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Nov272020 by adminNo Comments

Working remotely from different states? You could face additional state taxes next year

Finance

Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty ImagesRemote workers — especially those who have been hopping to different states — could be on the hook for additional taxes when they file their returns next spring.It's been nine months since the coronavirus pandemic first gripped the U.S. and led to many workers punching in each day remotely. The longer you've been away from your home base, the greater the odds are that you could have new state tax obligations.The situation becomes even more complicated if you've been waiting out the pandemic from your vacation home in a different state from where you're primarily domiciled.More from Smart Tax Planning:Five steps business owners can take to trim their taxesYou have just a few weeks to spend down these tax-advantaged dollarsBusiness owners expecting PPP for...

Jan132019 by adminNo Comments

Raytheon contracted for additional upgrades to AMRAAMs

Business

Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Raytheon Missile Systems received a $ 21 million modification of its contract for missile improvement software for the U.S. Air Force. The modification, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, covers work on the advanced medium-range air-to-air-missile [AMRAAM] system, brought the initial $ 50 million contract's value up to $ 71 million. Work on program software architecture and design risk reduction will be performed at the Raytheon facility in Tucson, Ariz. According to the Navy, all orders on the new contract will be placed by Sept. 30, with deliveries on the orders expected by Sept. 30, 2022. The AMRAAM missile, which can also be surface-launched, is regarded as a dominant air-to-air missile, with 25 years of design upgrades and improvements. It is used by th...

Nov262018 by adminNo Comments

KISS announces additional dates for farewell tour

Entertainment

Nov. 26 (UPI) -- KISS has announced a second, North American leg of their upcoming farewell world tour titled End of Road after selling more than half a million tickets. The band will be returning to North America on Aug. 6 to perform at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., before wrapping things up on Sept. 16 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland. KISS, as previously announced, will be starting their North America trek on Jan. 31 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, and will continue touring until April 13 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala. The second leg will also include concerts in cities such Toronto, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Houston, Salt Lake City and Denver, among others. Tickets go on sale for the general public for the second North American tr...

Jul252017 by adminNo Comments

Astronomers detail additional evidence of water inside the moon

Science

July 24 (UPI) -- New analysis of ancient volcanic grains on the moon suggests the lunar mantle is surprisingly rich in water.When astronomers used satellite observations to survey the grains from volcanic deposits across the lunar surface, they found higher concentrations of trapped water.In 2008, scientists identified water in volcanic glass beads collected from the moon during the Apollo 15 and 17 missions. Follow-up analysis in 2011 showed lunar deposits featured as much water as basalt rock samples on Earth."The key question is whether those Apollo samples represent the bulk conditions of the lunar interior or instead represent unusual or perhaps anomalous water-rich regions within an otherwise 'dry' mantle," Ralph Milliken, an associate professor of planetary sciences at Brown Univers...