State and Local Taxes

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 […]

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.

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.

Lawmakers on Friday were presented with a dramatic tax reform proposal co-sponsored by bipartisan group of legislators.

Whether Missouri individuals and businesses get the first state income tax cut in 90 years is up to Gov. Jay Nixon.

Taxes collected from all retail sales grew by 5 percent in Washington state last year, the biggest jump from one year to the next since the recession began in 2008.

North Carolina's "death tax" has one foot in the grave after a Wilson lawmaker's bill passed the state House on Wednesday.

South Carolina needs to spend nearly $15 million next year to bolster cybersecurity in the wake of the largest hacking at a U.S. state agency, a consultant told state leaders Wednesday.