The Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, has created many methods of filing to make it easier for taxpayers. A filer can choose to either mail the tax forms in or send them electronically, known as e-filing. Previously, a user could submit their tax return by telephone, utilizing Telefile, but this service has been discontinued as [...]
Eco-driving
According to the RAC, a change in driving habits motorists could save an average of 8% on fuel bills, which equates to £50 to £100 per year on average.
Manufacturers have long claimed that driving more slowly, between 50mph to 60mph, is most efficient - 55mph is industry-wide test speed for [...]
Home Office minister Alan Campbell last night tabled laws which will, for the first time, give drivers the right to an independent appeal if they are clamped on private land.
A tribunal, which will be funded by charges made against clamping companies, will have the power to order firms to repay in full unfair fines or [...]
The dramatic and gravity-defying turnaround in the property market continued in December, as the average house price jumped by another £1,400, or 1.2%, to hit £163,481. The recession-busting bounce back in Nationwide's house price index, based on the country's biggest building society's mortgage approvals, comes after prices hit a low of last February. [...]
Car insurance premiums, which have been rising at record rates over the past year, took their biggest ever upward jump during the last three months of 2009. The average quoted premium for comprehensive car insurance has risen by over 18% during the past year, and rose by more than 7% between October and [...]
Around 400,000 men a year will qualify for the extension, which comes into force from April next year.
Business leaders have raised concerns about the impact on firms still recovering from the recession.
Currently, they can take two weeks off after having a child and about 60% of eligible men take up the [...]
Andrew Clare Professor at Cass Business School and chairman of Fathom ConsultingWHAT WILL £1 BUY IN EUROS THIS SUMMER?: €1.15 WHEN TO BUY: Now 'The halcyon days of 68p to the euro are long gone. Holidaymakers should expect to pay around 87p for a euro in the summer. For those who want [...]
Council traffic wardens are exploiting a legal loophole to penalise motorists who have paid but simply forgot to remove a previous stub from their dashboard or window.
If wardens, or parking attendants, can see more than one ticket, they can fine the motorist.
Yesterday critics accused greedy council chiefs of seizing on 'pernicious' technicalities to punish [...]
Gross domestic product rose 0.1% between the third and fourth quarters, undershooting forecasts from even the most pessimistic of City analysts. For the whole of 2009 output tumbled 4.8%, the worst since modern records began. The numbers mean the UK is not only the last Group of [...]
They could be stranded abroad or lose their holiday, but have no claim for compensation.
In the past two years, more than 60 airlines and travel companies have failed, leaving thousands of holidaymakers' plans in jeopardy.
More than a third of summer holidays are booked in January and February, but consumer legislation covering them [...]
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