Farmers markets would benefit by taking food stampsThe IndependentIf vendors can accept food stamps, it is only a small step further to accept payment by debit cards or even credit cards. At a time when fewer and fewer shoppers pay for their purchases with cash, being able to accept not only food stamps but also…
The Bureau of Internal Revenue has directed all cigarette manufacturers which have already purchased tax stamps to pay the differential between the existing and new tax rates on both locally-produced low-priced and high-priced brands on or before the end of the year. More: continued here
The Vatican's Spectacular Christmas StampsHuffington PostAs the world's tiniest nation, Vatican City has been issuing its own postage stamps since Aug. 1, 1929 — mere months after it officially became a politically independent nation. Many of the earliest stamps bore reminders of papal power and authority … More: continued here
Ahead of the impending sin tax rates increase in January, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ordered all local cigarette manufacturers to conduct a physical inventory of prepaid excise tax stamps held in their possession. Based on Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 89-2014, BIR Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares is ordering local cigarette firms to pay the…
The Vatican Spectacular Christmas StampsHuffington PostAs the world's tiniest nation, Vatican City has. Vatican City has been issuing its own postage stamps since Aug. 1, 1929 — mere months after it officially became a politically independent nation. Many of the earliest stamps bore reminders of papal … More: continued here
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Stamps, socks and store gift cards fill seniors' stockingsFairbanks Daily News-Miner“Stamps are the biggest thing,” said Sharon Camarata, president-elect of the local Soroptimist chapter. “A lot of these seniors don't use computers, so they still pay their bills via mail.” Other popular requests include socks, fleece blankets, digital … More: continued here
A federal wrongful death suit against a Framingham police officer who accidentally shot to death an unarmed elderly man during a SWAT raid in 2011 was allowed to continue by a judge yesterday. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV ruled that the constitutional rights of Eurie Stamps Sr., 68, may have been violated by…
Military.com Food Stamps, WIC, Debit Terminals at Most Commissaries FixedMilitary.comCommissary shoppers used $130.6 million in food stamps, officially known as the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), in fiscal 2013, the most recent year for which data is available, according to the Defense Department. About $29 million in … More: continued here
WCVB Boston Judge: Jury could find Framingham police killing 'unreasonable'WCVB BostonThe victim, Eurie Stamps Sr., was not a target of the raid and he had no history of violence, according to the judge's ruling. SWAT team members were specifically informed that Stamps posed no known threat to the police, and he did not struggle or…
MANILA – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has called on local cigarette manufacturers to hold a physical inventory of their prepaid excise tax stamps. More: continued here