Week in Review: PA tax talks kick off budget process

By   /  May 4, 2012  /  Accountability, Finances, News, Pennsylvania, Politics, State Budgets, State Government, Stimulus Check-up  /  No Comments

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With the release of April revenue data this week, the scramble to get the Pennsylvania budget completed by June 30 officially has started.

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Connecticut middle class pays marginal income tax rates of up to 10 percent

By   /  April 20, 2012  /  News, State Budgets, State Government  /  No Comments

When average Connecticut taxpayers completed their returns for the deadline earlier this week they may have paid marginal rates higher than the state’s top tax bracket because of the way the state phases out certain deductions.

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Companies spend big on federal lobbying, see tax bills shrink

By   /  April 18, 2012  /  Federal Government, News  /  No Comments

By Mike Cronin | Texas Watchdog

HOUSTON — Each of the eight companies that spent the most on Washington lobbyists lowered the amount they paid in federal taxes between 2007 and 2010, according to a new report by the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation.
Texas corporations Exxon Mobil Corp., based in Irving, andAT&T, based in Dallas, ranked No. 1 and No. 4, [...]

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Tax Freedom Day hits Montana on April 15; April 17 for rest of U.S.

By   /  April 2, 2012  /  News, State Government  /  No Comments

Tax Freedom Day arrives in Montana on April 15 — two days before the rest of the country, according to the Tax Foundation’s annual tally released Monday that determines how long Americans must work from Jan. 1 to pay their tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels

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‘Death Tax’ imposed on fewer than 900 estates last year in Tennessee

By   /  March 28, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

Tennessee’s tax on inheritances – which Republicans want to phase out – was paid by the heirs to 845 estates last year, the Department of Revenue says.

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