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Discharging Oklahoma Property Taxes In Bankruptcy

February 5, 2010

A property tax is a tax imposed upon a person because of his or her ownership of property.
Here in Oklahoma, there are two types of property taxes:

Real estate taxes levied upon land owners by local municipalities, and
Personal property taxes levied against business owners by local municipalities for ownership of personal property used in connection [...]

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Discharging Interest & Penalties On Income Taxes In Bankruptcy

February 4, 2010

Interest and penalties on federal income tax debts are dischargeable if the underlying income tax is dischargeable.
In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, if the income tax is not dischargeable because it relates to a tax year where the due date for filing the tax return is less than three years before the bankruptcy was filed, [...]

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Discharging Income Tax Debts In Bankruptcy

February 3, 2010

You may hear radio commercials offering the hope of eliminating income tax debts in bankruptcy. But it’s not as simple as it sounds.
For example, if the income taxes you owe are for one of the last three tax years, then they can’t be wiped out (discharged) in bankruptcy — you’ll continue to owe them at [...]

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Free Tax Preparation Help Available To Tulsa County Residents

February 2, 2010

Several local organizations including the Community Action Project (CAP) are once again offering FREE tax preparation assistance to qualified Tulsa County residents.
CAP’s tax-preparation program is open to families that earn $50,000 or less and individuals who earn $40,000 or less. People who have been laid off in the past year also can take advantage of [...]

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FastCase Releases iPhone App

February 1, 2010

One of the benefits of being a member of both the Oklahoma Bar Association and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys is that both organizations provide their members with free access to Fastcase.
Fastcase is a web-based legal research service that is a welcome alternative for solo attorneys like myself to LexisNexis and Westlaw, both [...]

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124 Tulsa Police Officers Laid Off

January 30, 2010

After weeks of negotiation between Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett and the City of Tulsa police union came to naught, 124 Tulsa police officers were laid off yesterday reducing the city’s police force from 808 to 684.
Tulsa’s police department is funded by sales tax revenue which has decreased substantially due to the current economic recession.
Earlier this [...]

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Zeledyne Announces Layoffs Of 210 Tulsa Employees

January 29, 2010

Wednesday was a bad day for 210 Zeledyne employees as they were told that March 28 would be their last day on the job.
Zeledyne’s Tulsa plant, which manufactures automobile and commercial glass, has about 530 employees and the layoffs will apply to hourly and salary workers according to company spokeswoman Della DiPietro.
Zeledyne will be shutting [...]

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Debt Collectors And Zombie Debts

January 27, 2010

If a debt collector is harassing you over a debt that you thought was dead and buried, you may be dealing with a “zombie debt.”
What usually happens is that you’ll get an unexpected phone call or letter asking for payment on an old debt that you haven’t thought about in years. The collector may even [...]

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Oklahoma Bankruptcy Filings Rise Again in 2009

January 26, 2010

Bankruptcy filings in each of Oklahoma’s three federal bankruptcy districts continued their upward climb in 2009.
Oklahoma bankruptcy filings set all-time highs in 2005 as thousands upon thousands of Oklahomans raced to file bankruptcy before new bankruptcy laws took effect in October 2005 setting tighter income limits and new standards for measuring a debtor’s ability to [...]

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Will I lose my income tax refund if I file Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Oklahoma?

January 25, 2010

As April 15 draws closer, I am getting quite a few phone calls and emails from people who are considering filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy but are worried that they may lose their income tax refund if they do.
Most of these people are depending on their income tax refund for necessary living expenses or are planning [...]

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