Have you started year end tax planning? Getting organized now can help you make the most of tax benefits and minimize tax liability. Teiko Foxx has more
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If you’re spending the day cleaning up after opening presents, Brooke Thorington has a few tips from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
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Tax Day may be months away, but there are ways you can prepare before then to cut your tax bill. Gina Rachel is a partner with EAG Gulf Coast CPA firm in Metairie. She recommends business owners pay bills now so they can take those deductions for this year.
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If you made money in the stock market this year, Rachel says you might consider trimming your portfolio before the end of the year to save on taxes. Rachel says individuals can also help themselves and deserving charities at the same time.
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Rachel says big life changes such as births, deaths, and marriages can greatly affect your tax filing status and tax bill. And if you plan to prepare your taxes…
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A leading beverage manufacturing, packaging, and distribution company is investing $10.4 million in a new production facility in Caddo Parish. Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development Don Pierson says Multipack Services has chosen Shreveport for their newest facility.
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LED estimates the project will also add 228 new indirect jobs for a total of 69 potential new jobs in Northwest Louisiana.
Pierson says Multipack chose Shreveport because of its location and distribution characteristics. It’s centrally located within large metropolitan areas like Houston, Dallas…
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And because Multipack will be moving into an existing facility, once the south Shreveport warehouse and office space are outfitted, Pierson expects the plant to be up and running sooner, than later…
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To secure the project Multipack received a competitive incentives package, including a $1.5 million performance-based grant for infrastructure and building improvements contingent upon meeting investment and payroll targets.
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If you’re spending the day cleaning up after opening presents, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has a few tips. LDEQ spokesperson Greg Langley reminds you to recycle packing materials like cardboard. But when it comes to foam peanuts…
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Even batteries can be recycled. Langley says to visit the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation’s website at rbrc-dot-org, to find the closest drop-off location…
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As for your live Christmas tree, check with your local municipality for seasonal pickup and recycling. And when it comes to wrapping paper, Langley reminds you….
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For more recycling tips visit deq.louisiana.gov/recycling
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As this week rolls on, New Orleans will begin to fill up with college football fans as Texas is set to take on Washington in a College Football Playoff semifinal game. The matchup is this year’s Sugar Bowl contest and Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley says there’s a lot of excitement surrounding this game…
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Washington is undefeated and Texas has one loss for the Longhorns this is their first-ever college football playoff game. With Texas a state away, expect a lot of burnt orange in the Big Easy, and Hundley says Washington will be well represented too…
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Next year the college football playoff will expand to 12 teams and for the first two years of the new format, the Sugar Bowl will be a quarterfinal game. So it’s unknown when New Orleans will next host a college football national championship or semifinal game. Hundley says the Sugar Bowl is working hard to land a final four match-up or national title game…
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