Income Tax

Federal tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements are back. Reinstatement of the popular credits was a little-noticed part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act, the last-minute legislation that kept America from tumbling over the fiscal cliff at the start of the year.

An unexpected boost in state revenue has prompted the state's Republican leadership to embrace the possibility of tax relief during the just-started 83rd Legislature, but critics of the idea say the money should first be used to restore state services that underwent deep cuts two years ago.

We narrowly avoided going over the fiscal cliff earlier this month, but Congress' down-to-the-wire decision making has had an unsavory side effect.

A Kannapolis, N.C., man has been charged with four felony counts involving financial card theft and fraud.

The final defendant in a massive mortgage fraud scheme learned her fate Monday morning. Angie Cachu, 45, was sentenced by Kern County (CA) Superior Court Judge Colette M. Humphrey to a year in jail and five years’ felony probation. Her attorney, Joe Whittington, had asked if Cachu could just be sentenced to six months in […]

A former bank auditor has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to embezzling $100,000 and faces time in prison, according to court records. West Allis, Wisconsin, accountant Denise A. Lewandowski signed a plea agreement late last month admitting she stole from her employer, Securant Bank & Trust in Milwaukee. She is set to appear […]

Mr. Justice was a former sheriff's deputy.

As of Monday, Maine has adopted a new standard for who can be considered an independent contractor for Workers’ Compensation, unemployment insurance and other purposes. Until this week, the Maine Department of Labor, the Maine Workers’ Compensation Board and Maine Revenue Services each had different standards for who can be considered an independent contractor. This […]