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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Homeowners around the country are doing something unusual this week - rushing to pay their 2018 property taxes well before they're due. They hope to put off one effect of the tax overhaul that President Trump signed into law last w

Buying Property Abroad

In recent years, due to the impact of property-purchasing limitations and other control measures, more and more people are considering investing in real estate overseas. Statistics show an increase of about 10 percent in terms of properties purchased

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Hello, and welcome to Legal Lads Quick and Dirty Tips for a More Lawful Life. Im your host, Adam Freedman. But first, your daily dose of legalese: This podcast does not create an attorney-client relationship with any listener. In other words, althoug

HK implements new measures to cool property market

HONG KONG, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two new measures to cool the property market will be introduced to reduce immediate demand, John Tsang, Financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced Friday. The ad valo

VOA标准英语2012--OECD Adds Its Voice to US Debate on Taxes

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美国国家公共电台 NPR House GOP Tax Plan Is Little Help To High-Tax States Like New Jersey

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senate Republicans are expected to unveil their version of a tax overhaul today. Like the House bill that's already moving along, the Senate version is being touted as a way to keep more money in Americans' pockets. But for millio

美国国家公共电台 NPR What A Tax Overhaul Could Mean For Students And Schools

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Lawmakers are trying to reconcile two different versions of a tax bill, one passed by the House, the other by the Senate. They do seem to agree - Republicans, anyway - on two changes that affect America's schools. NPR's Cory Turn

美国国家公共电台 NPR We Asked People What They Know About Taxes. See If You Know The Answers

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Tomorrow is the deadline for filing your taxes. And this year, NPR wanted to find out how much people actually know about the tax system. We partnered with the Ipsos polling company and asked a set of questions about things like

VOA常速英语2008年-Report Finds Property Rights Essential for Econ

By Tendai Maphosa London 26 February 2008 The new edition of the second annual International Property Rights Index says physical and intellectual property rights are necessary for economic growth. From London, Tendai Maphosa has more in this report f

Obama promises 97 percent of Americans won't see taxes rise

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua)-- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the most important step now was to promise Americans 97 percent of them won't see taxes rise as the fiscal cliff loomed. Obama stressed in a White House news conference that

Obama's Next Campaign: More Taxes for Rich Americans

Obama's Next Campaign: More Taxes for Rich Americans WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama's re-election campaign may be over, but his economic campaign continues. The president is appealing to business and labor leaders, lawmakers and the public to pre

Romney Says He Paid at Least 13 Percent in Taxes

The presumptive U.S. Republican presidential candidate says he has not paid less than 13 percent of his income in federal taxes during the past 10 years. Speaking to reporters in South Carolina, Mitt Romney said he had examined his tax returns for th

China's property regulation policies "carried out well"

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's property regulation measures have been carried out well by local authorities and speculative housing demand has been curbed, according to the results of a State Council inspection announced late on Friday. The ins

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