Federal tax credits may save Hotel Syracuse
The Hotel Syracuse has been closed for about nine years now. There have been various attempts at reviving the hotel over the past years, but all of the attempts have failed; however, there may be a way to do it after all.
Senator Charles Schumer stated that the fight to hang on to the Federal New Market Tax Credits, which is part of the deal to head off the fiscal cliff crisis, may play an important role in turning things around for Hotel Syracuse.
$75 million of New Market Tax Credits to CenterState CEO will need to be delivered by the Department of the Treasury. The CenterState CEO will then need to use that funding to help financially aid the development projects within that region. This includes a hefty $10 million for the most important of the projects: Hotel Syracuse. In short, federal tax credits just might help revive Hotel Syracuse. The local leaders are stating that the $10 million will help in forming a new attempt to bringing the hotel back out of the ashes.
There is a particular project that has been delayed for a while, consisting of building a new hotel on a parking lot site right across the convention center. Local leaders had stated that a revival of Hotel Syracuse would erase the need for that long delayed project. There is not big downtown hotel, and if federal tax credits indeed do save Hotel Syracuse it can be that big downtown hotel.
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Former Chicago Bears player pleads guilty to Federal tax charges
A former Chicago Bears player named Chris Zorich pleaded guilty to federal tax charges, as he admitted to the judge that he did not file his taxes as he was supposed to, on time.
Zorich, 43, faces four misdemeanor counts of not filing his federal income tax returns from the period of 2006 to 2009. During that time, he supposedly had made over $1 million, which included income from a charity that he had started himself.
The judge of the trial for Zorich asked him if he knew that it was wrong to not file the tax returns. Zorich responded that he knew that it was indeed a wrong act to commit, but he didn’t provide any reason as to why he went along with it anyway. Zorich’s attorney had stated that Zorich was very much looking forward to putting the case far behind him, and moving on.
Zorich is a Chicago native and played on the 1988 Notre Dame team that won the national championship. He also had played for the Chicago Bears from 1991 to 1996, ending his career with the Washington Redskins back in 1997.
The former Chicago Bears NFL player is looking at a payment of $71,000 in back taxes as a part of his plea agreement with the judge. His sentencing will be done on July 12. Each count for Zorich carries a maximum sentence of a year in prison, and also a $100,000 fine.
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Federal tax code may favor driving over other transportation modes
There are common complaints that transit is subsidized and roads pay for themselves; however, this is found over and over again to be untrue. Taxes are due in less than a month, and the Tri-state took a peak at the available and recently-expired tax credits and deductions that are related to automobile and transit use in the federal tax code. They did so in order to see if the tax breaks being proposed had a bias towards automobile use over other transportation.
It is possible that the federal tax code provides benefits for automobile owners; however, it seems as they offer limited incentives to taxpayers that take transit or travel by bike. This article isn’t meant to be an expert analysis on taxes, as we aren’t tax advisers, but it may be an optional guide or simply seen as an educated opinion.
If you own or operate a vehicle, these are some of the benefits you may earn:
Tax payers who choose to donate their vehicles to charity can receive a tax deduction
Individuals who have experienced an automobile crash that aren’t fully reimbursed by the insurance of the other driver, as long as the crash wasn’t the individual’s fault, may be able to deduct the unreimbursed amount.
Automobile owners may also receive tax credits to purchase or lease fuel efficient vehicles or even fuel cell vehicles and hybrid vehicles. Additionally, individuals may take a tax credit for qualified fuel cell vehicles that were serviced in 2012.
Also, individuals that drive to work may be eligible to take up to $245/month in a pre-tax deduction in order to cover parking expenses.
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