| Facts about filing 2006 income tax returns
April 17. The usual deadline, April 15, is on a Sunday, and the next day, April 16, is Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia, a legal holiday under a new city law. Although it's not a federal holiday ---- and the IRS will be open that day ---- the agency has extended the tax filing deadline to April 17 because of a federal statute that says District of Columbia holidays have a nationwide impact. This change came too late to be reflected in IRS forms and publications for the 2006 tax year, which had already been printed. .
Five Star Quality Care, Inc. Announces Record Date for Annual Meeting
NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (AMEX: FVE) today announced that it has scheduled its 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders for May 15, 2007. The record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting has been set at the close of business on March 20, 2007. Five Star Quality Care, Inc. is a healthcare services company which operates healthcare and senior living communities. Five Star owns, leases and operates 162 senior living communities with over 18,000 separate living units located in 29 states. These communities include independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing communities. Five Star also operates two rehabilitation hospitals and six institutional pharmacies, one of which also provides mail order pharmaceuticals to the general public.
When It Comes To Pensions, Size Counts
Thousands of federal employees work in Hawaii. Most of them love it. But when it comes time to retire, many feds leave it. They leave for places where everything from canned pineapple to gasoline and Big Macs are a lot less expensive. Much the same thing happens to people who live and work and love life in Alaska. When they retire, many of them are forced to seek out less expensive places in the lower 48. U.S. civil servants in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico get special cost of living differentials that put their gross and take home salary well above their peers in other places. That differential is a big help while they are working, but it isn't considered part of salary when the high-3 is computed for retirement purposes. Relief for that may be on the way. President Bush's budget would extend locality pay to those areas for the first time.
Ironing can be more complicated than an oil change
In the days before my business trip, my to-do-before-I-leave list grew like that plate of endless spaghetti that seems to grow with every bite. At least you can wrap up the leftover spaghetti and eat it for lunch the next day, or, better yet, use it to make a delicious plate of gooey, cheesy baked spaghetti. Unfortunately, there is no plastic wrap for a list of tasks, and paperwork can't be repackaged into something better like a saucy, romantic novel. There was nothing to do but plug away until it was all finished. Three hours after the time I planned to leave for Atlanta, I finally sent my last e-mail. I still had not packed, and Hubby was getting anxious about me being on the road into the night. To save time, he started pulling out business suits and, bless his heart, counting out pantyhose.
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