Sentences with phrase «of federal money if»

Knowing this, Duncan designed Race to the Top, an ingenious program that gave states the chance to dip into a $ 4.35 billion pot of federal money if they adopted certain accountability and school choice policies.

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If it sounds like Edwards still needed to apply FEC rules and limits, consider this: Scott Thomas, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission testified that he did not consider that the payments would have come under his agency's auspices — in part because they were not used directly for the campaign and did not free up any of Edwards» own money to be spent on the campaign.

If the 8,000 Canadians who received stock options as part of incomes over $ 250,000 paid taxes on this money at the same rate as the rest of their income — treating executive compensation the same way you treat the income of any other working stiff — it would have raised $ 337 million for federal coffers in 2009, a down year for options.

And thanks to a $ 7,500 tax credit from the federal government for green vehicles, and the IRS» mileage deduction, Turner expects the CitEcar to pay for itself within three years and then actually start making money if he takes advantage of the mileage write - off.

If you want to really get into the nitty - gritty of it, there are certain instances in which you can claim a Child and Dependent Care Credit on your federal tax return — but those instances come with a host of restrictions, and the amount of money you can claim is capped.

In a federal trademark infringement case, for instance, a plaintiff seeking a quick injunction would encounter at the threshold the high hurdle of showing «irreparable harm» — a standard that won't be met if money damages will provide the plaintiff with adequate recompense for any damages incurred — and it might also have to post an expensive bond (a major hurdle for a nonprofit).

If you're planning on leaving your kids a generous amount of money in your will, the federal estate tax may eat up a large chunk of their inheritance.

Money to Burn suggests that federal biofuel initiatives cost $ 3.00 — 3.50 for every dollar of social and environmental benefits returned, and that's assuming there are any benefits at all — the report claims that it is hard to know if biofuels have a positive environmental impact:

You can save a lot of money through student loan consolidation such as with Credible, especially if you have high interest federal or private loans.

Money you can take out of your account without owing any federal income tax, even if some of it has never been taxed.

That may seem like a substantial sum of money to save for a distant goal like retirement, but the benefits like a potential federal income tax deduction if you're eligible and tax - deferred or tax - free growth may make saving for retirement seem a little easier.

If you and I make the exact same amount of money, we live in the exact same value of house, we have the same kind of car, our kids go to the same kind of schools, shouldn't we pay the same federal income tax?

Plus, if you aren't sure whether your credit and income will stand up to the scrutiny of private lenders, a federal loan could provide you with the money you need.

If Prior is right in his thesis that the federal government will aim to share the fiscal burden of health costs with the users of the healthcare system then health insurance companies will be paying out more money.

If this means that the Government of Canada is just to transfer money without conditions to provinces, that does not help matters much at all, because for any given level of federal spending there will still be debilitating tax competition between the provinces.

«An individual should sit down with a financial professional to look at their whole picture if the windfall is of any size,» said Alexis Hongamen, a money manager at Federal Retirement Investment Advisers in Orlando, Fla. «For small windfalls, it may be best just to pay off credit card debt and promise themselves never to fall into that trap again.»

If any person, including a relative or friend of the candidate, gives or loans the candidate money «for the purpose of influencing any election for federal office,» the funds are not considered personal funds of the candidate even if they are given to the candidate directlIf any person, including a relative or friend of the candidate, gives or loans the candidate money «for the purpose of influencing any election for federal office,» the funds are not considered personal funds of the candidate even if they are given to the candidate directlif they are given to the candidate directly.

So if the Canadian federal and Alberta provincial tax rates added up to 35 %, instead of 25 %, then all of that money would stay in Canada and the bottom line of the US corporation wouldn't be affected at all.

With the start of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the government gave customers confidence that even if times were tough, consumers would be paid back for the money they had deposited in banks.

If the Federal Reserve, for example, determined the reserve ratio to be 11 %, this means all banks must have 11 % of their depositors» money on reserve in the bank.

If you exhaust all of your federal student loan options, and still need more money to complete your degree, private loans can help fill the gap so you can finish school.

A Maryland town hall attendee who works for Secular Coalition for America asked Obama about statements he made as a candidate in 2008 when he said, «If you get a federal grant, you can't use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help, and you can't discriminate against them - or against the people you hire - on the basis of their religion.»

But they could be made realistic, if the price of the federal duck stamp was raised and the extra money used for more sanctuaries and stricter law enforcement to increase diving and puddle duck populations.

They make up a third of the nation's cash crop receipts — 50 percent of receipts if floriculture and greenhouse plant sales are counted — and, until now, they haven't drawn much federal money or attention.

As long as their is also an exemption that if any of these so called «religious organizations» except even a PENNY of federal money, they are no longer protected under this «religious beliefs exemption.»

As such, if 100 % of campaign money raised was spent as part of the federal budget, it would cover less that 0.1 % (1 / 1000th) of said budget, even if we only cover «important spending on the people» and not entire budget.

The MTA will likely prioritize big - ticket items that have federal money (and thus require completion) over maintenance, and thus, the State of Good Repair will suffer further if Albany stays quiet.

Even if Silver was taking the money and not detailing it — he recently admitted the $ 650,000 in outside earnings he listed on his 2013 disclosure form included private law clients in addition to payments from Weitz & Luxenberg, a large plaintiff's firm — a failure of disclosure is not a federal offense.

I asked Pilgrim - Hunter if she was aware of the latest news regarding the federal probe into Espada's alleged tax fraud and money laundering, she said she was.

So it would have been a characteristically bravura, publicity - grabbing touch if the U.S. Attorney had chosen the end of last week to unveil a federal indictment of Mayor Bill de Blasio on campaign - finance - related charges — while de Blasio was out of town, jetting to Chicago and Fort Lauderdale and Beverly Hills raising money for his reelection campaign.

At the same time, Cuomo said it was unclear for now if the state would be able to qualify for federal disaster money as a cost assessment of the damage was yet to be determined.

«I just want to appeal to the Federal Ministry of Works, to let go or reimburse us with whatever it is that they are owing us and even if they are not willing to pay us now, we have the money to do it.

If we reduce our federal taxes so that money is not paid to the federal government and kept in the states we will see a better use of our money within the states, a more efficient use of our money, and our federal taxes will be lower.»

We understand how it works — and small owners have no power but it is not going to stop with small property owners — they just needed to effectively neutralize us through impoverishment and unpopularity first — but the retailers are going to catch it and frankly, having these small business service things just waste money — it's not going to be a proper defense if there is a lawsuit and there will never be a federal prosecution of what this city does.

And the only way the trust fund can get some cash to pay Social Security benefits is if the federal government draws it from general revenues or borrows the money — which, of course, it can't do because of the debt ceiling.

«I am not saying this money should be given to states but be in form of bond depending on how Federal Government wants to design it because it is understood that if such huge money which may run into N2 to N3trillion get into states, it may cause inflation but to avoid such, a flexible term and measure will be applied by the Federal Government.

I did not vote for him in the primary and I'm disappointed he won, but if you look at the previous thread where Donovan wants to spend our tax money litigating against a Federal law instead of cleaning up the stench in Albany, he lost me for sure.

If you have to pay 80 - 20, and your local government is paying 80 percent of any infrastructure project, it's really expensive and it means they could have done it without the federal money, most likely.»

If the state were able to count on the additional federal revenue, it could direct some of its own money elsewhere.

«We told him that if he wanted any money, he should take it from the Federal Government's share of the money, and then go to the National Assembly for approval».

The felony charges against him are the result of an ongoing federal investigation into whether Nassau public officials have taken money from county contractors and if those parties then tried to conceal their actions.

If you live in Manhattan's 65th State Assembly district (the Financial District, Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Little Italy and Battery Park City), you'll be voting for an assembly member to replace former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who'd held his seat for nearly 40 years before a federal jury found him guilty in November on charges of fraud, extortion and money laundering.

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

«If the federal system does not say that conservation, renewables, and energy innovation are where we want our future Ph.D. s to be and put money behind it, we're not going to see the wealth of innovation and accomplishment we want to see,» Loftness says.

But if law enforcement follows the money trail — much like the federal agents reeling in Capone in 1920s — it might be possible to bring even the cagiest of organized cybercriminals to justice.

The most famous Einstein letter is in 1939, but in the spring of 1940, when Szilard and Fermi were not receiving the money that they were promised, they wrote a second letter; that is, Einstein and Szilard, in a fact, blackmailing the federal government and saying, if you don't send us the money to do research at Columbia, we're going to publish our results.

Meanwhile, the main spokesperson for the Medellin cocaine cartel (Benjamin Bratt) has monologues about the law of supply and demand — it's the addicts» fault laws get broken — and insists our economy would collapse if the Federal Reserve Bank turned away illegally obtained Colombian money.

If a state will do the right thing and trust parents to decide what school should receive its money, the federal government should do the same with its (relatively small) part of the money.

The next version of NCLB, due later this year, could pump federal money into pilot projects to help states create richer assessments, paired with richer curriculum — but only if that clause survives the political battle to come.

They cited such potential problems as funding cuts for preschool - age children if federal aid fell below authorized levels, and a lack of money for children who are too old to qualify for infant - and - toddler programs but too young to be served in preschool...