Sentences with phrase «on taxpayer time»

This and the related political activism engaged in are inappropriate behavior for a taxpayer - funded employee, particularly on taxpayer time.

What was really happening was the Bush administration was telling him to shut up, do his job, and stop being an advocate on taxpayer time.

Does the Hatch Act (1) still exist and (2) have anything to say about spinning a political line on taxpayer time?

I've seen TV news reports on this type of thing where they get proof of govt workers downloading p - rn or whatever on taxpayer time.

The City Council assigned its chief budget analyst to study the impact of Donald Trump's policies on New York City, on taxpayer time — but the far - left body ignored how...

Not exact matches

The First - Time Donor's Super Credit will increase the value of the existing tax credit by 25 % on cash donations of up to $ 1,000 if neither the taxpayer nor their spouse has claimed the credit since 2007.

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf called the committee a «waste of time and taxpayer dollars» on Monday, but said the department would cooperate.

Taxpayers are granted automatic six - month extensions provided they file income taxes on time for the year in which the change is requested.

If, on the other hand, you're one of the tens of millions of able - bodied Americans who have benefitted from record welfare spending that's not nearly as means - tested or fraud - free as it should have been, it's time to take your hand out of the taxpayers» pockets and get to work.

For U.S. taxpayers with foreign subsidiaries, there would be a one - time deemed repatriation tax of 10 percent on foreign earnings of those subsidiaries.»

For US taxpayers with foreign subsidiaries, there would be a one - time deemed repatriation tax of 10 % on foreign earnings of those subsidiaries.

The UK's bailout of Lloyds shows a better picture: Share sales have generated a # 1.2 billion profit for taxpayers on the # 15 billion of shares sold to date, the Financial Times reported.

At the same time, California munis can be volatile because state revenue depends on wealthy taxpayers whose incomes are tied closely to the stock market.

The Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America has published a document in recent times serving as a reminder to the taxpayers in the US that their earnings based on cryptocurrencies have to be reported to them.

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.

The U.S. government paid these obligations at 100 cents on the dollar, despite AIG being insolvent at the time and requiring a $ 185 billion taxpayer bailout itself for making casino - like bets with the big banks.

Linkenheimer accounting firm on Wednesday issued an alert to its clients regarding Franchise Tax Board notices that included penalties for taxpayers who failed to file on time due to fire losses.

If he wants to do this on his time, fine, but on the taxpayers dime he would have to go.

The USA taxpayers continue to be the largest supporter (money, time and personnel) of national disasters without imposing religious advertising on the recipients.

President Obama seems likely to change the government's policy on the subject soon, and begin for the first time to support embryo - destructive research with taxpayer dollars.

Another issue is that these people are paid out of taxes — why should taxpayers cover the cost of their choice to do something unrelated to their job; it's only government business because they're encroaching on their employer's time.

At a time of huge government surpluses, universal shelter, like universal health care, is on the agenda of few politicians, who argue instead about how many billions of dollars to return to wealthy taxpayers..

The last time we put a president in the White House, and he supposedly heard God speak to him, we got attacked by terrorists, we got floods, we got into two trillion dollar wars, the bottom of our economy fell, jobs left our country in droves, and started handing out taxpayers money to banks and businesses like they were growing on trees.

Soon after the Civil Eats piece came out, four Nutrition Services employees devoted what must have been considerable time and effort (not to mention the taxpayer dollars that directly pay their salaries) to write a scholarly article for the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk entitled «Sugar In School Breakfasts: A School District» s Perspective.»

I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.

Of course vested interests will be looking for large contracts which they know will pay well and which they also know, if they do not come in on budget, will have to be bankrolled by the taxpayer, because by that time it will be past the point of no return (in more ways than one).

«This is therefore the time to concentrate on economic recovery and paying back... the government and taxpayers.

Caputo also threatened to outspend Lazio «five or six times over» on Paladino's independent Taxpayers Party line, which he said was «designed to completely take away the vote that would be going to the Conservative line under any other circumstances» and «destroy» the Conservative Party.

«It's time to take the next step on behalf of New York taxpayers,» Flanagan said.

«With the second consecutive on - time budget, major reforms to save taxpayer money, and a commitment to make New York's schools the best in the nation, Governor Cuomo is making New York's government work again, and making New York the comeback state,» Clinton said.

Especially in times of austerity, they want to demonstrate that as much as possible of the taxpayers» hard - earned cash goes directly on «programme» activity (such as health care, teaching, policing) and as little as possible on «administration costs.»

Perhaps time for someone to look at the money that is shelled out for State public employee officials who do union business on the taxpayers's dime.

If Making Tax Digital is to proceed as planned, and on time, then the Government must make sufficient resources available to ensure that high quality education and support is available to every taxpayer who needs it.»

«We have an obligation to ensure that these infrastructure projects are delivered on time, on budget and that the use of public taxpayer dollars is maximized,» he said.

If Ryan Cronin really wants to talk about taxpayer money we can certainly do that — starting with the 124 different tax increases his New York City Democrat cronies approved the last time they were in the majority, including the job - killing MTA payroll tax and elimination of the STAR rebate checks for seniors and homeowners who live on Long Island.»

But on Thursday, the New York Times revealed that Peralta, along with colleagues in the IDC, got thousands of dollars in taxpayer money from the state after GOP officials submitted fraudulent paperwork claiming they were the chair of committees that were actually led by Republican senators.

The House will have noted that, for the second time, the Secretary of State was unable to give my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouth (David T.C. Davies) the guarantee that he seeks that extremists have not got their hands on taxpayers» money.

Making a thing illegal literally creates crime, and the «war on drugs» has been a disastrous waste of time, resources and billions of taxpayer dollars.

Though one can go back and forth on what Eliot Spitzer knows — or doesn't know — about Appalachian Albany, his time spent in the walled city of downtown has obviously convinced him the answer to upstate's economic problems is taxpayer jacked real estate.

Cuomo said property taxes have been a major burden on taxpayers for a long time, but a change to the federal tax law limits what people can deduct on their state and local taxes to $ 10,000.

McCarthy urged the state to focus on making polluters pay for the cleanup, not taxpayers, and to spend less time fighting the EPA.

A senior DCLG «source» was quoted in The Times earlier this year saying that Jenny Watson had «built her career on incompetence», «milked the taxpayer» and was «not fit for the role».

«This is not the time to stand on formality, this is the time to act in service of the taxpayers,» said Clarkstown Town Clerk (D) Justin Sweet.

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.

At this time in our city's history we're strapped for cash and I don't think it should be forcing the burden of this further on taxpayers in the city.»

Council Taxpayers will be shocked that many Councils spend millions on full time trade union activities, not public services.

At that time, yes, the Mafia controlled, and was moving in the direction of making millions on the backs of the taxpayers of Ulster County, establishing illegal dumps, allowing roadside dumping, minimizing recycling, disregarding the needs for composting and generally not complying with state Department of Environmental Conservation regulations.

«Hundreds of teachers are spending all or part of their time on union work, costing taxpayers # 15million a year.

Annual submissions — as above, but the «probation» period is two years and so the taxpayer needs to file two consecutive submissions on time to re-set the clock.