Archive for July, 2011

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GLACIER DISTILLERY

July 27, 2011

I found this place in Martin City, MT
the place is called Glacier Distilling
Montana Whiskey and fine Spirits
the place is called the
Whiskey Barn
Distillery and tasting room

the owners are Lauren and Nicolas Lee

These are the Owners and are absolutely fantastic owners and they know what they are doing.
they have aged whiskey and unaged whiskey and other products

Their website should you wish to visit it is
http://www.glacierdistilling.com/whiskey/#blank
I will be updating this post when I get back from whitefish again, their place is fantastic.

Their place is right on hwy 2 in martin city, you cant miss it. 

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THE COMING TAXES THAT WILL MAKE THE U.S. THE NEW ARGENTINA

July 20, 2011

The tax kikes that Obama wants is just what is going to happen but far worse, the bush tax rates will roll back to clinton era tax rates and then the Hidden taxes kick in and those are the Obama Care taxes aka the IMT.

Individual Mandate Tax are as follows:

1 Adult        2 Adults          3+ Adults
2014      1% AGI/$95 1% AGI/$190   1% AGI/$285

2015   2% AGI/$325  2% AGI/$650   2% AGI/$975

2016 +  2.5% AGI/$695  2.5% AGI/$1390  2.5% AGI/$2085

this doesn’t include Employer tax Mandates:
Employer Mandate Tax(Jan 2014):  If an employer does not offer health coverage, and at least one employee qualifies for a health tax credit, the employer must pay an additional non-deductible tax of $2000 for all full-time employees.  This provision applies to all employers with 50 or more employees. If any employee actually receives coverage through the exchange, the penalty on the employer for that employee rises to $3000. If the employer requires a waiting period to enroll in coverage of 30-60 days, there is a $400 tax per employee ($600 if the period is 60 days or longer).


Combined score of all individual and employer mandate tax penalty: $65 billion/10 years

Surtax on Investment Income his increase involves the creation of a new, 3.8 percent surtax on investment income earned in households making at least $250,000 ($200,000 single).



  Capital Gains Dividends Other

2010-2012              15%                       15%                  35%

2013+ (current law)      23.8%                        43.4%                43.4%

2013+ (Obama budget)     23.8%                    23.8%                43.4%

Illegal aliens do not have to pay any taxes under Obamacare

Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax($86.8 bil/Jan 2013): Current law and changes
First $200,000                          All Remaining Wages
($250,000 Married)                   Employer/Employee
Employer/Employee

Current Law              1.45%/1.45%                               1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed                   2.9% self-employed

Obamacare Tax Hike   1.45%/1.45%                                 1.45%/2.35%
2.9% self-employed                 3.8% self-employed

Medicine Cabinet Tax($5 bil/Jan 2011)
this means that health savings accounts are a thing of the past and so are flexible spending account, and are health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin)

HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike($1.4 bil/Jan 2011): Increases additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent.

Flexible Spending Account Cap – aka“Special Needs Kids Tax”($13 bil/Jan 2013): Imposes cap of $2500 (Indexed to inflation after 2013) on FSAs (now unlimited). . There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children.  There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education.  Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education.

Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers($20 bil/Jan 2013): Medical device manufacturers employ 360,000 people in 6000 plants across the country. This law imposes a new 2.3% excise tax.  Exemptions include items retailing for less than $100.

Raise “Haircut” for Medical Itemized Deduction from 7.5% to 10% of AGI($15.2 bil/Jan 2013): Currently, those facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction for medical expenses to the extent that those expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI).  The new provision imposes a threshold of 10 percent of AGI; it is waived for 65+ taxpayers in 2013-2016 only.

Tax on Indoor Tanning Services($2.7 billion/July 1, 2010): New 10 percent excise tax on Americans using indoor tanning salons

Elimination of tax deduction for employer-provided retirement Rx drug coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D($4.5 bil/Jan 2013)

Blue Cross/Blue Shield Tax Hike($0.4 bil/Jan 2010): The special tax deduction in current law for Blue Cross/Blue Shield companies would only be allowed if 85 percent or more of premium revenues are spent on clinical services

Excise Tax on Charitable Hospitals(Min$/immediate): $50,000 per hospital if they fail to meet new “community health assessment needs,” “financial assistance,” and “billing and collection” rules set by HHS

Tax on Innovator Drug Companies($22.2 bil/Jan 2010): $2.3 billion annual tax on the industry imposed relative to share of sales made that year.

Tax on Health Insurers($60.1 bil/Jan 2014): Annual tax on the industry imposed relative to health insurance premiums collected that year. The stipulation phases in gradually until 2018, and is fully-imposed on firms with $50 million in profits.

$500,000 Annual Executive Compensation Limit for Health Insurance Executives($0.6 bil/Jan 2013)

Employer Reporting of Insurance on W-2(Min$/Jan 2011): Preamble to taxing health benefits on individual tax returns.

Corporate 1099-MISC Information Reporting($17.1 bil/Jan 2012): Requires businesses to send 1099-MISC information tax forms to corporations (currently limited to individuals), a huge compliance burden for small employers

“Black liquor” tax hike(Tax hike of $23.6 billion).  This is a tax increase on a type of bio-fuel.

Codification of the “economic substance doctrine”(Tax hike of $4.5 billion).  This provision allows the IRS to disallow completely-legal tax deductions and other legal tax-minimizing plans just because the IRS deems that the action lacks “substance” and is merely intended to reduce taxes owed