Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1445 Business - Taxes and Tax Season en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:09:18 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1445 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/bs_nm/ubs_dc nm/20080704/ubs_dc Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:09:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/bs_nm/ubs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t084214_450x311_us_ubs.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=_BR3VHDyaYmmaafUylAiXA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="The logo of Swiss bank UBS AG is pictured at one of its buildings in Lucerne April 4, 2008. (Michael Buholzer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Battered Swiss bank UBS said on Friday it should be saved from another hefty loss in the second quarter by a large tax credit, giving a much-needed boost to its share price.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/bs_nm/ubs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t084214_450x311_us_ubs.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=_BR3VHDyaYmmaafUylAiXA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="The logo of Swiss bank UBS AG is pictured at one of its buildings in Lucerne April 4, 2008. (Michael Buholzer/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080704/bs_afp/switzerlandbankingcompanyearningsubs afp/20080704/switzerlandbankingcompanyearningsubs AFP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:58:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080704/bs_afp/switzerlandbankingcompanyearningsubs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080704/capt.cps.mxc60.040708115540.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YCkm3qSaQbwIAecmGi3vSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A UBS branch in Geneva, 2007. Swiss banking giant UBS, which had been hit hard by the subprime crisis, on Friday said it would break even or report a slight loss for its second quarter.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Swiss banking giant UBS, which had been hit hard by the subprime crisis, on Friday said it would break even or report a slight loss for its second quarter thanks to a substantial tax credit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080704/bs_afp/switzerlandbankingcompanyearningsubs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080704/capt.cps.mxc60.040708115540.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YCkm3qSaQbwIAecmGi3vSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A UBS branch in Geneva, 2007. Swiss banking giant UBS, which had been hit hard by the subprime crisis, on Friday said it would break even or report a slight loss for its second quarter.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/bs_nm/china_usa_parole_dc nm/20080703/china_usa_parole_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:59:27 GMT Reuters - A U.S. businessman has been paroled after spending more than 10 years in a Chinese prison on charges of tax evasion and fraud, in a case top U.S. officials raised in talks with China on human rights. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_tesla_motors_california ap/20080702/tec_techbit_tesla_motors_california AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:04:23 GMT AP - The company that built the first mass-produced, all-electric car will keep its manufacturing plant in California, thanks to a new state tax break. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/bs_afp/switzerlandusbankingcompanyubsfraud afp/20080702/switzerlandusbankingcompanyubsfraud AFP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:53:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/bs_afp/switzerlandusbankingcompanyubsfraud"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwr87.020708194657.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=u3Z2JwK3jawCpAesdYo34A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The logo of UBS is seen at the bank headquarters in Zurich. Switzerland's finance minister on Wednesday defended Swiss banking giant UBS even as lawmakers voiced concerns that a US tax evasion probe into the bank could sully the country's reputation.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Switzerland's finance minister on Wednesday defended Swiss banking giant UBS even as lawmakers voiced concerns that a US tax evasion probe into the bank could sully the country's reputation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/bs_afp/switzerlandusbankingcompanyubsfraud"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwr87.020708194657.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=u3Z2JwK3jawCpAesdYo34A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The logo of UBS is seen at the bank headquarters in Zurich. Switzerland's finance minister on Wednesday defended Swiss banking giant UBS even as lawmakers voiced concerns that a US tax evasion probe into the bank could sully the country's reputation.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_bi_ge/ubs_tax_probe ap/20080702/ubs_tax_probe AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:09:56 GMT AP - A federal judge agreed Tuesday to allow the IRS to serve legal papers on Swiss banking giant UBS AG in an expanding investigation into U.S. taxpayers who may have used overseas accounts to hide assets and avoid taxes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/bs_nm/usa_ubs_records_dc nm/20080701/usa_ubs_records_dc Reuters Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:45:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/bs_nm/usa_ubs_records_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_01t205251_450x276_us_usa_ubs_records.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=d4_GvEQoSYFMD_P1QTuqwQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="The logo of Swiss bank UBS AG is pictured at one of its buildings in London April 1, 2008. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A federal judge in Miami has authorized U.S. officials to seek information from UBS AG about U.S. taxpayers suspected of using Swiss bank accounts to evade income taxes, part of a probe that could crack open Switzerland's tradition of bank secrecy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/bs_nm/usa_ubs_records_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_01t205251_450x276_us_usa_ubs_records.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=d4_GvEQoSYFMD_P1QTuqwQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="The logo of Swiss bank UBS AG is pictured at one of its buildings in London April 1, 2008. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_trade ap/20080701/mccain_trade AP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:32:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080701/capt.d507bbfb0b1d45478d349eefd8c175a9.mccain_2008_inmo110.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=0E8i8ulVwgzixxCVivRwFw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy wave before boarding his campaign jet to depart Indianapolis, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>AP - John McCain portrayed free trade Tuesday as a win-win proposition for the U.S. and its Latin American economic partners, but labor leaders said it's been a big loser for Rust Belt voters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080701/capt.d507bbfb0b1d45478d349eefd8c175a9.mccain_2008_inmo110.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=0E8i8ulVwgzixxCVivRwFw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy wave before boarding his campaign jet to depart Indianapolis, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_h_r_block ap/20080630/earns_h_r_block AP Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:36:03 GMT AP - H&R Block Inc., the nation's largest tax preparer, said Monday it swung to a fourth-quarter profit, helped by a record-setting tax season and the sale of its troubled mortgage arm. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/tc_nm/tesla_california_dc nm/20080630/tesla_california_dc Reuters Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:34:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/tc_nm/tesla_california_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080701/2008_06_30t172942_450x311_us_tesla_california.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=9c0pIcdWlUHFOOmOAnHTUg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A Tesla Roadster is shown at Tesla Motors in San Carlos, California June 30, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc said on Monday it will manufacture the lower-priced follow-up to its Roadster sports car in California after the state offered a tax break to keep the operations there.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/tc_nm/tesla_california_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080701/2008_06_30t172942_450x311_us_tesla_california.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=9c0pIcdWlUHFOOmOAnHTUg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Tesla Roadster is shown at Tesla Motors in San Carlos, California June 30, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/bs_nm/hrblock_dc nm/20080630/hrblock_dc Reuters Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:06:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/bs_nm/hrblock_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080630/2008_06_30t085137_450x294_us_hrblock.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=obOetqOIy5FRecwKjvNmfA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Tax specialist Danielle Deutsch (L) helps Jacqueline Zoellnes prepare her taxes at an H and R Block office in Chicago April 14, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tax preparer H&R Block Inc said on Monday it swung to a quarterly profit from a loss, beating estimates and driving the stock 6.6 percent higher, as revenue rose 11 percent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/bs_nm/hrblock_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080630/2008_06_30t085137_450x294_us_hrblock.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=obOetqOIy5FRecwKjvNmfA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tax specialist Danielle Deutsch (L) helps Jacqueline Zoellnes prepare her taxes at an H and R Block office in Chicago April 14, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080627/bs_ibd_ibd/20080627general01 ibd/20080627/20080627general01 Investor's Business Daily Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:54:32 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Tax rebates fueled robust consumer spending in May, the Commerce Department said Friday, temporarily overcoming American pessimism amid soaring food and gasoline prices. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080627/ts_afp/useconomyconsumerincomespending afp/20080627/useconomyconsumerincomespending AFP Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:22:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080627/ts_afp/useconomyconsumerincomespending"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080627/capt.cps.mvo18.270608181610.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=Hcf4Hr569Qj.3Y5tAzpnAw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Tax rebate checks being printed at the Philadelphia Financial Center in May 2008. US consumer spending rose 0.8 percent in May, as Americans spent the proceeds of tax rebate checks, while incomes swelled 1.9 percent, a government report showed Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US consumer spending rose 0.8 percent in May, as Americans spent the proceeds of tax rebate checks, while incomes swelled 1.9 percent, a government report showed Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080627/ts_afp/useconomyconsumerincomespending"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080627/capt.cps.mvo18.270608181610.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=Hcf4Hr569Qj.3Y5tAzpnAw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Tax rebate checks being printed at the Philadelphia Financial Center in May 2008. US consumer spending rose 0.8 percent in May, as Americans spent the proceeds of tax rebate checks, while incomes swelled 1.9 percent, a government report showed Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20080624/bs_fool_fool/rx2992 fool/20080624/rx2992 The Motley Fool Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:45:23 GMT The Motley Fool - Potty train. Pull all-nighters. Work. Pay taxes. Retire. Play golf. Die. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/irs_mileage ap/20080623/irs_mileage AP Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:15:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/irs_mileage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080623/capt.23d18d34972a4a2f99137f800ef44682.oil_prices_caps103.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=rzrwC9HIr3pl3ewqq.wzLA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="High gas prices are posted at a Shell gas station, left, and a Valero gas station, right, in San Bruno, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008. Oil prices rose Monday on disappointment over Saudi Arabia's modest production increase and concerns that output from Nigeria will decline. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, inched lower overnight, but appear unlikely to change much as long as oil prices stay in a trading range. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Internal Revenue Service, citing the drain that high gas prices are having on people's finances, said Monday it is raising the automobile mileage rate that businesses and others can claim.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/irs_mileage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080623/capt.23d18d34972a4a2f99137f800ef44682.oil_prices_caps103.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=rzrwC9HIr3pl3ewqq.wzLA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="High gas prices are posted at a Shell gas station, left, and a Valero gas station, right, in San Bruno, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008. Oil prices rose Monday on disappointment over Saudi Arabia's modest production increase and concerns that output from Nigeria will decline. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, inched lower overnight, but appear unlikely to change much as long as oil prices stay in a trading range. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080623/pl_bloomberg/afzcwewpwf3m bloomberg/20080623/afzcwewpwf3m Bloomberg Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:52:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080623/pl_bloomberg/afzcwewpwf3m"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080623/2008_06_23t093504_450x354_us_usa_politics_mccain_cars.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=RnFYrMJBT5jwe79JyDM.vA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Traffic is backed up at a New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza jn a file photo. McCain will push on Monday for car makers to build more environmentally friendly vehicles, threatening new legislation if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy 'cleaner' cars. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - June 23 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain, calling for ``a swift conversion of American vehicles away from oil,'' said he would spur a market for vehicles that emit little or no carbon dioxide by offering consumers a $5,000 tax credit to buy them.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080623/pl_bloomberg/afzcwewpwf3m"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080623/2008_06_23t093504_450x354_us_usa_politics_mccain_cars.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=RnFYrMJBT5jwe79JyDM.vA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traffic is backed up at a New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza jn a file photo. McCain will push on Monday for car makers to build more environmentally friendly vehicles, threatening new legislation if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy 'cleaner' cars. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20080623/bs_bw/jun2008pi20080622415010 bw/20080623/jun2008pi20080622415010 BusinessWeek Online Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:08:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20080623/bs_bw/jun2008pi20080622415010"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080621/capt.cps.mub83.210608185958.photo01.photo.default-512x372.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=HiPyIs256I9McAOHYA_2eg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain speaks to a gathering of the Economic Club of Canada at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on June 20, 2008. Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has surged to a 15-point lead over John McCain in the latest Newsweek poll out Friday, by far the biggest margin of any recent survey.(AFP/File/Geoff Robins)" border="0" /></a>BusinessWeek Online - Hardly anyone disagrees with this statement: The nation's tax system is a mess. The U.S. tax code is riddled with far too many deductions, credits, exemptions, exclusions, phase-ins, and phase-outs. Nobel laureate Milton Friedman noted half a century ago that constant changes in the tax code discourage long-term planning by households and businesses. He was right, but that hasn't stopped Democrats and Republicans from tinkering with taxes ever since the income tax was imposed in 1913.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20080623/bs_bw/jun2008pi20080622415010"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080621/capt.cps.mub83.210608185958.photo01.photo.default-512x372.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=HiPyIs256I9McAOHYA_2eg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain speaks to a gathering of the Economic Club of Canada at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on June 20, 2008. Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has surged to a 15-point lead over John McCain in the latest Newsweek poll out Friday, by far the biggest margin of any recent survey.(AFP/File/Geoff Robins)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (BusinessWeek Online) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/usa_politics_mccain_cars_dc nm/20080623/usa_politics_mccain_cars_dc Reuters Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:03:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/usa_politics_mccain_cars_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080623/2008_06_23t094522_450x370_us_usa_politics_mccain_cars.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=mOiL1G6nj71I86OSZgOzRQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Traffic is backed up at a New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza jn a file photo. McCain will push on Monday for car makers to build more environmentally friendly vehicles, threatening new legislation if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy 'cleaner' cars. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - John McCain will push on Monday for car makers to build more environmentally friendly vehicles, threatening new legislation if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy "cleaner" cars.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/usa_politics_mccain_cars_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080623/2008_06_23t094522_450x370_us_usa_politics_mccain_cars.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=mOiL1G6nj71I86OSZgOzRQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traffic is backed up at a New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza jn a file photo. McCain will push on Monday for car makers to build more environmentally friendly vehicles, threatening new legislation if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy 'cleaner' cars. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080622/pl_afp/switzerlandusbankingfraudjusticeubs afp/20080622/switzerlandusbankingfraudjusticeubs AFP Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:53:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080622/pl_afp/switzerlandusbankingfraudjusticeubs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080622/capt.cps.mui28.220608225325.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Su.afMWDdiMLO.iCOADeOQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A man walks past the UBS headquarters in Zurich. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has made a formal request to travel to Switzerland to probe a multi-million-dollar tax evasion case involving top Swiss bank UBS, a report in the Swiss weekly Sonntag said.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has made a formal request to travel to Switzerland to probe a multi-million-dollar tax evasion case involving top Swiss bank UBS, a news report said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080622/pl_afp/switzerlandusbankingfraudjusticeubs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080622/capt.cps.mui28.220608225325.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Su.afMWDdiMLO.iCOADeOQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks past the UBS headquarters in Zurich. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has made a formal request to travel to Switzerland to probe a multi-million-dollar tax evasion case involving top Swiss bank UBS, a report in the Swiss weekly Sonntag said.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080621/bs_afp/eutaxfraudgermanyliechtenstein afp/20080621/eutaxfraudgermanyliechtenstein AFP Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:32:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080621/bs_afp/eutaxfraudgermanyliechtenstein"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080621/capt.cps.muc53.210608213112.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=INQ3nl3gdh8wJ4pHxNg1Lw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The logo of LGT Treuhand Bank part of LGT Group is seen in February 2008 in Vaduz. New searches have been carried out in Germany in a major Liechtenstein tax evasion scandal, the weekly Der Spiegel said in a report released Saturday. According to the magazine, German customers of Liechtenstein bank LGT who are suspected of concealing part of their fortunes in the tiny Alpine state.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - New searches have been carried out in Germany in a major Liechtenstein tax evasion scandal, the weekly Der Spiegel said in a report released Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taxes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080621/bs_afp/eutaxfraudgermanyliechtenstein"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080621/capt.cps.muc53.210608213112.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=INQ3nl3gdh8wJ4pHxNg1Lw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The logo of LGT Treuhand Bank part of LGT Group is seen in February 2008 in Vaduz. New searches have been carried out in Germany in a major Liechtenstein tax evasion scandal, the weekly Der Spiegel said in a report released Saturday. According to the magazine, German customers of Liechtenstein bank LGT who are suspected of concealing part of their fortunes in the tiny Alpine state.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)