FedEx drivers win $14.4 mln in pay row: L.A.Times
(Reuters) – A court-appointed official has awarded about 200 California drivers for FedEx Corp $14.4 million in a dispute over whether the package delivery company illegally classified them as independent contractors instead of employees, the Los Angeles Times reported. The award, which is for job-related expenses and interest, is about $9 million more than was awarded to the drivers by a trial court in 2005, the paper said, quoting lawyers of the drivers.
FedEx told the Times it would review the recommendation and contest any disputed items. The Memphis, Tennessee-based company did not immediately return calls made by Reuters seeking comment.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Small businesses...
IRS business provisions of the economic stimulus payments - find information here.
QuickBooks Opens to iPhone and BlackBerry (WebCPA)
Intuit has added mobile access to its QuickBooks Online service via the Apple iPhone and RIM BlackBerry. The Web-based version of the company's small business accounting software now has more than 130,000 small businesses as subscribers. The iPhone and BlackBerry applications were developed by Intuit Labs. The applications allow smartphone users to check their current bank and credit card balances, track accounts receivable and accounts payable, find vendor, employee and customer contact information, locate addresses via Google Maps, and run balance-sheet and profit-and-loss reports. QuickBooks Online costs $9.95 per month, but the iPhone and BlackBerry applications are free. For more information, visit intuitlabs.com .
QuickBooks Opens to iPhone and BlackBerry (WebCPA)
Intuit has added mobile access to its QuickBooks Online service via the Apple iPhone and RIM BlackBerry. The Web-based version of the company's small business accounting software now has more than 130,000 small businesses as subscribers. The iPhone and BlackBerry applications were developed by Intuit Labs. The applications allow smartphone users to check their current bank and credit card balances, track accounts receivable and accounts payable, find vendor, employee and customer contact information, locate addresses via Google Maps, and run balance-sheet and profit-and-loss reports. QuickBooks Online costs $9.95 per month, but the iPhone and BlackBerry applications are free. For more information, visit intuitlabs.com .
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Monday, November 07, 2005
All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena risks losing its tax-exempt status because of a former rector's remarks in 2004.
By Patricia Ward Biederman and Jason Felch, LA Times Staff Writers
The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California's largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing its tax-exempt status because of an antiwar sermon two days before the 2004 presidential election. Rector J. Edwin Bacon of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena told many congregants during morning services Sunday that a guest sermon by the church's former rector, the Rev. George F. Regas, on Oct. 31, 2004, had prompted a letter from the IRS.
In his sermon, Regas, who from the pulpit opposed both the Vietnam War and 1991's Gulf War, imagined Jesus participating in a political debate with then-candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry. Regas said that "good people of profound faith" could vote for either man, and did not tell parishioners whom to support. But he criticized the war in Iraq, saying that Jesus would have told Bush, "Mr. President, your doctrine of preemptive war is a failed doctrine. Forcibly changing the regime of an enemy that posed no imminent threat has led to disaster."
On June 9, the church received a letter from the IRS stating that "a reasonable belief exists that you may not be tax-exempt as a church … " The federal tax code prohibits tax-exempt organizations, including churches, from intervening in political campaigns and elections. The letter went on to say that "our concerns are based on a Nov. 1, 2004, newspaper article in the Los Angeles Times and a sermon presented at the All Saints Church discussed in the article." - complete article
The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California's largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing its tax-exempt status because of an antiwar sermon two days before the 2004 presidential election. Rector J. Edwin Bacon of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena told many congregants during morning services Sunday that a guest sermon by the church's former rector, the Rev. George F. Regas, on Oct. 31, 2004, had prompted a letter from the IRS.
In his sermon, Regas, who from the pulpit opposed both the Vietnam War and 1991's Gulf War, imagined Jesus participating in a political debate with then-candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry. Regas said that "good people of profound faith" could vote for either man, and did not tell parishioners whom to support. But he criticized the war in Iraq, saying that Jesus would have told Bush, "Mr. President, your doctrine of preemptive war is a failed doctrine. Forcibly changing the regime of an enemy that posed no imminent threat has led to disaster."
On June 9, the church received a letter from the IRS stating that "a reasonable belief exists that you may not be tax-exempt as a church … " The federal tax code prohibits tax-exempt organizations, including churches, from intervening in political campaigns and elections. The letter went on to say that "our concerns are based on a Nov. 1, 2004, newspaper article in the Los Angeles Times and a sermon presented at the All Saints Church discussed in the article." - complete article
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Calendar
January 31, 2005: 2004 information returns due to recipients
February 28, 2005: 2004 information returns due to federal/CT agencies
March 15, 2005: 2004 federal corporation income tax returns due; 2005 federal corporation income tax estimates due
April 1, 2005: 2004 CT corporation income tax returns due
April 15, 2005: 2004 federal/CT partnership income tax returns due; 2004 CT S corporation income tax returns due
Employers
We would like to make you aware of some changes in payroll taxes for 2005 and some important upcoming dates. 2005 employer tax letter
2004 year-end information returns; calendar and reference information on what and when to file. More...
Employees vs. independent contractor issues- IRS discussion
Starting a new business
Internal Revenue Service site information- here...
CT Department of Revenue Services site information- here...
CT Secretary of the State site information- here...
January 31, 2005: 2004 information returns due to recipients
February 28, 2005: 2004 information returns due to federal/CT agencies
March 15, 2005: 2004 federal corporation income tax returns due; 2005 federal corporation income tax estimates due
April 1, 2005: 2004 CT corporation income tax returns due
April 15, 2005: 2004 federal/CT partnership income tax returns due; 2004 CT S corporation income tax returns due
Employers
Starting a new business
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