Tag: Taxes

Senate President Chuck Morse told the Ways and Means Committee last week he hopes negotiations among legislative leaders, the governor and the hospitals produce a short-term fix to avoid a major impact on the budget.

Senate tax panel to meet on hospital tax ruling

Associated Press · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

"I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate," Warren Buffett said.

Beltway Confidential

Warren Buffett’s tax bill — and his subsidy lobbying

Timothy P. Carney · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

A Gallup survey found 10 states in which between 39 percent and 50 percent of those interviewed said they wanted to move elsewhere. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

High-tax states in North, Midwest are biggest losers in Gallup and IRS data

Mark Tapscott · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks to reporters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House and Senate take different paths on tax breaks

Susan Ferrechio · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

Lawmaker says no tax break for sports fines

Lawmaker says no tax break for sports fines

Kevin Freking · May 1, 2014 11:12 pm

Michigan considers aviation fuel tax increase

Michigan considers aviation fuel tax increase

Washington Examiner · May 1, 2014 12:01 pm

Thomas Piketty assembled massive amounts of historical data to claim that ever-growing income inequality is inevitable without massive government intervention. (AP Photo)

Thomas Piketty book on inequality bad news for Hillary Clinton

Scott Rasmussen · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Where taxpayers are fleeing and where they’re headed to

Beltway Confidential

Where taxpayers are fleeing and where they’re headed to

Michael Barone · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

As many as 227 million Americans may be compelled to disclose intimate details of their families and financial lives -- including their Social Security numbers -- in a new national database being assembled by two federal agencies. (Thinkstock)

Did illegals misusing SSNs earn more on average than U.S. women?

Terence Jeffrey · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

The poor performance in Pennsylvania tax collection is a sobering development for Gov. Tom Corbett and lawmakers as they try to craft a budget during an election year. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pennsylvania tax collections down, sending state into deeper shortfall

Associated Press · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

National Governor's Association chair Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin speaks with the media during the NGA's Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Oklahoma governor signs income tax cut into law

Associated Press · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Sargent Shriver, President Lyndon Johnson's poverty czar, predicted that welfare state programs would eliminate poverty by 1976. (AP File)

Democratic Party seems to have forgotten about the poor

Mona Charen · April 29, 2014 4:00 am