(Original Post) December 19, 2011 | 10:25 AM | By Colby Hamilton Today on “The Capitol Pressroom”: The North Country was a big winner in the economic development grant competition.…
Original Post December 27, 2011 STATE – According to a report released earlier this month, New Jersey is leaving more than $500 million on the table each year by not…
Original Post December 27, 2011 by PAUL BUCHHEIT Recent reports suggest that almost 50% of Americans are in poverty or at a “low income” level. The claim is based on…
BY ADELE SAMMARCO December 27, 2011 It’s no secret residents from surrounding states drive to New Jersey to fill-up their gas tanks for less than what they would ordinarily pay…
Original Post McClatchy News Editorial December 29, 2011 — The Task Force on State Tax Credits and Economic Incentives wants a one-year moratorium on all tax credits in Oklahoma while…
(Original Post) John Celock Posted: 12/19/2012 12:59 pm EST WASHINGTON — Fifteen states are likely to see some sort of tax reform legislation in 2013, according to a study released…
(Original Post) Siddhartha Mahanta | 12.18.12 | 1:24 pm | Republishposted in Economy/Finance | Government Accountability/Reform | Politics On January 19 of this year, Kansas state Sen. Julia Lynn offered…
Original Post By LEN LAZARICK January 4, 2012 A new study found that at least 68 profitable corporations paid no state income taxes anywhere in the country in one of…
Original Post by Conrad Defiebre January 5, 2012 On July 1 this year, Minnesota’s highway fuel tax will go up a half-penny to 28.5 cents a gallon, the last of…
Original Post January 6, 2011 By Garry Duffy Arizona’s gasoline tax has stood at 18 cents per gallon for 21 years. Factor in an average rate of inflation of 2.67…
It would deal with two key issues by lowering state corporate net income tax rate and closing some loopholes. By Steve Mocarsky [email protected] The debate about Pennsylvania’s high corporate taxes…
(Original Post) By ABC News | ABC News ABC News’ Huma Khan, Elizabeth Hartfield, Matt Negrin, Chris Good, Amy Bingham, Jeunee Simon, Greg Krieg, Meg Fowler and Sarah Parnass report:Fact…
(Original Post) January 25, 2012 The release of Mitt Romney’s tax return has renewed a debate that Warren Buffett raised last year when he pointed out that, because of the…
(Original Post) Anna Almendrala First Posted: 01/25/2012 9:55 pm Updated: 01/26/2012 12:49 pm Unfair tax rates are the topic du jour when it comes to inequality in America and protesters…
(Original Post) Would close so-called “Delaware loophole” January 29, 2012 By Stacy Brown | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Two Pennsylvania state representatives, a Democrat and a Republican, are teaming up…
(Original Post) 07:12 pm February 3, 2012 by Edward Schumacher-Matos Is Mitt Romney being treated unfairly in the coverage of the taxes he pays? Hardly. Some might find it rich…
(Original Post) By YanaKunichoff, Monday at 4:57 pm The scales are tipped in Illinois, and not in favor of the 99 percent, community groups say. A series of reports and…
(Original Post) By the Editors Feb 22, 2012 7:30 PM ET President Barack Obama’s corporate- tax framework, unveiled Wednesday, recognizes that the U.S. tax code desperately needs a spring cleaning.…
(Original Post) February 22, 2012 By ANTHONY HALL The U.S. corporate tax code just became the biggest sidebar under jobs for the national election campaign. It should be clear to…
(Original Post) Dan Froomkin Senior Washington Correspondent, Huffington Post Posted: 02/23/12 03:18 PM ET | Updated: 02/23/12 03:30 PM ET WASHINGTON — Every one of the dozens of corporate tax…
(Original Post) By Pat Garofalo on Feb 24, 2012 at 3:35 pm In what one state Democrat has called “Robin Hood in reverse,” Kansas’ tax committee this week approved a…
(Original Post) Published: Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 12A With loopholes as big as locomotives in the federal tax code, many of America’s most profitable corporations…
(Original Post) Posted by AccountingWEB in Tax, Income Tax on 02/27/2012 – 16:46 By Ken Berry The battle lines are being drawn. Last week, President Obama unveiled the framework for an…
(Original Post) Tuesday, February 28, 2012 If Illinois were to adopt the same graduated income tax rate structure as Iowa, Illinois would raise $6.3 billion more in revenue than it…
(Original Post) By Ashley Portero February 29, 2012 1:30 PM EST General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) again stands accused of employing tax-dodging techniques to avoid paying a fair rate of…