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The spinoff of Sara Lee Corp's international coffee and tea business into a Netherlands-incorporated company will likely help the company's rate too. Dutch companies pay a tax rate of 20 percent. Last year Sara Lee paid an effective tax rate of 31

When taxes are raised even further, the economy begins to contract. A typical example can currently be seen in the Netherlands. The country's economy has not grown in the last three quarters. Pressured by the European Union, austerity policies were

A Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) project will make it easier to fill up. Shell's plan to spend $250 million on an LNG plant and a string of filling stations is the biggest single investment yet in making frozen gas a transport fuel, a shift advocated by

On line access to the 2007 Tax Notebook will be available soon.

2005 Tax Breaks Hurricane Rita The additional exemption is not subject to the income-based phaseouts applicable to personal exemptions, and is allowed as a deduction in computing alternative minimum taxable income. Contributions of non-cash property, such as securities, are not qualified contributions. On line access to the 2007 Tax Notebook will be available soon. For individual income, partnership, and corporation income and franchise tax returns, a valid extension must be in place for the extension to apply. Eligible individuals may choose to calculate their earned income tax credit EITC or refundable child tax credit using their earned income from the prior tax year. For estimated payments and withholding tax, the extension applies to all returns due between Sept.

December Our 2007 tax organizers are now being prepared and will be mailed early in January 2008.