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2011
Washington State's Department of Revenue Seeks Business Input on Tax Simplification OLYMPIA - Jan. 27, 2011 - Have an idea on how Washington can simplify its tax system to help small businesses? If so, the Department of Revenue would like to hear from you through an online survey at http://dor.wa...
01/28/2011
Washington businesses to get $43 million tax break on 2010 taxes OLYMPIA - Washington employers will save an estimated $43 million in federal taxes in 2010 because they hired certain hard-to-place job seekers. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit provides up to $2,400 in tax savings per worker to bus...
01/21/2011
THURSDAY CAREER FAIR...Jobs will be available in Administration, Aerospace, Customer Service, Food Service, IT, Sales, Software Development and More. Please see web site for complete list..THE SEATTLE CAREER FAIRThursday, January 20, 201110:30am to 2:00pmThe Seattle Center(Northwest Meeting Rooms...
01/19/2011
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What is The Massachusetts Decision? On Friday the 7th of January, 2011 the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled against US Bancorp & Wells Fargo and reversed their foreclosures because the banks failed to prove that they owned the mortgages when they foreclosed.In an article in USA Today, The Associ...
01/14/2011
What Is MERS & How Is It Involved In Our Housing Crises? MERS stands for Mortgage Electronic Registration System. In the early 90's I started to hear about the creation of MERS and how it would streamline the payoff processes for mortgage loans. It certainly was/is the "go to" place on the web t...
01/14/2011
Washington Service Corps active in MLK Day activities OLYMPIA - The Washington Service Corps, a branch of the state Employment Security Department, will participate in an array of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events beginning on Jan. 15 in communities across Washington. The events include food an...
01/14/2011
Department of Revenue Offers Free Workshops for Holders of Unclaimed Property OLYMPIA - Jan. 11, 2011-The Department of Revenue is offering free workshops for businesses, local governments and other organizations that must by law report unclaimed property to the state. ...
01/13/2011
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01/11/2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/For more information, contact: Mike Gowrylow (360) 534-1610 Taxable Retail Sales Increase 0.2 Percent during Third Quarter 2010 OLYMPIA - Jan. 5, 2011 - Taxable Retail Sales totaled $26.5 billion during the third quarter of 2010, up 0.2 percent over the third quarter of ...
01/07/2011
Layoff-avoidance program sets new record for saving jobs OLYMPIA - More than 32,000 Washington workers kept earning a paycheck in 2010, thanks to the Employment Security Department's Shared-Work Program - that's up from the record 22,000 saved jobs in 2009. "Shared Work has been a difference-...
01/07/2011