Sentences with phrase «on taxpayer expense»

This news builds on old concerns at the end of 2016 when the Government Accountability Office released a report on the taxpayer expense of IDR plans after the first 10 years.

Please look up PFI, please look up house flipping on taxpayers expense, please go and check the expenses claims of those you say represent Labour — they do not represent Labour, they are neoliberal CADS SIR, with one exception, Mr. Corbyn.

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President Trump indicated on Wednesday that he may fire his Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who has come under scrutiny after a report that he has flown a private plane for government business at taxpayers» expenses on multiple occasions.

While not all of the costs are necessarily borne by taxpayers — i.e., your employer might pay a share of your health insurance premiums — many out - of - pocket expenses count toward the deduction (more on that below).

In addition to his own IG's report on his wife flying to Europe at taxpayer expense, Shulkin earlier this month was hit by another IG report that criticized the department for a series of failures at a big veterans» hospital in Washington.

And the expense associated with the president - elect standing on the steps of the Capitol and putting his hand on a Bible comes from taxpayers, not donors; it's managed by a separate congressional planning committee.

Examples include provisions that allow immediate expensing or accelerated depreciation of certain capital investments, and others that allow taxpayers to defer their tax liability, such as the deferral of recognition of income on contributions to and income accrued within qualified retirement plans.

This can include itemized deductions which are eligible expenses that an individual taxpayer may report on their Federal income tax return.

But Luscombe noted that taxpayers should keep in mind that «business expense deductions can only be taken once, either on your individual income - tax return or a separate business tax return — but not on both.»

The inspector general had concluded the aide had doctored an email to get improper approval for Shulkin's wife to join him on the trip at taxpayers» expense.

The VA inspector general concluded in the report that Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tickets and airfare for his wife at taxpayer expense, he spent nearly half the 10 - day trip to Denmark and London last year sightseeing and he used an aide on official time to plan the leisure activities.

At a community center in Albuquerque on Sept. 17, Mr. Kerry declared: «Dick Cheney's old company Halliburton has profited from the mess in Iraq at the expense of American troops and taxpayers.

Dick Cheney pushed his way up on the list for a heart transplant and all medical expenses paid in full by taxpayers.

I didn't read Drew Pearson all those years without knowing that every Congressman on the Airports» Repair Committee was forever traveling to the four corners of the tourist world to examine airstrips at the taxpayers» expense.

Third, by eliminating the paid meal equity provision, the House Republicans» bill does exactly what it falsely accuses CEP of doing — it puts taxpayers on the hook for subsidizing meals for children from well - off families at the expense of children from lesser means.

While full reimbursement is clearly preferable, tax relief on employment expenses at least returns a fraction (20 per cent, 40 per cent or 45 per cent, depending on whether the employee is a basic, higher or additional rate taxpayer) of the cost of the expense to the employee.

But as is the Dems recklessly spend money on useless / worthless expenses and then come back to hit the taxpayer with more taxes.

In April my administration released our comprehensive report on countywide school district expenses, «Examining School District Expenses and Potential for Consolidation in Erie County», which builds on Erie County's leadership in bringing municipalities together to participate in New York State's efficiency and shared services initiatives, saving millions of dollars annually for county taxpayers, and calls for the inclusion of school districts in future shared services discexpenses, «Examining School District Expenses and Potential for Consolidation in Erie County», which builds on Erie County's leadership in bringing municipalities together to participate in New York State's efficiency and shared services initiatives, saving millions of dollars annually for county taxpayers, and calls for the inclusion of school districts in future shared services discExpenses and Potential for Consolidation in Erie County», which builds on Erie County's leadership in bringing municipalities together to participate in New York State's efficiency and shared services initiatives, saving millions of dollars annually for county taxpayers, and calls for the inclusion of school districts in future shared services discussions.

Rep. John Katko has hired a top out - of - state Republican political operative — Capitol Franking Group of Kanas City, Mo. — at taxpayer expense to find out what's on the minds of Central New Yorkers.

26 June 2007 — On the day before Tony Blair left office The Telegraph [56] reports that American actress Courtney Coventry was flown into the UK at taxpayers expense to give evidence in the Cash for Honours investigation.

Matthew Sinclair, chief executive of the TaxPayers» Alliance, said: «While there have been many sensible changes to the expenses regime since the 2009 scandal, this kind of year - on - year rise is totally unsustainable and Ipsa has to explain to those of us footing the bill how that has been allowed to happen.»

People on council estates were either criminals or living the Life of Riley at the expense of the taxpayer.

While the taxpayer - funded mailers can not officially be used for political purposes, incumbent legislators like Felder — who spent $ 67,177.50 on mail expenses between April 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017 — use the funds to promote their office's activities which helps stave off challengers.

The city's Campaign Finance Board fined de Blasio $ 47,778 on Dec. 15 for improperly spending taxpayer - matching funds on personal expenses.

She said she will work with councilors to review parking garage operations with a view toward reducing the expense of operations and maintenance on taxpayers, possibly by divesting garages.

What is unclear at this time is the role former Deputy Borough President Barry Grodenchik, now running to replace Marshall, may have played under the allegedly sanctioned hit jobs which often occur on city time (and at the taxpayers expense) giving an unfair home field advantage to Helen Marhsall's number one guy.

The new stables are an integral part of a compromise deal to restrict horse - drawn carriages to Central Park, and The New York Times reported yesterday that the new home for the horses — to be located in a building the city already owns on the 86th Street Transverse — could cost $ 25 million, at city taxpayers» expense.

Taxpayers may look with favor on administrations that run regular surpluses rather than deficits or borrowing heavily for recurring expenses.

«John Prescott travels the world on foreign jollies at taxpayers» expense, from Sydney casinos, to Maldives scuba - diving to Wild West ranches.

The department refused an in - country appeal against Muazu's asylum decision and a private plane was hired at taxpayers» expense after a scheduled deportation on a Virgin Atlantic flight was mysteriously cancelled.

«The hardworking residents of the 46th Senate District can see with their own eyes that Cecila Tkaczyk has a habit of saying one thing and doing another, just like when she pledged not to send political mail at taxpayer expense and then went on to spend $ 81,000 in just six months ---- more than any other Democrat in the entire State Senate,» Reif said.

They're living it up on Roosevelt Island — at taxpayers» expense.

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin's chief of staff doctored an email and made false statements to create a pretext for taxpayers to cover expenses for the secretary's wife on a 10 - day trip to Europe last summer, the agency's inspector general has...

The change comes as members of the British Parliament are under fire for spending huge sums of taxpayer money through their public accounts on such expenses as cleaning a moat and having light bulbs installed in their homes.

This shameful rip - off — which gives incumbents a leg up on possible challengers at taxpayer expense — ought to stop.

In an memo e-mailed to county Sheriff Adrian Anderson on Friday and obtained by Mid-HudsonNews Network, Steinhaus wrote: «I want to reaffirm that county property taxpayers are not to incur any expense for the assignment of county employees to this private event or to address the collateral impacts to traffic or related localities.»

Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., already under indictment on federal bribery charges, is now being investigated by Albany County DA David Soares and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for allegedly claiming taxpayer - funded reimbursement of bogus expenses.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the latest member of Trump's Cabinet who has been caught flying on a private charter plane at taxpayer expense, reportedly taking a flight to Ohio, only a day before Tom Price resigned as health secretary for doing the same.

«Someone from the administration had questioned some of the food bills and so we're going to post all of the receipts on - line as we do with all of our expenses on our Taxpayers Check Book and see why the administration did have some concerns, pertaining to some of the expenses, especially pertaining to food purchases, a lot of the purchases which happened after the storm had taken place,» said Mychajliw.

• Ignoring the reality of seriously ill people in need of intensive help ending up on the street or in county jails at local taxpayer expense because the state has shirked its responsibility and no other appropriate care is available is not making things better;

His office found the group diverted $ 800,000 in taxpayer funds for elderly services to pay off a mortgage on a vacant building and that its former director charged thousands of dollars of personal expenses to a company credit card.

He added that Schneiderman has filed more than 100 lawsuits at taxpayer expense against the Trump administration and the federal government while being «totally invisible» when it comes to taking on the Buffalo Billion scandal and other Albany corruption.

The Audit Commission — the spending watchdog supposedly in charge of overseeing value for money in town halls — has been exposed hiring a vanity photographer to snap drink - fuelled parties at taxpayers» expense, and spending public money on a lavish series of events for friends of the quango.

Mr Osborne's expenses claims also showed that the taxpayer picked up a # 440.62 bill for a chauffeur company to drive him from Cheshire to London on Friday Nov 11 2005.

Mr. Costello has chosen an approach where he has identified issues he can address, like solar power on town facilities, promote renewable cost - saving energy town wide, and elimination of services to reduce taxpayer expenses.

As examples of unnecessary spending, both Rhodes and Meyers cited the controversial building of the baseball stadium in Pomona at the expense of town taxpayers and the building of «affordable housing» on Elm Street which has failed to attract attention from renters.

For the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg said people were «a little baffled by all the various solutions» being proposed to clean up MPs» expenses because «they all fail to deal with the biggest loophole: MPs making hundreds of thousands of pounds on second homes funded by the taxpayer».

«As planetary exploration faces drastic budget cuts globally,» they say, «it is critical to avoid unnecessary expenses and reroute the limited taxpayers» money to missions that can have the greatest impact on planetary exploration.»

When combined with a federal tax loophole that allows taxpayers to receive a federal deduction on a dollar - for - dollar state tax credit, 10 of these states» credits are so lucrative that they allow some upper - income taxpayers to turn a profit (at federal taxpayer expense) on contributions they make to fund private school vouchers.

As Governor Malloy sits on top of one of the largest unfunded state and teacher pension systems in the country, an unfunded liability that will cost Connecticut taxpayers more than $ 20 billion to resolve over the next two decades, leave it to back room politics of the Malloy administration to wheel and deal a way for Steven Adamowski to boost his pension at taxpayer expense.