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Accountant Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns in Connecticut
New Hampshire Senate nixes tobacco & gas tax hikes
In what a key lawmaker called "retribution" for casino gambling being killed by the House, the state Senate Thursday killed the House-passed 67 percent hike in the state's gasoline tax.
Cities raising fees instead of taxes
Some municipalities along South Carolina's Grand Strand have begun to look at fee increases as a way to bolster revenue while keeping residents' property tax rates steady.
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‘Tax Free New York’ offers 10 years of zero sales, property & business taxes
New businesses would operate completely tax free for 10 years, including no income tax for employees, as well as no sales, property or business taxes.
Audit of Seattle schools finds trouble with federal grant spending
May 23–Seattle Public Schools may have to repay as much as $490,000 to the federal government because state auditors say the district did not spend some of its federal grant money appropriately in the 2011-12 school year. The auditors, in one of their regular audits of the school district, questioned how the district spent funds […]
New Minnesota tax law would increase revenue by $2.1 billion
The Minnesota House has passed a tax bill that could raise revenue $2.1 billion by boosting taxes on high-wage earners, smokers and corporations.
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Massachusetts reports employment downturn in April
Higher payroll taxes and federal sequestration spending cuts are keeping the Bay State stuck in a "soft patch" of economic growth that could last until the end of the year unless federal fiscal policy changes are put into immediate action, experts said yesterday, as new numbers show the state losing jobs.
Bipartisan tax overhaul proposal being reviewed in Maine
Lawmakers on Friday were presented with a dramatic tax reform proposal co-sponsored by bipartisan group of legislators.
Missouri lawmakers send income tax cut proposal to governor
Whether Missouri individuals and businesses get the first state income tax cut in 90 years is up to Gov. Jay Nixon.