Sentences with phrase «avoid facing penalties»

Fingerprinting has several advantages when trying to catch tax dodgers, but mainly that it helps to catch an accused who fails to appear for trial or sentencing since it allows law enforcement to execute a bench warrant for the arrest of a person alleged to have committed a tax crime, including any accused who may leave the country to avoid facing penalties.

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John Conklin, a spokesman for the New York Board of Elections said Haber may have gotten in «just under the wire» to avoid facing any fines or penalties for the more than month late report.

Companies go out of their way to avoid even the appearance of it, lest they face antitrust penalties.

High school graduation rates are at an all - time high at over 80 percent (see Chapter 1: Student Achievement).7 8 9 Research on NCLB's accountability provisions has shown modest effects on school performance, particularly in schools seeking to avoid a first year of missing AYP or in schools facing the severest penalties.10 Despite this progress, however, high school test scores are flat, achievement gaps persist, and many low - performing schools are not improving.

This method also allows avoiding tax penalties and early withdrawal fees that you may usually face while taking the money before you turn 59,5.

Motorists are encouraged to dismiss traffic citations by the due date on their ticket in order to avoid paying higher driving fines and facing additional penalties.

Drivers must resolve a Delaware traffic ticket issue within 30 days of receiving the traffic citation in order to avoid facing further fines and penalties, such as license suspensions or an arrest warrant.

Motorists may also be able to dismiss traffic tickets in Michigan, and avoid paying driving fines or facing further penalties.

Motorists facing a driving license suspension due to an excessive accumulation of points, an unpaid traffic ticket or other offenses typically have the option to enroll into a state - approved traffic school to avoid the penalty.

As a result of trying to avoid treating at - home workers as employees, Rosen indicates that background screening firms can potentially face liability for federal and state payroll taxes that should have been paid for misclassified workers, substantial penalties to the IRS or state, fees and damages if litigation is involved, and responsibility for benefits and overtime pay the independant contractors would have received if classified as employees.

As a result of trying to avoid treating at - home workers as employees, Rosen indicates that background screening firms can potentially face liability for federal and state payroll taxes that should have been paid for misclassified workers, substantial penalties to the IRS or state, fees and damages if litigation is involved, and responsibility for benefits and overtime pay the independent contractors would have received if classified as employees.

In Russia, it is now illegal for same - sex couples to hold hands and doing so can lead to imprisonment and hefty fines.5 In Nigeria, same - sex couples holding hands can face up to 10 years in prison6 and in Uganda, similar displays of affection could lead to legal execution if a controversial bill is passed that allows «aggravated homosexuality» to be punished by death.7 Even without the risk of these extreme legal penalties, many same - sex couples avoid holding hands because they fear the potential repercussions from doing so in front of the wrong person at the wrong time.8 Such fears are not irrational.

To avoid facing an administrative penalty (ranging between $ 250 and $ 1000), as well as other costs that may be associated with changing advertising to bring it into compliance, licensees are reminded of the following: