’s domestic partnership law, which went into effect on December 3, 2009, provides that for all purposes, registered domestic partners must be treated the same as married spouses, unless doing so would conflict with state law.  “Registered domestic partners” include […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics, Some say that we have added no jobs in the past 10 years, and they are calling it a “lost decade.”  What they see is a product of bad data analysis.  Here’s the actual U.S. employment data, plotted in blue:

State tax agency asks you to wait until after special election to file 2009 tax returns Oregon Department of Revenue, SALEM—If you’re in a hurry to file your tax return, the Oregon Department of Revenue asks you to hold on to it until after the January 26 special election.  “If […]

By Aaron Crowley, Oregon business owner and author of Less Chaos, More Cash My good friend Scott called me the other day and he was shouting, “I shouldn’t have to explain this!  It goes without saying!”   You see, he recently started a small business, detailing luxury cars, and he had […]

DeFazio Introduces Transaction Tax By Oregon Small Business Association, Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio and others in Congress are pushing a new concept that would fund spending programs by taxing securities and derivative transactions.  Supporters argue that H.R. 4191, Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of […]

By Louis A. Ferreira Stoel Rives LLP, Attorneys at Law Congress has proposed legislation that would amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to increase both civil and criminal penalties, expand coverage, and create new obligations for employers. Congress has not acted recently on the bill, named the […]