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Corporate jet users brace for more IRS audits

Corporate jet owners and operators are upset about dozens of additional audits scheduled for later this spring, the Internal Revenue Service announced this week. Industry groups say jetliners have done nothing wrong, while tax experts say taxes on corporate perks like jets are being taxed to pursue the roughly $700 billion a year the IRS […]

Video Shows Jet Of Beer Blasting Brewery Worker Across The Room

ah. A brewery in Minnesota was completely bashed after a valve on a tank exploded, blowing it across the room. The explosion sent a stream of beer out of the tank and hit the man in the chest, knocking him backwards, according to video from Back Channel Brewing Company. Brendan, a backchannel employee, was evaluating […]

IRS to ramp up audits of private jet usage

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday it is stepping up audits of corporate jets to collect more unpaid taxes as part of a crackdown on wealthy taxpayers. The tax collector’s office plans to conduct 30 to 40 audits of companies and wealthy individuals who may be flying on corporate jets for leisure purposes to reduce […]

Shocking dash cam video shows private jet crashing onto Florida highway

Harrowing new footage has been released of the moment a private jet crashes into a busy Florida highway, killing two pilots and allowing a flight attendant and two passengers to escape from the burning wreckage. The Bombardier Challenger 600 carrying five people lost two engines and crashed onto Interstate 75 while attempting to land at […]

Dutch Court Blocks F-35 Fighter Jet Parts Being Sent to Israel

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – An appeals court on Monday ordered the Dutch government to halt exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, citing a clear risk of violating international law. Three human rights groups filed a civil lawsuit against the Netherlands in December, arguing that authorities needed to reevaluate export licenses in light […]

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory laying off hundreds, citing budget gridlock

Due to a Congressional budget impasse, NASA has laid off hundreds of employees at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which launched numerous missions to Mars to search for signs of life. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), managed by the California Institute of Technology, is “the only federally funded research and development center,” according to NASA’s website. […]