Renting & Real Estate
Sales-tax question tests voters’ mood
The Arizona Republic traverses the state to capture the attitudes of voters as a vote on a sales-tax increase nears.
Richest Virginians get biggest Obama tax cuts
Virginia’s richest 1 percent of residents got on average $1,595 each from federal tax cuts in the 2009 stimulus law signed by President Barack Obama — the biggest average benefit for affluent taxpayers in all U.S. states, said a study released on Tuesday.
Value-added tax gets closer look by CBO
Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf said his agency is studying a value-added tax as part of its “strategic planning.”
TurboTax: Free Is Better
Zero Dollars to Prepare, Print & E-File – TurboTax Free Fed Edition
The Big Picture » Blog Archive » State Tax Receipts Rebound
“The two-year slide in tax collections that opened a $196 billion gap in U.S. state budgets has stopped, easing pressure on credit ratings and giving leeway to lawmakers as they craft spending plans for next year. …
Tax preparers can help get every deduction, avoid errors
If your tax situation isn’t straightforward, you might want to consider hiring a tax professional to prepare it.
Tax shelters unearthed
For the world’s major economies it’s open season on tax havens and the clients who flock to them. Most.
Health care bill extends wage tax to investments
High-income families would be hit with a tax increase on wages and a new levy on investments under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul bill.
Some tax issues to consider on mortgage write-downs
With the Obama administration and private lenders actively considering mortgage principal-reduction programs to help financially distressed homeowners, the Internal Revenue Service has issued a new advisory to taxpayers who receive — or seek to receive — such assistance. The IRS gets involved in mortgage principal write-downs because the federal tax code generally treats any forgiveness of …
Tax Soda, Pizza To Cut Obesity, Researchers Say
US researchers estimate that an 18 percent tax on pizza and soda can push down US adults’ calorie intake enough to lower their average weight by 5 pounds per year. The researchers, writing in the journal Archives of Internal …
