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Tax Roundup, 7/19/2013: You can run a red light edition. And saving the...
The first central Iowa town to install revenue cameras has turned them off. The Des Moines Register reports: The Clive City Council on Thursday night voted to discontinue the use of red-light cameras...
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Tax Roundup, 8/15/2013: Turning on the revenue cameras honestly. And mink...
But I thought it was about safety, not money. The Des Moines Register reports: The Clive City Council today is likely to reactivate its dormant red-light camera program, but only through June 30,...
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Tax Roundup, 8/16/2013: Red light cameras, fleeing the country, and suing the...
Clive red-light cameras to go live again Monday (Des Moines Register): The cameras will be turned back on Monday at 12:01 a.m. In addition to approving the contract the council signed off on language...
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Tax Roundup, 8/26/2013: The corporation that’s gone no longer protects you.
Most people set up corporations at least partly to protect themselves from being liable for liabilities incurred in the business. And it usually works that way. But not always, as a case out of...
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Tax Roundup, 1/22/14: Let’s pay it for Hollywood! And: choosing a preparer.
Taking your money and giving it to Hollywood. Oscar Nominees Cash In On State Tax Subsidies (Howard Gleckman, TaxVox): Each of the nine movies nominated for this year’s Oscar for best film may already...
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Tax Roundup, 3/10/14: Sioux City $afety Edition. And: rogue dentistry!
Sioux City Revenue Camera Windfall. The Des Moines Register today lists the winners from revenue cameras around the state. Public safety isn’t up there: Tickets from automatic traffic cameras totaled...
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Tax Roundup, 10/13/14: Appeals Court holds CRP payments not Self-employment...
Not farming isn’t farming. That is one way to look at Friday’s decision by the Eighth Circuit in Morehouse that Conservation Reserve Program payments to non-farmers are not self-employment income....
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Tax Roundup, 3/18/15: In Spite of all the Danger, state shuts down revenue...
Flickr image by Robert Couse-Baker used under Creative Commons license Des Moines to lose freeway revenue cameras. The Iowa Department of Revenue moved to reduce the tax on strangers driving through...
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Tax Roundup, 5/13/15: Des Moines tries to speed through a red light. And: Tax...
Des Moines plans to sue to keep revenue camera revenue flowing. The Des Moines tax on unwary out-of-town motorists driving past Waveland Golf Course lost another battle yesterday. The Iowa Department...
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Tax Roundup, 9/7/16: It’s not about the money. Now pay up. Also: No plans,...
Programming note: The Tax Roundup will take tomorrow, September 8, off. See you Friday! Picking your pocket, for your safety. The long Labor Day drive to visit the family always has the annoying...
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