Environmental polluters will face unlimited penalties under new legislation introduced today. Companies holding environmental permits, such as energy and water operators, will see the current penalty limit of £250,000 scrapped. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced changes to the legislation, following a government consultation, which received “widespread public support.” The consultation offered several…

Dollar General and Dolgencorp were fined $3.4 million by the Department of Labor for unsafe conditions after inspections in 2022 at nine locations in Maine, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, according to a press release this week. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $21 million in fines since 2017…

Most people should have their individual tax forms and payments sent to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on April 18 of this year. There is not much time left for tax preparation, but filing a tax extension could buy you more to get your paperwork together. You can file Form 4868 for free to get…

The Biden administration has imposed a multimillion-dollar penalty on Microsoft after the company was found to have engaged in trade with certain sanctioned nations, including Russia and Iran. The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has decided on a $2.98 million settlement with Microsoft Corporation. The settlement is related to the company’s…

Tips from informants have led the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to recover over $26 million in penalties and incorrect payments under the federal government’s costliest pandemic relief program—the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS). “Between April 2020 and last November 25 the Agency processed 1,986 leads from the public,” cabinet wrote in an Inquiry of Ministry…

LUSAIL, Qatar—Argentina beat the Netherlands 4–3 in a penalty shootout to keep Lionel Messi’s World Cup dream alive on Friday after the Dutch had snatched a 2–2 draw from the jaws of defeat in an extraordinary quarter-final. Emiliano Martinez saved the first two Dutch penalties to give Argentina a huge advantage and Lautaro Martinez sent…

Driver Noah Gragson was fined $35,000 and docked 30 points in the Xfinity Series standings for rough driving that led to a crash in last Saturday’s race at Road America. NASCAR said Wednesday that 30 points also were deducted from JR Motorsports in the owner standings. The penalties were levied because of Gragson’s actions started…

A Dutch Court ordered Microsoft Corporation to allow bankruptcy trustees appointed to the Russia-linked Amsterdam Trade Bank to access its data or face damages, Bloomberg reports. Netherlands declared ATB, a lender linked to Russia’s Alfa Group, bankrupt after U.S. and U.K. sanctions paralyzed its payment systems. ATB had 23,000 private account holders and 6,000 customers in Germany. ATB, in which sanctioned billionaire…

By Laura Davison From Bloomberg News WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is under pressure from a large group of lawmakers to stop penalties and pause automated collections from taxpayers whose returns have been caught in a processing backlog. In a letter signed by at least 216 Republicans and Democrats from both the House and Senate, the…

A ban on single-use plastic bags intended to encourage customers to use their own reusable bags when shopping will go into effect Friday across Washington state. The ban passed the state Senate back in March 2019 and it was originally scheduled to begin on the first of this year but was delayed due supply chain issues during the…