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  • Leesville accountant pleads guilty in tax probe

    January 30, 2013 6:31 AM

    LAFAYETTE - A Leesville accountant has pleaded guilty to failing to pay the proper amount of payroll taxes that his former employer owed the federal government. Sixty-year-old Larry Wayne Bruce faces a maximum sentence of six years in prison following his guilty plea Tuesday to two counts of failure... more »
  • Man arrested for payroll fraud at Honeywell

    November 30, 2012 2:54 PM

    Geismar- An employee of a chemical plant in Ascension Parish has been charged with one count of felony theft for claiming time worked and overtime hours he knowingly did not work since January 2011. Authorities say Jesse Brooks, who was an Operations Coordinator at Honeywell Inc. in Geismar, defrauded... more »
  • House passes payroll tax cut, jobless benefit bill

    February 17, 2012 11:01 AM

    WASHINGTON- The GOP-controlled House has passed a bill renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Barak Obama's jobs agenda in a rare burst of bipartisanship. The bill passed Friday, 293-132. The Senate is expected to quickly... more »
  • Negotiators reach tentative payroll tax cut pact

    February 15, 2012 6:24 AM

    WASHINGTON - House and Senate negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the average worker. They hope to send the legislation to President Barack Obama as early as this week. Under the outlines of the emerging agreement, a... more »
  • Republicans muscle tax cut bill through House

    December 13, 2011 5:56 PM

    WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled House has passed legislation sought by President Barack Obama to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts through 2012. But the bill also includes a requirement for construction of an oil pipeline that has drawn a veto threat. The vote was 234-193. The measure now goes to... more »
  • White House non-committal on paying for tax cut

    November 29, 2011 3:46 PM

    WASHINGTON - The White House is refusing to say whether President Barack Obama would sign into law an extension of payroll tax cuts that is not paid for. Spokesman Jay Carney says Obama would prefer that lawmakers find a way to pay for the cuts and not add to... more »
  • Audit tells of 2009 misappropriation by deputy

    March 2, 2010 5:25 AM

    The civil sheriff of Orleans Parish is working to improve internal financial controls after a deputy misappropriated $50,000. An audit said a deputy falsified payroll records for special events. The sheriff's office discovered the problem last year and the deputy eventually pleaded guilty to misappropriation of public funds. The audit... more »

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