Word: refundability
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...program for aeronautical engineers. After a hiatus of 2 1/2 years, NASA engineers launched the Discovery shuttle and encountered the same problem?falling insulation foam from the external fuel tank during lift-off?that doomed the previous shuttle, the Columbia, in 2003. NASA's engineers, managers and technicians should refund to the government the full amount of their salaries and benefits for the past 2 1/2 years. Rod Rawson Miami...
...welfare program for aeronautical engineers. After a hiatus of 2½ years, NASA engineers launched the Discovery shuttle and encountered the same problem--falling insulation foam from the external fuel tank during lift-off--that doomed the previous shuttle, the Columbia, in 2003. NASA's engineers, managers and technicians should refund to the government the full amount of their salaries and benefits for the past 2½ years...
...disclosure came as the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, announced the findings of a study conducted on the IRS. The GAO report said that at some IRS processing centers, refund checks were mutilated and tax forms were left on loading docks. The GAO also said that kinks in the new IRS computer system and inadequate staffing had made matters worse. IRS Spokesman A. Ernest Acosta said the agency was "taking corrective action." Ideally, the difficulties will be resolved soon. Tax-filing season for 1985 is bearing down. AGRICULTURE Catfish Are Jumpin...
...life, but he works at it. A professional gambler and a three-time World Series of Poker champion, Baxter earns enough to afford a $1 million home in Las Vegas. But last week Baxter claimed his sweetest pot of all in a Reno courtroom: a $178,000 refund from the Internal Revenue Service...
...money was earned income, like a salary, which was taxable at a top rate of 50%. In 1984 he filed suit, contending that his winnings were the product of skill and hard work. Last week the U.S. district court in Nevada agreed and ordered the IRS to give a refund with interest. Said Baxter: "Jack Nicklaus gets to file his prize money as earned income...