Mary Ellen Hintz has not made it any secret that she has Stage IV breast cancer. She is bald from the chemotherapy treatments that started in June, but has largely carried on with life as usual.
So she was surprised when she went to renew her apartment lease at The Sanctuary of Lake Villa and was told her disease might pose a problem.
via chicagotribune.com.
The President’s 2011 budget provides for a hundred new IRS agents to ramp up their enforcement efforts. Mislabeled contractors are among their priorities. 6,000 companies have already been targeted as potential violators.
Evidence from 14 U.S. recessions shows that the economy doesn’t recover until housing recovers.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The FBI paid the building inspector who helped propel the Cuyahoga County corruption probe $16,000 for his work as an informant, according to court records.
via cleveland.com.
Corriveau has sued the city for fraud, harassment and defamation and filed for a restraining order to prevent the city from revoking his rental license and to stall a foreclosure until the matter is resolved.
via StarTribune.com.
The new landlord provision requires all taxpayers owning rental properties to issue a Form 1099 to any unincorporated service providers (e.g. plumbers, painters, accountants) they pay $600 or more to in a year, beginning with payments made in 2011. Those 1099s (typically, a 1099-Misc) would, of course, have to be sent to the Internal Revenue Service as well.
via Forbes.
