Word: 4a
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...form it introduced in November, the IRS last week unveiled a simpler version. The bewildering four pages of questions and instructions in the original have been reduced to two. Further minor changes are being discussed with the Office of Management and Budget, and the new form, called W-4A, is expected to be made final this week. Said IRS Commissioner Lawrence Gibbs: "We misjudged the willingness and capacity of many taxpayers to handle the additional complexity...
...withheld from paychecks, had to be revised this year because of the tax-reform law that took effect in January. Since the legislation disallowed many deductions, some households may have to have more tax withheld. Taxpayers can choose to fill out either the W-4 or the shorter W-4A, though 40% to 50% of employees have already completed the long form. Gibbs had a warning for taxpayers who intend to use W-4A: because it is less precise, many of them might have more money withheld than is necessary and have to file for a refund. For millions...
...scientific community is not alone in the kind of professional "pressure" cited by former Harvard-affiliate Claudio Milanese to explain his fabrication of the existence of interleukin-4a, an immune system stimulant. Science is unique, however, in that the research process is predicated on the myth of its autonomy from such pressures. Hence the shock value and significance of disclosures of misconduct. The scientific community is apparently not in need of preventive medicine for the misconduct of its members. Rather, self-scrutiny should determine to what extent such fraud is a problem in the scientific community at large...