Posts Tagged ‘ politics ’

New Panel Chair Might Have An Open Mind

Jan 24th, 2011 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: Podcasts

There’s still a certain amount of office shuffling and furniture moving going on at this point on Capitol Hill, which surprised me when I talked to House Small Business Committee staff last week.
I guess I figured the newly elected and re-elected Republican majority was so very gung-ho to get going that they would have gotten [...]



National Taxpayer Advocate Slams New 1099 Rules

Jul 20th, 2010 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: Podcasts

Everybody else is complaining about those new reporting requirement and the burden they’re going to impose on small businesses. Why should Nina Olsen be any different?
Nina Olsen, in case you didn’t know, is the National Taxpayer Advocate. A few years ago, when she named the tax gap as the top taxpayer challenge for fiscal 2004 [...]