The only problem: foreign companies that compete against U.S. companies, such as state-owned oil giants, aren't subject to the SEC's regulatory arm if they don't do business in the U.S. That could put American oil companies like ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Chevron at a competitive disadvantage to their foreign counterparts, oil advocates say.
They will spend tons of time and money avoiding income and estate taxes, but hardly any time on the nuances of their estate planning because they don't like the subject, and they don't think they will die for years and years.
The fact that 501(c)(4) group contributors aren't subject to campaign disclosure requirements is a good thing.
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Taxable payments from pension plans, regular IRAs and Social Security aren't subject to the 3.8% tax.
For taxable accounts, he favors tax-free municipal bonds, which aren't subject to the new tax.
The change meant that spouses and dependent children weren't subject to the new reporting requirements.
Congress went to great lengths to ensure that work requirements aren't subject to waivers to prevent backsliding.
Because they aren't subject to a tax penalty for employees who work less than 30 hours per week.
Penney, Targetand May Department Stores aren't subject to the same social criticism.
Remember: If your investment is held within an individual retirement account, Roth IRA, 401(k) or other tax-sheltered retirement plan, it isn't subject to cost-basis reporting.
Weekend-warrior athletes in the U.S. generally aren't subject to drug testing.
Because the chips can be manufactured using conventional fabs and aren't subject to the same manufacturing constraints as traditional flash, they may also end up being far cheaper per gigabyte.
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By the same token, Moonen's lawyer could argue that his client isn't subject to military law because he was working for the State Department at the time of the alleged crime.
Tax-free municipal-bond interest isn't subject to the 3.8% tax.
In contrast, freebies offered by retailers or consumer-products companies often aren't subject to IRS reporting, because they are classified as a reduction in the purchase price, rather than income, accounting experts said.
Because life-insurance proceeds at death aren't subject to this tax, a taxpayer could buy a policy, borrow from it and settle up at death, avoiding income tax on investment gains within the policy.
In a strange twist, the only CBA star who is currently making plans to return to the NBA this season is Chinese citizen Yi Jianlian, who isn't subject to the same restrictive provisions in his contract.
Lawyers, accountants, architects and other professional service providers who organize themselves as S-Corps. are waiting to see whether Congress will eliminate their ability to take their earnings as profits, which aren't subject to employment taxes, rather than as wages.
Owners of S corporations can reduce their overall tax bill by paying themselves a salary, subject to payroll taxes (Social Security and Medicare taxes), and then taking a dividend, which is distributed free of employment taxes (and, again, isn't subject to the corporate tax rate).
Of course, the Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments that include access to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, one of the largest insurance pools in the country, which ensures the jurists aren't subject to the sorts of limits for pre-existing conditions and inflated premiums that most insured Americans have long faced.
Her business won't be subject to the insurance-coverage requirement because of her payroll's size, but she says she doesn't expect the law's changes to bring down her premiums.
What Limbaugh thinks about immigration -- a subject he doesn't really know very well -- isn't important.
Or that a wage isn't income subject to tax, but merely an even trade of money for services rendered.
There's no reason to believe that if WikiLeaks is based in Ecuador, it won't be subject to similar pressures.
It turns out, the earnings release wasn't the subject of the call.
One of the questions concerned his famous sausage roll trek at Latitude in 2008, a subject he can't seem to escape.
At the same time, he proposed a number of new programs that the White House describes as "mandatory" spending, which wouldn't be subject to the caps.
The poufy pleats of ruching, the velvet's nap and the refractions of silk: Such subject matter wasn't noble or timeless, but noble and timeless didn't interest the Impressionists.
People always have turned to movies during hard times, Basinger said, but it's oversimplifying to say light or funny narratives will succeed in a recession and serious subject matter won't.
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