Mileage rates rise with gas prices but reimbursements lag
Gas prices in Iowa climb from 1.74 in mid January to about 2.60 per gallon by Wednesday. Many employers keep mileage reimbursement near the IRS deduction of 40.5 cents per mile, with firms like Rockwell Collins and Alliant Energy following the limit, while others probe how costs eat into overall driving expenses.
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Iowa
Internal Revenue Service
Rick Buchheim
Cedar Rapids
Clifton Gunderson LLP
Buchheim
Deb Bell
Windows & More
Solon
Bell
AAA
Rockwell Collins
Alliant Energy
Hawkeye Area
Joyce Finn
IRS
Mileage deduction rules and employer reimbursements noted
Taxpayers can deduct unreimbursed work mileage only if they itemize and exceed 2 percent of income. Detailed records of vehicle costs and work use are needed to claim full underreimbursement. Businesses cited include Clifton Gunderson, Gazette, and Goodwill Industries with varying mileage rates for personal and client transport.
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Finn
Gazette
Terry Zaruba
Goodwill Industries
Iowa
Bridget Maher
Buchheim
Allergy season arrives as Iowa tightens pseudoephedrine rules
Rain clears air as allergy season begins in Iowa. New regulations limit pseudoephedrine to 17 500 milligrams per 30 days or 360 milligrams per 24 hours with ID required since May. Some stores restrict to one purchase per day. Drug makers shift to phenylephrine with Sudafed PE already in stores. Pfizer plans reformulation to curb meth production.
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Quinn
Iowa
Pfizer Inc
Sudafed
Rick Anderson
Medical Pharmacy
First Ave. SE
Critter wines boost sales and label fun over origin
Market research cites young buyers chasing catchy labels over origin or awards. Yellow Tail, priced around six dollars with a kangaroo logo, sparked the trend in 2001 and helped Iowa wine sales rise about seven percent in 2004 to 2005. The impact blends marketing with product quality in a shifting industry.
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Fat Bastard
Bill Phillips
Iowa
Iowa Wine and Beverage
Wally Plahutnik
John’s
Iowa City
Plahutnik
Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division
Iowa sex offender residency law faces unclear enforcement
Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek and Linn County Sheriff Don Zeller said enforcement remains unsettled as the 8th U.S. Circuit Court and Iowa Supreme Court decisions sustain the law's constitutionality while possible Supreme Court review looms. Officials worry about eviction timelines and practical compliance after a state meeting with investigators next week.
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Johnson County
Lonny Pulkrabek
Linn County
Don Zeller
State Division of Criminal Investigation
Zeller
U.S
Iowa
U.S. Supreme Court
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Iowa Supreme Court
Cyberspace outlaw sentenced in AOL case
Jason Smathers, a former AOL employee, was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy for selling 92 million screen names and emails to spammers. Prosecutors say the theft cost AOL at least 300 thousand dollars, potentially millions. Smathers apologized in court, calling cyberspace a new frontier and himself an outlaw.
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NEW York
America Online
Jason Smathers
U.S
Alvin Hellerstein
David Siegal
Siegal
Smathers
Jeffrey Hoffman
California
Indiana
Hellerstein
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
AOL
APA urges limits on violent video games for kids
The American Psychological Association says exposure to violence in video games raises aggressive thoughts and behavior in youth and reduces helping behavior. The APA cites studies showing perpetrators go unpunished 73 percent of the time and calls for industry action while ESA counters that research is misinterpreted and infringes First Amendment rights.
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Washington
The
American Psychological Association
Elizabeth Carll
APA Committee On
Dent
Entertainment Software Association
U.S
APA
Lowenstein
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Nicole
Rehi
Gazettecommunications.com
Zack.kucharski
Gazettecomr
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