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Today, Boston is forecasting a shortfall of $140 million, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said last week. The government is eyeing tax-exempt non-profits like educational institutions and hospitals to make up a portion of the difference...
...Medicare taxes when he worked as an employee of the International Monetary Fund in the early part of this decade. The IMF is an international organization and does not automatically withhold these taxes on behalf of its employees as U.S. companies do. IMF employees have to pay that portion of their tax bills themselves. Apparently figuring out what is owed is tricky stuff, and at least one accountant reportedly told Geithner he had made all necessary payments...
Since Geithner certainly has an office at his Fed job, he can't claim his home as a place of business. But if he telecommuted, he could write off a portion of the cost of his computer and other gear needed to run the largest branch of our nation's bank from home. To get the deduction, though, Geithner, on the basis of his salary, would have had to spend at least $8,000 on home office equipment. But that shouldn't be too tough. If you are the head of the New York Fed, a 73-in. high-definition...
...safe to say he is staying in the same line of work. One thing to watch out for, Tim: expenses must be reasonable in the eyes of the IRS. So if you flew first-class to Chi-Town, you are probably going to be able to expense only a portion of your ticket...
...said you liked barbecued ribs, we'd put a big portion of them in front of you," says Wang. "We'd warm them in a microwave first so you couldn't get away from the smell, and we'd give you a cotton ball with a bit of the food on it so you could taste it. Then we'd have one of the nurses describe how the food was made." (See pictures of what makes you eat more food...