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What Would Steve Jobs Tell Congress?

What Would Steve Jobs Tell Congress?

By Jeff Nolan on May 31, 2013

Like many I watched the kabuki theater that is Congress perp walk Apple CEO Tim Cook in front of a committee to berate the company for legally applying the tax code that Congress created to preserve cash using the offshore entities the income was earned in. I was left with the question “would Congress have […]

Posted in Business | Tagged apple, Congress, General Electric, Taxes, Tim Cook

Incenting Behavior: Spend Mgmt. Learning From an Automotive Purchase and IRS Section 179 (Part 1)

Incenting Behavior: Spend Mgmt. Learning From an Automotive Purchase and IRS Section 179 (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on September 10, 2010

In the past few weeks, my wife and I finally decided it was time to buy a car for our business. The old minivan, which has had double family and work duty for four years, will continue to menace the streets of Chicago as it tears …

Posted in Business | Tagged ChevroletVolt, General Motors, IRS, Sport utility vehicle, SUV, Taxes, Volkswagen Touareg

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Your Tax Dollars at Work

By Jeff Nolan on January 11, 2010

The Federal government, specifically the Federal Highway Administration, is spending $1.2 billion of your money to nationalize the 511 highway traffic reporting system, replicating what Yahoo, Google, Navteq, and others are already doing. This is a great example of the overreach that is endemic to the Federal government but what is really troubling about it […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged 511, 511 info, Deficit, Federal Government, Federal Highway Administration, google, Navteq, tax dollars, Taxes

The Answer is Taxes

The Answer is Taxes

By Jeff Nolan on January 5, 2010

Image via Wikipedia The Merc ran a story today that I have seen run twice already in the Chron about how sponsors of commemorative license plate programs are coming up short, pathetically short, of their goals. But a proposed plate that would feature a small image of the Golden Gate Bridge and whose proceeds would […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged DMV, environment, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay Area, Taxes

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