The COVID-19 pandemic brought plans to study a Nashville to Atlanta line to a halt last year, but Amtrak says President Joe Biden's new infrastructure plan brings new hope for Amtrak to return to Nashville for the first time since the 70s.
Companies speed up tax analysis in response to Biden infrastructure plan
Joe Biden last week outlined a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to be funded in part by raising the corporate rate to 28% from 21%
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Finance chiefs are considering their options to offset potential cost increases stemming from a higher corporate tax rate and other tax proposals by the Biden administration.
President Biden last week outlined a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to be funded in part by raising the corporate rate to 28% from 21% and hiking the minimum tax on U.S. companies’ foreign profits. The plan would also make it tougher for foreign-owned businesses with U.S. operations to benefit from moving their profits to low-tax countries.
KRMG-AM/FM, Tulsa Names Skyler Cooper ‘Evening News’ Host. Nine-year KRMG-AM/FM, Tulsa staffer
Skyler Cooper rises from his reporter position to a new role as the host of the “KRMG Evening News” that airs from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm weeknights. Station director of branding and programming
Levi May says, “The ‘KRMG Evening News’ has a great history of hosts informing and entertaining Tulsa’s radio audience on their drive home. Skyler’s the perfect local host to
carry on this tradition.” Cooper is a Tulsa native who began his career with the
Cox Media Group station as a part-time board operator and moved up through the ranks. During his nine years with the station, he’s covered the construction and opening of the Gathering Place, the historic 2019 Arkansas River flood, tornadic weather, and the tragic shooting of two Tulsa Police Department officers in 2020. He says, “I am beyond excited to take on this new challenge and I am looking forward to working wit
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
On March 31, 2021, the White House released a factsheet describing the “American Jobs Plan”, a $2.3 trillion proposal for infrastructure spending that also contains certain significant tax credits, and the “Made in America Tax Plan”, a tax proposal that would generate revenue to pay for the American Jobs Plan spending. The White House estimates that the Made in America Tax Plan will raise $2 trillion in tax revenue over the next 15 years.
The Made in America Tax Plan contains a number of proposals that apply principally to multinational corporate taxpayers, many of which are similar to those proposed by President Biden during his presidential campaign. The proposals include a significant increase to the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate (but still well below the pre-2017 rate), a “minimum” tax on the book income of large corporations, and significant changes to some of the international tax rules that were enacted as part of the
Steve Lapa says last week’s employment news was encouraging – over 900,000 new jobs and counting – the biggest increase we’ve seen in over six months. With the hope of an expanding economy in mind, Lapa asks, “Are you ready for local business leaning into a recovery mode? The smart managers and sellers will be prepared with plans and packages that show advertisers the flexibility and creativity that only radio can offer.” See his five-point checklist
Former KROQ, Los Angeles Morning Host Gene Baxter’s ‘Podcast Radio’ Profiled in Forbes. Former longtime KROQ, Los Angeles morning personality
Gene “Bean” Baxter (pictured here) has been living in the UK since he retired from LA radio and his current