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Medical Malpractice

Negligence and Malpractice Laws

17th June 2011
Damages will be awarded based on the amount or percentage at fault. For example if the damage is $500 and the other party is 60% at fault he or she will have to pay $300 to the other driver. Insurance companies will usually provide coverage for "mini-tort...
Author: Ernest Conway
Taxes

How to Get IRS Aid and Income Tax Relief

02nd March 2011
With the IRS a lot more aggressively pursuing tax cheats, tax audits are steadily on the rise. In 2008, the IRS collected $56.four billion in tax income - $7.7 billion more than in 2006. Almost one.four million Americans had been audited in 2008, just abo...
Author: joanne
Immigration Law

President Obama calls for immigration reform at State of the Union Address

17th February 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In his first State of the Union speech, President Obama has tied the significance of immigration reform to the nation's struggling overall economy. "Let's quit expelling gifted, responsible young men and women who could be staffing our...
Author: Lon Buck
Business Law

HAMP Loan Modification Assistance - How to calculate and determine if you qualify?

11th February 2011
Body HAMP Loan modification is one of the loan modification processes of the Obama’s Making Homes Affordable Modification Plan, which aims to enable debtors take advantage of their situation and reduce their overall monthly payments spent after reimbursem...
Author: Refinance Mortgage
Law

Health Care Reform Bill Summary

10th February 2011
Immediately after what looks like permanently, Congress has last but not least handed a health care reform bill. The query is, although, what is in this bill? What true changes will folks practical experience as a result of all this wrangling? Or are thes...
Author: Kirkland Jenkins
Taxes

Q&A on Year 2011 Payroll Tax Cut

20th January 2011
The Tax Relief Act was signed into law by President Obama on December 17, 2010. Followings Q&A will help you better understand the payroll tax cut. Q 1: What are the changes caused by recent Tax Relief? A: For Year 2011, the employee tax rate for s...
Author: Karen Hall
Taxes

Year 2011 Payroll Tax Cut - Employers Must Know

20th January 2011
The Tax Relief Act was signed into law by President Obama on December 17, 2010. Followings Q&A will help you better understand the payroll tax cut. Q 1: What are the changes caused by recent Tax Relief? A: For Year 2011, the employee tax rate for s...
Author: Karen Hall
Business Law

The 2010 Small Business Act

06th January 2011
The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, signed into law by President Obama in late September, is designed to tackle America's continuing high unemployment rate by bolstering that sector of the American economy that has traditionally been responsible for the ...
Author: Aaron Kelly
Business Law

Who Can Apply For The Obama Loan Modification Plan?

21st October 2010
What is needed to apply for the Obama's Federal HAMP loan modification and how to qualify for it? These two basic questions always revolve around the debtors mind. This program worth $74 billion is designed to help those homeowners who are under risk of f...
Author: Refinance Mortgage
Taxes

Looming Tax Increases in 2011

20th October 2010
As we wait for Congress to take up a handful of tax and financial issues, taxpayers across the country are wondering what tax laws will change in 2011. A handful of tax cuts and incentives are scheduled to expire at the end of the year, and unless Congres...
Author: Roni Deutch
Taxes

The Pros and Cons of Taxes on Carbonated Beverages

30th April 2010
With the recent passage of Obama's health care reform bill, two topics have been in the news frequently: tax increases and the health of American citizens. One such tax increase is the so called "soda tax" which have been mentioned in Congress multiple ti...
Author: Roni Deutch
Taxes

Why Earmarks Never Benefit Average Taxpayers

27th April 2010
This article attmpets to prove the folloiwng hypothesis: "Congressional earmarks never benefit the average taxpayer and provide advantage only to incumbent politicians." Federal budget earmarks are specific financial grants of taxpayer money to bus...
Author: Bruno Korschek
Taxes

Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension & Expansion

23rd December 2009
Okay, so I know that many of you homebuyers were frantic whether or not you were going to find a home in time to utilize the first time homebuyers tax credit. The new legislation that was passed, pushed this tax credit to April of 2010. President Ob...
Author: Housing Assist of America
Taxes

Tax Implications of the Affordable Health Care for America Act

02nd December 2009
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR3962: the Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009. The legislation is thousands of pages long, making it difficult for regular taxpayers to understand how the bill will affect them. Tax Penalt...
Author: Roni Deutch
Legal

Texas Voters

29th September 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 James Holan Texas has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the United States. Since the year 2000 hit it has dropped farther and farther down the list and now ranks fifth to last since the 2008 election. Even in such a historical...
Author: blackbeltshop
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