Reclaim New York executive director Brandon Muir offered the following statement on Tax Day, as taxpayers really feel the heat of New York’s hellacious tax burden: “New York families are once again struggling to survive the most dangerous tax burden in America. A total tax burden that’s the highest in the country, and a business […]
BY CHRIS HANLY INVESTMENT CONSULTANT, GARY GOLDBERG FINANCIAL SERVICES Having Options is the key to a tax efficient portfolio: We all know that ordinary income, dividends, and long-term capital gains can all be taxed at very different rates, yet so few of us design an investment strategy that will provide the desired income/cash-flow in the […]
Office of General Services Commissioner this week announced that five businesses have recently been certified by the Office of General Services’ (OGS) Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD). Among the five is Protek Government Solutions LLC, located in New City, Rockland County. Protek provides system integration design services for information technology. The Division was […]
FROM GASBUDDY Average retail gasoline prices in New York have fallen 1.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.41/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 gas outlets in New York. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.29/g, according to […]
By Phillip E. Goldstein, Managing Partner Goldstein Lieberman & Company LLC Business Advisers and Certified Public Accountants Think the Alternative Minimum Tax rules don’t apply to you? Think again! While Congress originally devised the alternative minimum tax (AMT) rules to ensure that high-income individuals who take advantage of multiple tax breaks will still owe taxes […]
In 1960, George Nissen, former gymnast and inventor of the trampoline, borrowed a kangaroo from a farm on Long Island and trained it to jump with him in Central Park as a publicity stunt to promote the use of his unique […]