Employee or contractor tax status guidance encourages verification
The Kentucky Extension Service urges workers to verify if they are employees or independent contractors. Misclassification risks losing unemployment workers compensation and retirement benefits. IRS criteria describe factors such as supervision control hours and tools. If misclassified, tax withholding and Social Security may be at stake. Begin corrections for 1997 if taxes for 1996 are already filed.
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Jane Blay
FCS
Bette
Dedic
Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
State Capitol Highlights Tax Relief Debate in Texas
The House Revenue and Public Education Funding committee asked the comptroller for a list of franchise tax exemptions. Exemptions cost about 700 million dollars annually and include country clubs and religious groups. The panel considered taxing exempt items and estimated potential revenue around five billion yearly by broadening sales and franchise taxes to utilities, school meals, equipment, aviation fuel and ads. Only food, drugs and a few goods would stay exempt.
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Austin
House Select Committee On Revenue and Public Education
Texas Comptroller’s Office
John Sharp
Kim Brimer
R-Arlington
BRMC board okays election plan amid voting rights suit
BRMC board approved a joint motion with plaintiffs Jimmy Garza and Ernest Panda Jr to seek a court order for an election under a settlement. The move aims to stagger terms among four directors with May 3 voting. four board members are up for election. Administrator Mike Click reported a Joint Commission survey set for April 13 and noted compliance improvements plus current finances and insurance claims.
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Brownfield Regional Hospital
Brad Moore
BRMC
Brownfield
Jimmy Garza
Ernest Panda, Jr
San Antonio
Rolando L. Rios
Moore
U.S. Justice Department
Cummings
Feds
Don Park
Donnie Wade
Ed Pfeiffer
Scott Raney
Mike Click
Joint Commission
Click
TMHD
Texas lawmakers weigh exemptions and insurance options
Feb figures show BRMC Medicare 411359.37 Medicaid 68642.81 Commercial 54329.96 Blue Cross 6278.05. February census averaged 6.21 with a 13 max and 2 min. Four procedures and eight deliveries occurred. Senate confirms Insurance Commissioner Bomer for a second term. A child support overhaul bill seeks a state commission. An affirmative action panel explores race neutral state contracting and hiring. Letters to the editor are invited.
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Blue Cross
BRMC
Paul Sadler
D-Henderson
Texas Department of Insurance
Tdi
State
Elton Bomer
Dallas
Bomer
Senate
Texas Senate
George W. Bush
Bower
Texas
House of Representatives
Bush
Citizens Committee
Leticia van de Putte
Attorney General
van de Putte
D-San Antonio
Ron Dusek
Dan Morales
Dallas Morning News
Judith Zaffirini
D-Laredo
Austin American-Statesman
Jeff Wentworth
The
Brownfield News
P.O. Box
Brownfield
Combest pushes for ghost crop to aid Texas farmers
Rep. Larry Combest of Texas introduces H.R. 913 to reinstate a fallback crop option for farmers on the Texas High Plains. The measure would allow planting black eyed peas if the primary cotton crop fails due to drought or pests, restoring deficiency payout eligibility that current rules deny.
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Washington
D.C
U.S
Larry Combest
Rtexas
Texas High Plains
Chapman
House Agriculture Committee
Combest
USDA
Charles Stenholm
Texas
Mac Thornberry
Frank Lucas
Oklahoma
Kind deed returns lost checkbook from Brownfield coach
A letter from Angie Kennedy Sanders thanks Coach Bill Brown for finding and returning her missing checkbook in El Paso after the Girls State Basketball Tournament. The note praises honesty and goodwill in the Brownfield community. Signed by Angie and a Brownfield Firefighter Auxiliary group expresses pride in volunteers.
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Brownfield
Austin
el Paso
Bill Brown
Erwin Center
Coach Brown
Angie Kennedy Sanders
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