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TAXES
By MIRIAM. McD. MILLER

TICKETS TO CHARITY

It has probably happened to many a taxpayer who holds a season ticket to pro football games or to some concert series that he occasionally finds he will not be able to attend one game

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

VACATION PROPERTY
As the summer months get underway, interest in vacation homes increases. The House Ways & Means Committee is working on a bill that would allow for genuine business use of vacation homes but

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

TRAVELING EXPENSES

The IRS has announced that its agents and auditors have been instructed once again to scrutinize deductions for business trips, conventions and cruises which appear to be vacations in

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

TAX RETURNS
If you filed your tax return in January, you should have received any requested refund by now. Refunds requested on returns filed after February 1st will not be processed from six to eight weeks.<

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

WITHHOLDING FROM WAGES
Congress passed a law in order to discourage banks from loaning employers money to pay employees "net wages" but not enough to pay the withholding tax due on the wages. To hold a bank l

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

PROPOSED LEGISLATION
Tax legislation is certainly keeping up with the times. The Senate has passed a bill (S. 2589) which is called "The National Energy Emergency Act." The bill provides that an itemized dedu

TAXES
By MIRIAM MCD. MILLER

PRIVATE PENSION SECURITY BILL OF 1973

The Private Pension Security Bill of 1973 is one of the most important pieces of legislation affecting the lives of working men to be placed before the Congress in m

TAXES
By MIRIAM MCD. MILLER

UNION MEMBERS EXCLUDED
The Commissioner denied a taxpayer-company's right to deduct the amount of the contributions it had made to its profit-sharing plan. The Commissioner's position was that the plan could

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

RETIREMENT BENEFITS TAX BILL
A Retirement Benefits Tax Bill, H.R. 7157, has been prepared by the Treasury Department and introduced in Congress. The bill's intended purpose is to strengthen and improve the pr

TAXES
By MIRIAM. McD. MILLER

DISCRIMINATORY PLAN
The tax laws provide that in order for a pension trust to qualify, the classification that determines employee eligibility for participation must not be discriminatory in favor of "employ

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

WIFE'S TRIP
Three years ago a U.S. Court of Appeals rendered a most pleasing decision for businessmen. It allowed the taxpayer (Roy Disney) to deduct the costs of his wife's trip when she accompanied him on a

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

OVERWITHHOLDING
Nearly four million employers in the United States have been contacted by the IRS and asked once again to get their employees to use the newly designed Form W-4, "Employee's Withholding Allowa

TAXES
By MIRIAM MCD. MILLER

POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Being this is the year of elections, many taxpayers will be making contributions to the candidates of their choice. For the first time individual taxpayers may claim a credit or deduct

TAXES
By MIRIAM. McD. MILLER

RETIREMENT SAVINGS
The House Ways and Means Committee is considering a proposal (H.R. 12272) to have an income tax deduction of up to $1,500 per year for retirement savings by employees who are not covered b

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

WITHHOLDING
The IRS has put out a reminder to employees to check their withholding allowances so that they are certain that the proper amount of money is being withheld this year.

This is an attempt

TAXES
By MIRIAM McD. MILLER

POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
The manifestation of so many candidates for president in the first year that a deduction for contributions to candidates for public office is allowed prompts the question of whether th