U-turn on school surplus clawback
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The government has abandoned plans to have local authorities redistribute 5% of school budget surpluses.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is on pace to record a budget surplus of at least &#36;8.9 billion when the fiscal year ends in March, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale announced Tuesday.
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Foolish advice to cut back on what you owe.
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Berkeley, U. of Minn. students get download discounts; aim is to provide legal music alternatives. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - As an added bonus to returning to campus this fall, more than 80,000 college students
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In recent years, thousands of the nation's teachers have claimed a deduction of up to $250 on their federal income tax returns for out-of-pocket costs for crayons, construction paper and other classroom supplies.
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By Mark Taylor mark.taylor@roanoke.com 981-3395  UNION HALL -- How do you turn around a teenager who is starting to let things slip in school?  Like many parents, Ricky Lewis faced that dilemma a few years ago.
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Expected to make concessions for small biz The chancellor Alistair Darling is today expected to make a U-turn over plans to bring a single rate of capital gains tax (CGT) into play, following pressure from small business (SMB) lobby groups that deeply opposed the reform.â¦
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Why is the government paying for our consumer electronics? A contrary opinion on the voucher program for mandatory analog TV conversion. In Gadget Lab.
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Ministers press IT firms to bring down costs but parents of school students will have to contribute
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  Davis School District leaders want students to get the most out of the district's computers and taxpayers' money by refurbishing older computers and giving them to students.
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By Mike Fitzgerald, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  May 28--EAST ST. LOUIS -- A state agency plans to spend $550,000 to fix up the old Lincoln High School to make space for a sewing training program for chronically unemployed adults.
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Taxpayers, walk away from the gift wrap and pick up your pencils. You have less than a month to strategize your way out of the alternative minimum tax for 2006.
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Rep. Carl Duckworth, D-Magna, looks over the various kinds of Aggie Ice Cream at the Utah Legislature on Thursday. Utah State University representatives brought the treat to promote two bills affecting higher education.  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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An accounting change that could cost schools and libraries an estimated &#36;1 billion in aid drew fire Tuesday from senators who said they were blindsided by the move.
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Don't let your young ones throw their money away.
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Even though it seems like Uncle Sam wants to siphon every last dime from Americans&#39; pockets, the government actually tries to give back cash when it collects too many tax dollars.
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Endowments might be surging, but don't rely on colleges to give your kid a free ride.