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But before looking too far down the road, you may want to consider actions to take this year to trim your tax bill.

A list of some of the state tax exemptions, credits and deductions approved by lawmakers and the Oklahoma Tax Commission's estimate of their cost: -Livestock purchased outside Oklahoma and brought into the state for feeding or breeding purposes, and which is later resold, $48 million.

Wall Street is doing to America what private equity firms did to Simmons Bedding and many other productive companies.

Ohio legislative leaders have received scores of e-mails from Ohioans who have been told by a conservative anti-tax group that a proposal to delay planned income tax reductions is a "retroactive tax increase." Another driving force behind constituent feedback on the proposal is school districts and mental health providers.

According to the Internal Revenue Service , 61 Cumberland County residents have yet to claim their share of undelivered refund checks, mainly due to mailing address errors.

Indiana taxpayers filed a record 2.2 million electronic federal tax returns this year.

The Internal Revenue Service has 3,237 refund checks for Arizona taxpayers worth more than $3.8 million.

Federal agents are seizing assets from a Florida lawyer suspected of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.

Oklahoma gives away billions of dollars in tax revenue through hundreds of exemptions, credits and deductions that some lawmakers say the state may no longer be able to afford as it slips deeper into a revenue shortfall.

A government report that the U.S. unemployment rate hit a 26-year high of 10.2 percent last month sparked political clashes between Democrats who supported government spending to stimulate the economy and Republicans who want tax cuts.

Last week California workers started making bigger interest-free loans to the state government.

Facts How to apply for homebuyer tax credit The Senate has voted to extend and expand a popular tax credit for homebuyers that was scheduled to expire Nov.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:01 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:01 p.m. The Internal Revenue Service is trying to deliver $1.85 million to Alabamians that it can't locate.

In the midst of the holiday hustle and bustle, try to carve out a few moments for some year-end financial housekeeping.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 8:38 pm US/Central PITTSBURGH 1 of 1 Lately people have been worried about H1N1 flu and when scam artists see that worry, they also see an opportunity to get your cash.

Senator Sherrod Brown announced Friday nearly 2,500 Ohioans have unclaimed tax refunds.

The Internal Revenue service says it has more than $3 million in undeliverable tax refunds to return to New Mexicans.

The full field of Republican candidates for Illinois governor faced off for the first time Thursday in a bloodless debate that focused more on their similarities than any small differences.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 6:13 pm US/Eastern 100,000 Unclaimed Checks Worth More Than $120 Million Waiting To Be Sent Out Reporting Cindy Hsu The IRS is trying to track down more than 100,000 lost taxpayers nationwide, and for once, these folks will want to be found.

Emergency help for out-of-work Americans will be a huge windfall to Realtors, homebuilders, mortgage bankers and others, and that's no accident.