Articles tagged with taxes

Thu, May 17, 2012

Facebook's Saverin fires back at tax-dodge critics

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, under fire over the tax consequences of renouncing his U.S. citizenship, said on Thursday ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Taxes lurk behind court test of Obama health law

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While Supreme Court watchers focus on the controversial insurance requirement in President Barack Obama's healthcare law, lesser known ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Exclusive: Brazil to cut electricity taxes to boost economy

By Brian Winter

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff plans to cut and simplify taxes for electricity producers and distributors, two senior officials told ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

California targets health, public workers to fix budget hole

By Jim Christie

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday unveiled a revised state budget plan that calls for new cuts to ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

NY state sues Sprint for more than $300 million over taxes

By Karen Freifeld

(Reuters) - The state of New York on Thursday sued Sprint Nextel Corp for more than $300 million, accusing the company of ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Buffett rule fails Senate vote in tax fight

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Monday blocked President Barack Obama's "Buffett Rule" legislation, which would have put a 30-percent minimum ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Lawmakers set to trade partisan punches over taxes

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans square off this week over tax hikes for millionaires and tax cuts for ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Romney estimates taxes at $3.2 million for 2011

By Diane Bartz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who on Friday requested an extension to file his 2011 tax forms, estimated his ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Sales taxes up in most US states in March: survey

(Reuters) - Sales taxes grew in most U.S. states last month as labor markets improved, an economic newsletter reported on Friday.

In its monthly ...

Thu, April 12, 2012

Biden to attack "Romney Rule" on taxes for rich

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will take direct aim at probable Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday ...

Wed, April 11, 2012

Highest sales taxes among U.S. cities in Alabama: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Alabama cities top a new ranking of U.S. cities with the highest combined state and local sales tax rates, a ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

Obama campaign slams Romney for not paying "fair share" of taxes

By Steve Holland

BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign blasted Mitt Romney on Tuesday for not paying his "fair share" of ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Obama, Romney trade blows as fight for White House narrows

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney fired sharp attacks at each other on Wednesday as they opened ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Companies use popular provision to avoid income taxes

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than two dozen Fortune 500 companies paid no U.S. federal income taxes in recent years partly because ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

U.S. displacing Japan as No. 1 for highest corp taxes

By Patrick Temple-West and Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will hold the dubious distinction starting on Sunday of having the developed world ...

Mon, March 26, 2012

Analysis: Gas price spike revives fight over energy taxes

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil, the world's most profitable corporation, says it paid more than 45 percent of its 2011 income ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

LTA welcomes changes in endorsement taxes

LONDON (Reuters) - Changes to Britain's tax laws that may make it more attractive for overseas sportsmen and women to compete in the country ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

Britain cuts income tax, austerity drive undimmed

By Sven Egenter and Matt Falloon

LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister George Osborne cut the top rate of income tax while imposing new levies ...

Fri, March 09, 2012

Government sues Buffett's NetJets unit for unpaid taxes

By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) - NetJets Inc, a private jet-sharing company owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc , was sued for $366.3 million ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

U.S. eases pressure on Switzerland over taxes for now

ZURICH (Reuters) - The United States welcomes the Swiss parliament's backing of a proposal to help U.S. authorities crack down on wealthy Americans ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Congress ends bitter tax battle with bill passage

By Richard Cowan and Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress ended a three-month battle on Friday by passing legislation to extend a tax cut for ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Factbox: Obama seeks higher taxes on big business

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's 2013 budget proposal, released on Monday, would raise hundreds of billions of dollars from businesses through international tax ...

Sun, February 12, 2012

Swiss lobby group open to self-declaration on taxes

ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of a leading Swiss business lobby group said on Sunday he was open to a requirement that banks ask clients ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Oklahoma governor plans to cut state income taxes

By Steve Olafson

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Oklahoma's Republican governor announced a plan on Monday to dramatically cut state income tax rates and ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Obama pitches tax, jobs ideas on campaign-style tour

By Caren Bohan

CHANDLER, Arizona (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took his State of the Union tax and job ideas on the road on Wednesday ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

Romney returns show low tax rate; questions linger

By Steve Holland and Kim Dixon

TAMPA, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney bowed to political pressure and gave the ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Fading Gingrich behind in new poll, hits Romney in ad

By Jane Sutton

MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Friday as ...

Sat, January 07, 2012

Taxpayers owe $385 billion in 2006 taxes: IRS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. taxpayers owe an estimated $385 billion in unpaid taxes for 2006, up about a third from the "tax gap" five ...

Fri, December 30, 2011

Spain says deficit bigger than expected, hikes taxes

By Andrés González and Elisabeth O'Leary

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's new government said on Friday that this year's budget deficit would be ...

Wed, December 28, 2011

U.S. seeks $670,000 in taxes from Yankees owner

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government has sued New York Yankees co-owner Hal Steinbrenner and his wife seeking more than $670,00 in ...

Sun, December 18, 2011

Obama aide: Republicans playing politics on taxes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House accused House of Representatives Republicans on Sunday of playing politics with the fate of the payroll tax cut and ...

Sun, December 11, 2011

Obama says to keep standing up to Congress on taxes

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended his leadership style on Sunday and said he would keep standing up to Congress as ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Many companies pay no state taxes: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many brand-name U.S. companies are using deductions, credits and other means to shave their state tax rates below zero percent, a ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Taxes could fill AIDS funding crunch: U.N.

By Aaron Maasho

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The fight against AIDS risks being set back years by a global financial crisis, the head of the ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

NY ups tax on rich, cuts for middle-class

By Joan Gralla

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's millionaires will pay higher taxes while 4.4 million middle-class and upper-income New Yorkers will ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Swiss town cuts taxes after Glencore CEO windfall

ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss town of Rueschlikon that is home to Glencore boss Ivan Glasenberg has cut taxes after a huge windfall following the ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

NYC mayor opposes raising taxes on rich despite Governor

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday spoke out against Governor Andrew Cuomo's expected recommendation for higher taxes on ...

Sat, December 03, 2011

Monti warns of Greek-style risk to Italy

By Gavin Jones and Steve Scherer

ROME (Reuters) - Italy risked a Greek-style economic collapse which could threaten the future of the euro without the ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

Millionaires ask Congress: "Raise our taxes"

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 140 millionaires asked a divided U.S. Congress on Wednesday to increase their taxes for the sake of ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Deficit "super committee" stalled as deadline looms

By Donna Smith and Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Both sides of Congress' deadlocked "super committee" held separate talks on Saturday, but formal negotiations remained ...

Wed, November 02, 2011

U.S. tries "hip hop" diplomacy in Pakistan

By Chris Allbritton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Considered by many Pakistanis to be public enemy number one, the United States on Monday turned to the musical ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Deficit panel grapples with corporate taxes

By David Morgan and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sign of possible progress in bipartisan U.S. deficit talks, Republicans seem more flexible ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

U.S. bill would cut taxes on repatriated profits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Large U.S. multinational corporations would get a tax break on hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign profits under a bipartisan ...

Tue, October 04, 2011

Exclusive: budget talks get down to taxes, benefits

By Donna Smith and Tim Reid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deficit-reduction talks in the Congress entered a potentially groundbreaking phase on Tuesday with Republicans signaling they ...

Tue, October 04, 2011

Raise taxes on super rich, not semi-rich: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than a quarter of wealthy Americans support raising taxes on households making $250,000 or more a year, the level being ...

Tue, September 27, 2011

Rising income taxes lift state, local revenues

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revenues for state and local governments grew for the seventh straight quarter this spring, buoyed by individual income taxes, Census data released ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

"Super committee" eyes taxes amid differences

By Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of a congressional "super committee" squared off on Thursday over the hot-button issue of tax increases and ...

Sat, September 17, 2011

Obama offers $3.6 trillion deficit plan, would up taxes

By Alister Bull and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama laid out a $3.6 trillion plan on Monday to cut budget deficits ...

Sat, September 10, 2011

U.S. may end taxes on some overseas profits: WSJ

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Treasury is weighing a proposal to eliminate some, but not all, of the taxes on overseas profits of U.S.-based ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

States to pay unemployment bills, taxes could rise

By Lisa Lambert and Karen Pierog

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. states will start sending more than $1 billion to the federal government in ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Companies shift losses to high-tax countries to trim taxes

By Lynnley Browning

(Reuters) - For nearly two decades, global corporations have increasingly shifted trillions of dollars in worldwide profits to low-tax countries across the ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Romney aims at Republican center with economy plan

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney aimed squarely at the Republican center as he launched his economic program on Tuesday, proposing ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Some U.S. firms paid more to CEOs than taxes: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-five of the 100 highest paid U.S. CEOs earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax, a ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Republicans take aim at regulations, taxes

By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives want to create jobs by killing regulations on companies and ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Business to deficit panel: tackle taxes, Medicare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A big business group on Tuesday urged lawmakers on a deficit-cutting panel to revamp the U.S. tax code and health and ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Illinois says 3 hospitals should pay property taxes

By Karen Pierog

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Illinois Department of Revenue on Tuesday denied property-tax exemptions for three hospitals in the wake of a widely ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Obama says Warren Buffett is right about taxes

CANNON FALLS, Minnesota (Reuters) - Small-town Americans probably don't make as much money as Warren Buffett, but they pay more of their income in ...

Mon, July 25, 2011

Airlines raise fares as taxes lapse

By Karen Jacobs

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Many airlines have raised fares in recent days to take advantage of a lapse in U.S. ticket tax ...

Thu, June 09, 2011

Detroit taxes to remain despite population fall

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law on Thursday legislation that will let Detroit

avoid financial catastrophe by allowing the city to ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

NYC residents may prefer taxes to cuts: watchdog

By Joan Gralla

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has sliced its way to fiscal health under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but the political independent ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Stimulus money recipients owe billions in taxes: government

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contractors and businesses that received money through the 2009 federal economic stimulus plan owe billions in unpaid taxes to the government, a ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Matlin owes back taxes

The Oscar-winning actress insists she's working out a schedule with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to pay back the debt, which dates back ...

Sun, May 15, 2011

McConnell rejects higher taxes on oil firms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday rejected a proposal to scale back tax breaks for big oil firms, calling it a ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

BP Alaska president pleads for lower state taxes

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska must lower its state oil production taxes to attract the investment needed to boost dwindling flow in ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Taxes collected, coins produced if government shuts down

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department will continue to collect taxes, freeze assets, print currency and produce coins if the government is forced to shut ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

NY legislature passes $132 billion budget, no new taxes

By Dan Wiessner

ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - The New York state legislature on Thursday passed a $132.5 billion spending plan, closing a $10 ...

Thu, March 10, 2011

Scorsese owes $3 million in taxes

The Goodfellas director has had a series of tax demands and debt issues over the years - throughout 2002 and 2003 he was hit with ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

Report: Property Taxes Still Can Go Up Despite Levy Freeze

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Your property taxes can still go up, even when your community’s total tax levy is frozen.

That’s because state ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

More states miss forecast on taxes in February: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer states in February hit the mark on forecasting receipts from withholding taxes compared to January, a sign that a recent rebound ...

Tue, February 15, 2011

Connecticut governor wants to raise income taxes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Almost all Connecticut residents would have to pay higher taxes, from sales to income to gasoline, under Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

Malaria drug tariffs, taxes must go: campaigners

LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria campaigners have urged governments to drop all taxes and tariffs on medicines, mosquito nets and other anti-malaria tools to help reduce ...

Wed, February 09, 2011

State Senate Approves 2/3 Vote to Hike Sales, Income Taxes

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State senators voted Tuesday to make it harder to raise Wisconsin’s two major taxes.

The vote was 20 to 12 ...

Mon, February 07, 2011

Florida governor cuts spending and taxes in budget

By Michael Peltier

EUSTIS, Florida (Reuters) - Florida's Tea Party-backed Governor Rick Scott proposed cutting more than $5 billion from state spending on Monday ...

Thu, February 03, 2011

Withheld taxes up in most states in January: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most U.S. states met or exceeded their forecasts for withheld taxes in January, according to a report that added to evidence ...

Tue, February 01, 2011

NY's Cuomo slashes spending, freezes taxes in budget

By Joan Gralla and Daniel Trotta

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed laying off nearly 10,000 state workers and cutting ...

Mon, January 31, 2011

Exxon profit tops Street on taxes and output

By Anna Driver

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp reported a better-than-expected 53 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by a lower tax rate and ...

Wed, January 19, 2011

Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Making it Tougher to Raise Sales, Income Taxes

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin lawmakers will hear testimony Wednesday on a bill to make it much harder for them to raise sales and income ...

Tue, January 04, 2011

Wisconsin governor wants two-thirds vote for taxes

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker unveiled draft legislation on Tuesday that would require a supermajority vote in the legislature for tax increases.

Walker ...

Wed, December 29, 2010

Gov.-Elect Walker Changes Plan For Cutting Small Biz Taxes

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Governor-elect Scott Walker is changing his original plan to cut taxes for Wisconsin companies that employ less than 50 people.

It ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

Cage starts paying back taxes owed

The extent of the National Treasure star's money troubles hit the headlines last year (09) when he filed suit against his former business ...

Fri, December 10, 2010

Snipes' taxes are fully paid up

The Hollywood actor was convicted of failing to file a tax return in 2008 and is preparing to report to jail this week (beg06Dec10 ...

Mon, November 29, 2010

White House: No deal on taxes expected Tuesday

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is not expected to reach a deal with Republican leaders on whether to extend Bush-era tax ...

Sat, November 13, 2010

Taxes, inflation data to dominate week

By Rodrigo Campos

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Without a boost from Washington policymakers or data showing budding strength in the economy, Wall Street's rally ...

Wed, November 10, 2010

Deficit panel targets Social Security and taxes

By Donna Smith and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of a presidential commission proposed raising taxes and the retirement age among bold ideas on ...

Tue, October 12, 2010

Wall Street stresses jobs, taxes after election

By Edward Krudy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is more worried about high unemployment than the makeup of Congress or the Federal Reserve's ...

Fri, October 01, 2010

EU finance ministers meet to settle bank taxes row

By John O'Donnell

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers met on Friday in a fresh attempt to agree a common approach to taxing ...

Wed, September 15, 2010

Greenspan, in switch, now favors higher taxes

By Edward Krudy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday all Bush-era tax cuts should be allowed to expire ...

Tue, September 07, 2010

EU ministers bid to end row over banking taxes

By John O'Donnell

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers made a fresh attempt on Tuesday to settle their differences over taxation of banks ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

NY Oneidas move cigarette plant to avoid taxes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Oneida Indian Nation moved a cigarette-manufacturing plant to their upstate reservation to shield smokers from steep taxes that ...

Wed, July 21, 2010

Neumann Plan Would Give You Shot At Not Paying Property Taxes in 2011

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Mark Neumann says he’ll try to give you a chance to get out of paying your property taxes next ...

Wed, July 14, 2010

U.S. pockets $20.6 billion in sin taxes

By Leslie Gevirtz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans armed themselves to the teeth and paid through the nose to have a smoke, according to a ...

Tue, June 22, 2010

UK slashes spending, raises VAT and taxes banks

By Sumeet Desai

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's coalition government produced the harshest budget in a generation on Tuesday, slashing spending, raising sales tax and ...

Tue, June 08, 2010

Capping New Jersey property taxes may backfire: study

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Capping New Jersey's property taxes may backfire, causing counties, cities and towns to slash essential services from funding schools to ...

Thu, June 03, 2010

Gingrich: Eliminate All Taxes In Detroit For One Decade

(Mackinac Island, MI)  --  Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich outlined several plans for improving Michigan's economy as the keynote speaker at the ...

Fri, April 23, 2010

G20 resisting efforts to impose bank bailout taxes

By Louise Egan and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proposals to hit banks around the world with new taxes to help pay for bailouts split ...

Thu, April 22, 2010

Survey: CFO's Say Best Way To Create Jobs is Cutting Income Taxes

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Corporate executives say the best way to create jobs is for the government to cut income taxes. That’s according to ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

U.S. says 7 UBS clients hid $100 million from taxes

By Grant McCool and Kim Dixon

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven former wealthy U.S. clients of UBS AG <UBSN.VX> were charged on ...

Mon, March 29, 2010

WaMu may see life after bankruptcy, thanks to taxes

By Tom Hals

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Washington Mutual Inc <WAMUQ.PK>, the biggest bank failure in history, may have a second life after bankruptcy ...

Mon, March 01, 2010

Raise taxes, cut spending to balance U.S. budget: Hoyer

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tax increases and spending cuts will both be needed to spread the burden of bringing down U.S. budget ...

Mon, February 22, 2010

Taxes likely topic when Obama meets business group

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International tax policies are likely to be among the topics discussed when President Barack Obama meets on Wednesday with a leading business ...

Fri, February 05, 2010

GOP Gov. Candidate Westlake Paid Income Taxes 9 Of Last 10 Years

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake paid state income taxes in 9 of the last 10 years. The Watertown businessman ...

Tue, February 02, 2010

ADVISORY: Backdoor taxes story

The Feb 1 story headlined "Backdoor taxes to hit middle class" is wrong and has been withdrawn. The story said lower-income families will pay ...

Mon, February 01, 2010

Advisory: Backdoor taxes to hit middle class

The story Backdoor taxes to hit middle class has been withdrawn. A replacement story will run later in the week.

Mon, January 25, 2010

Bill Gates says U.S. recovery to take years, taxes rise

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bill Gates, the world's richest man, said on Monday the U.S. economy could take years to recover from recession and ...

Wed, January 20, 2010

Eliminating Ambulance Service Could Mean Higher Taxes

Sheboygan, Wis. (WHBL) - For some, the City of Sheboygan’s ambulance service is nothing more than an albatross. But according to one Alderman, dropping ...

Mon, January 18, 2010

Singer Billy Bragg to stop paying taxes over bank bonuses

LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Billy Bragg has threatened to stop paying taxes, and called on others to follow suit, unless the government acts to ...

Mon, December 21, 2009

Senate health bill alters company taxes, profits

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proposed changes to the U.S. Senate's pending healthcare reform bill include measures targeting industry profits and taxes ...

Sat, December 19, 2009

Senate health bill alters company taxes, profits

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proposed changes to the Senate's pending healthcare reform bill include measures targeting industry profits and taxes, and a ...

Fri, November 20, 2009

Gov't Getting 3% Fewer Taxes Compared To 2008

MADISON (WRN) - The state government is getting about 3 percent less in tax revenues compared to a year ago.

But the head of the ...

Wed, November 18, 2009

Lawmaker: Expect Spike In Property Taxes

MADISON (WRN) - A state lawmaker says some school districts in Wisconsin could see double digit increases in property taxes in the coming years, thanks ...

Wed, October 21, 2009

N.Y. Governor seeks U.S. enforcement on reservation taxes

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