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Letters to the editor
State is in tax trouble Re "Budget fix could raise sales taxes," July 18 A note to the folks in Sacramento: We're not sure how much clearer we can make it -- we want you to fix the traffic. We passed $1.1 billion in special funds for transportation...Tags: Political Candidates, Punishment, Nuclear Policy, Insurance, Reproduction
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NY asks 182,000 filers to justify tax refunds
Associated Press WriterNew York tax auditors this year more than doubled the number of letters asking residential filers to justify state tax refund claims, saying they are cracking down on hundreds of millions of dollars in tax fraud. The state tax department sent about 182,...Tags: State Budgets, Fraud, Credit and Debt, Personal Income, State Income Tax
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Why state government won't fix school taxes
Section 14 of the state constitution states: ''The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public education to serve the needs of the Commonwealth.'' Accordingly, Pennsylvania has defined almost...Tags: Social Security, State Budgets, Property, Personal Income, State Income Tax
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State legislators consider increasing income taxes on the wealthy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCalifornia has long had a reputation for soaking the rich, claiming a particularly large slice of their earnings to feed its growing government. Now, legislative Democrats want to push it further. Their plan to balance the state budget would raise the...Tags: State Budgets, Personal Income, Think Tanks, State Income Tax, Century City
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California's Assembly speaker aims to fix tax system before next crisis hits
CAPITOL JOURNALOne severely broken part of California's state government is the tax code. It's antiquated and unreliable. Government financing is too heavily dependent on the rich, who have good and bad years, causing roller-coaster tax trauma in the Capitol. And there...Tags: Elections, Executive Branch, State Budgets, Regional Authority, Real Estate Sales
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Fixing the Illinois income tax loophole
It happens every year. The legislature works on the Illinois budget. There is a deficit - a big deficit, and growing larger this year due to the "recession." There is a "special session," called by the governor (July 7-11) to deal with state budget...Tags: State Budgets, Executive Branch, Society, Personal Income, State Income Tax
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Residency issues for tax purposes
My 23-year-old daughter is going to school full-time in New York City. She lives and works in the city, but her school still considers her permanent residence to be my upstate New York home. She does not live on campus. She rents an apartment and made...Tags: State Budgets, Rentals, Gaming and Lotteries, Casino and Gambling Industry, Credit and Debt
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There's a tax refund for people too poor to owe taxes
For years, Sandra Rascon filed her own tax return, never knowing that she was missing a huge tax credit -- one that could generate an annual refund worth nearly two months' pay for the health aide. Three years ago, she stumbled upon a program offering...Tags: Social Security, State Budgets, Credit and Debt, Personal Income, Personal Finance
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To erase school taxes, raise the state income tax
The real estate property tax is the wrong way to fund public education, for several reasons. A ''good'' tax should be simple, visible, equitable, inexpensive to collect, and it should produce adequate revenue for the purpose intended. The school...Tags: Elections, Political Candidates, State Budgets, Property, Personal Income
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Ask the Governor: Income tax ruled out by Florida constitution
Q I am curious as to why the state of Florida does not have an income tax. It seems just about every other state has one. Wouldn't it be a more fair way of spreading out the costs of providing services, schools, programs, etc., rather than dumping the...Tags: Delray Beach, State Budgets, Personal Income, State Income Tax, Constitutional Issues
Jul 23, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jul 21, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
Jul 18, 2008
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Jul 18, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jul 14, 2008
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Jul 15, 2008
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 29, 2008
|Column| Newsday
Feb 15, 2008
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 9, 2008
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 21, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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