Tag: Taxes

The Treasury Department reported Monday that the federal government ran a $107 billion surplus in April, the month in which individual income tax returns were due. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Treasury reports $107 billion surplus in April, less than estimated

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:ÃÂ "It seems like this is nothing but a game of diversion and obstruction to many Senate Republicans. But it's not a game. Every time a group of Republicans feigns interest in bipartisanship, only to scramble away at the last moment, it is part of a calculated political scheme."ÃÂ (AP/Cliff Owen)

Energy and Environment

With energy efficiency bill doomed to fail, Senate will pivot to tax cuts

Susan Ferrechio · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Emails from Sylvania City Schools included solicitations for parents to help with a $3.8 million continuous levy, which would appear on the May 6 primary ballot. (Thinkstock)

Ohio citizen watchdog exposes school district’s illegal tax hike campaign

Maggie Thurber · May 11, 2014 4:00 am

(Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

Big Ideas: On Internet taxes, equal opportunity and citizenship

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

States and local communities aren't waiting for the federal government to establish rules for electronic cigarettes, enacting their own laws to regulate, restrict and tax the increasingly ubiquitous battery-powered inhalers. (Thinkstock Image)

States try to tamp down e-cigarettes

Sean Lengell · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

New tolls, higher gas tax considered for more highway funding

Lisa Ruhl · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., work on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Beltway Confidential

United Auto Workers even subpoenaed conservative group’s intern

Sean Higgins · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

VIDEO: Paul Ryan says economy not hitting its potential

Lisa Ruhl · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This March 22, 2013, file photo, shows exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. As the United States attempts to punish Russia for its actions in Ukraine, the Treasury Department is deploying an economic weapon that could prove to be more costly than sanctions: the Internal Revenue Service. This summer, the U.S. plans to start using a new anti-tax evasion law that will make it much more expensive for Russian banks to do business in America. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

US to use tax law on Russian banks

Stephen Ohlemacher · May 6, 2014 7:05 am

Tax-cut promises meet reality as state revenue growth flags

Tax-cut promises meet reality as state revenue growth flags

william-selway, tim-jones · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

IRS data show Florida, Texas, South Carolina are strongest tax base magnets; New York, Illinois, New Jersey least

IRS data show Florida, Texas, South Carolina are strongest tax base magnets; New York, Illinois, New Jersey least

Jim Pettit · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones stands behind a lectern with microphones Tuesday, April 22, 2014, alongside Sen. Will Kraus, left, and other Republican lawmakers during a news conference at the Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Jones said Republicans remain supportive of an income tax cut sponsored by Kraus, despite Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's new assertion that it could bust a $4.8 billion hole in the state budget. (AP Photo/David Lieb)

Missouri budget negotiators face Friday deadline

Associated Press · May 6, 2014 4:00 am