Who’s looking out for No. 1? Rest assured that state legislative leaders Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Carl Heastie and their respective Democratic majorities in the Senate and Assembly are on the case. Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that you, the average citizen, are the No. 1 they’re looking out for. The blatant gutting of a … [Read more…]
A former chair of the Tax Practitioners Board, who worked at a firm that became PwC, has left the role and thus raising serious questions, reports Anthony Klan. THE LONG-TIME chair of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPG), who departed immediately before explosive Senate hearings into the PwC tax scandal two weeks ago, spent almost a decade working for the … [Read more…]
If the moral imperative of making work pay doesn’t prompt compensation adequate for a decent life – and clearly it often doesn’t – maybe the impact on the economy of penalizing workers for bettering themselves will change some minds. That’s the idea behind state legislation being pushed by business groups and others to address the … [Read more…]