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New Hampshire lawmakers duel over lowering corporate jet fees
The NH House and Senate each have passed bills cutting fees on expensive corporate jets, but the House measure would pay for the cuts by more than doubling the aviation fuel tax while the Senate would have the state Department … Continue reading
House votes to cut R and D tax cap to hike interest and dividends tax deductions
The NH House has voted to roll back the research and development tax credit for businesses in order to increase interest and dividend tax deductions for individuals. The House voted 182-143 on Thursday to OK House Bill 1554 at the … Continue reading
NH House bill would bar salary history question
Employers would not be able to ask a job applicant how much he or she was paid in the past, but the applicant could volunteer that information, if a proposed bill introduced last week in the NH House becomes law. | … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs/Unemployment, Legislation
Tagged HB1222, Jan Schmidt, NH House, NHBR, Salary History
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NH Senate shoots down targeted business tax breaks
New Hampshire businesses shouldn’t expect any targeted tax breaks this session. That, at least, is the conclusion most people would come to after the NH Senate dismissed four of them on Wednesday. | Keep Reading at NHBR
NH House OKs tougher lead remediation standards
The NH House easily passed a bill Wednesday that could result in landlords doing a lot more lead remediation in their buildings, but it would make that remediation a lot easier and provide some financing. | Keep Reading at NHBR
New Hampshire family leave plan praised at forum in Bow
As the owner of a small Seacoast construction firm, Brad Sawler can’t afford to give his workers paid family leaves. That’s why he, and a hundred other mostly small businesses have signed on to a bill in the NH House … Continue reading
NH rep seeks to repeal state timber tax
The NH Timberland Owners Association doesn’t have any great love of the state timber tax, but they don’t like a bill that would repeal it. House Bill 1470 would repeal the “normal yield tax on timber” because it is “discriminatory … Continue reading
NH Social Venture Innovation Challenge finalists named
Sixteen teams have been selected to advance to the final round of the 2017 NH Social Venture Innovation Challenge. The finalists – eight in the student track and eight in the community track – will compete beginning at 8:30 a.m. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, New Hampshire News
Tagged NH Social Venture Innovation Challenge., NHBR
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Balsams tops $26 million in real estate reservations
More than 120 families and individuals have made a 5 percent refundable deposit toward purchase of a unit in the first structures to be renovated as part of the $170 million Balsams restoration and expansion plan. | Keep Reading at … Continue reading
Local Media Reports a Majority of “NH Residents Support Gas Tax Increase” When They Don’t
In two separate reports feeding off the same research, Fosters.com and the New Hampshire Business Review lead with headlines declaring support for a gas tax increase in New Hampshire. “UNH research: NH residents support gas tax hike.” But do they? Nope. |Read more at … Continue reading
Posted in GraniteGrok, taxes
Tagged Carsey Institute, Fosters.com, Gas, NHBR, taxes, UNH
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