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Oil Spill Questions and Answers from the IRS
Posted on: July 29th, 2010
The existing law dictates whether payments received from BP for losses, damage and injuries are taxable. Reason for Payment - Tax Treatment Lost wages or income - Taxable Property damage -...
Oil Spill Information from the IRS
Posted on: July 29th, 2010
Current law: BP payments for lost income are taxable in the same way the wages or business income these payments are replacing would have been. The law treats compensation for lost wages or income...
Mayor Jones Touts Mobile on CNN
Posted on: July 22nd, 2010
During his trip to the Farnborough Air Show in London, England, Mayor Sam Jones pitched a worldwide audience for Mobile in the Air Force Refueling Tanker contract....
City of Mobile Sales Tax Holiday August 6 - 8
Posted on: July 22nd, 2010
The City of Mobile will once again participate in the Alabama Sales Tax Holiday, which this year falls on the weekend of Friday, August 6 - Sunday, August 8. For more information about what qualifies...
Cody Road Closure
Posted on: July 19th, 2010 | Mobile Information Technology: Mobile 311
Beginning Tuesday, July 20, 2010, and continuing for approximately three months, Cody Road will be closed between Old Shell Road and Dickens Ferry Road. Traffic will be detoured while construction...
Notice of Public Hearing from the Wave Transit
Posted on: July 16th, 2010
Notice is hereby given that Mobile Transit Management d/b/a The Wave Transit System desires public comment before the proposed discontinuance of Sunday Services under the Access –a- Ride Service,...
Gulf Oil Spill Statement from Mobile Mayor Sam Jones
Posted on: July 15th, 2010
"We are excited and cautiously optimistic that the wellhead has been capped temporarily," Mobile Mayor Sam Jones said. "However, there is still a lot of oil that has flowed into the Gulf. While the...
MPD Invites the Community to “National Night Out…A Night to Unite”
Posted on: July 13th, 2010
The Mobile Police Department is hosting the city’s “National Night Out… A Night to Unite” event at Bel Air Mall on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 at 5:45 p.m. The goal of the event, sponsored by The...
New Web Site for Oil Spill Information
Posted on: July 9th, 2010
National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen announced the launch of a new federal web portal — www.RestoreTheGulf.gov — dedicated to providing the American people with clear and accessible...
Montlimar Creek Bridge Repair to Close Cottage Hill Road
Posted on: July 9th, 2010 | Mobile Information Technology: Mobile 311
Construction work being done to the bridge over Montlimar Creek will force the closure of Cottage Hill Road between the I-65 Service Road and Montlimar Drive starting on Friday, July 16 at 6:00 p.m....