Tax News

For those who have been employers in Russia, it is common knowledge that pregnant women and young mothers are the most protected of all groups under the Labor Code.

The Republican Party is staking its future on people like Sarah Palin for commonsense solutions to our nation's problems.

Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers.

At this point, there should be little doubt that there is a concerted attempt underway to use the war in Afghanistan as a justification for punitively taxing high earners.

MILWAUKEE - The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 971 Wisconsin taxpayers - seven in Fond du Lac County - who have refund checks waiting for them totaling $858,206 that were returned to the IRS as undeliverable.

No reason to sugarcoat the obvious: Senate Republicans look foolish in their handling of the state budget crisis.

As we dash into the year-end holiday crush, many parents aren't likely to want to sit down and review the investments in the 529 college savings plans for their children.

Most businesses may use losses incurred during the economic downturn to reduce income from prior tax years, under a revenue procedure [ http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-09-52.pdf ] issued today by the Internal Revenue Service.

Iowa educators should expect scaled-back budgets for the foreseeable future, with little hope of increased tax revenue, Gov.

Two Adams brothers are on three years probation and each have to pay more than $60,000 in restitution for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service by hiding their incomes and avoiding taxes on their home renovation business over the course of four years.

Senate Democrats' health care bill would create a new marriage penalty by imposing a tax on individuals who make $200,000 annually but hitting married couples making just $50,000 more.

Michael L. Halfman, 58, Wichita, Kan., has been sentenced to six months imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release including six months of home detention for embezzling more than $335,000 from the pharmacy he managed, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today.

California resident J.D. won over $50,000 playing video poker online this year. Wow! She couldn't do that well in Las Vegas, and at home she can play anytime without having to drive for hours.

Wesley Snipes has appealed his three-year prison sentence on U.S. federal tax charges - insisting the term is "unreasonable." The Blade: Trinity star was convicted in 2008 of three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file his income tax return.

A spokeswoman for Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker says talks are ongoing but Decker is committed to calling the Senate into session if a deal can be reached.

Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into law last February was way too small.

Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin , chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee .

Ohio Senate Republicans rolled out their plan to fill an $851 million hole in the current state budget Wednesday, but Senate Democrats immediately shot it down.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for taxpayers who are due $123.5 million in 107,831 refund checks that were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.

West Virginia's tax modernization project is back on, but that doesn't mean businesses and individuals should necessarily expect lower taxes in the near future.