Law Amended to Shield Tax-Exempt Groups
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Pension funds, university endowments and other groups  exempt from paying taxes  get relief from law intended to combat two notorious corporate tax shelters.
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Sweeping new rules aimed at prodding companies into shoring up their pension plans and ensuring that workers get the retirement benefits they've been promised are about to become law.
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By Andy Meinen, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 24--A new law signed by Gov.
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A bill that gives consumers added protections when they make Internet purchases is now law in New York State.
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Small-scale gigs are being hit by new laws, according to a government-backed group led by Feargal Sharkey.
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A law making it easier for employers to automatically enroll their employees in 401(k) and other retirement plans goes into effect tomorrow.
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By Charles Hutzler  BEIJING  --  Chinese lawmakers today formally introduced a hotly debated law that marks one of the most explicit attempts to legally protect personal wealth by a government that only a generation ago preached communist egalitarianism.
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Americans looking to reduce their federal income taxes this year will get help from several important tax law changes that have expanded credits and deductions.
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A new law making it easier for companies to automatically enroll their employees in pension plans such as 401(k)s goes into effect soon, the Labor Department said Monday, a move the government hopes will spur increased retirement savings.
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Members of Congress were alarmed to learn Saturday that they had passed a provision allowing certain congressmen and their staffs to inspect any American&#39;s income tax returns.
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Justice Department officials are revising controversial guidelines for criminal prosecutions of companies in response to pressure from business groups, civil liberties lobbyists and an influential lawmaker who is expected to introduce legislation on the issue early next week.
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The House voted Friday to amend several securities laws dating back to the 1930s to allow church pension programs to pool their assets with private and government pension plans as a means of increasing retirement savings.
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The government could raise an additional $400 billion or so over the next decade by tightening rules on tax shelters, simplifying the law and eliminating a range of tax breaks, many of which benefit homeowners and ordinary taxpayers, according to a congressional report.
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The government is expected to announce new legislation this week to protect people who work in animal research.
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Some of the nationâs biggest insurance companies want to change rules that enable some of their competitors to avoid billions of dollars in federal taxes by sending money to themselves in tax havens.
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A key issue in the $140 billion bill involves removing Food and Drug Administration regulation from tobacco products. Updates in tax law to help agricultural cooperatives.
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By Matt Birkbeck, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 9--Two months after passing an immigration law that's become the focus of a national debate, Hazleton City Council on Friday gave initial approval to a revamped ordinance designed to survive court challenges.