Blogs: Tax

Congress is poised to debate whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts, but there's no guarantee it will pass a bill before the 2011 expiration date.

The state has a 6.25 percent sales and "use" tax on most everything, not just boats. If you live in Massachusetts and buy a product in sales-tax-free New Hampshire, where I live, Massachusetts expects you to pay a tax just for the ...

"It is unclear why members of the City Council would vote to impose a tax increase on residents when they haven't even discussed, never mind deliberated or passed, the appropriations side of the budget. In other words, they've raised ...

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill say they will consider the fate of those tax cuts--due to expire at year's end-- just before the congressional elections. That will set up a high-stakes brawl on a political and economic high-wire. ...

It's almost August, it's sunny outside, and the last thing you want to think about is your tax bill for 2010. In fact, you have repressed 2009's tax.

TaxProf Blog provides resources, news, and information for law school tax professors. It is not affiliated with Auto Didactix LLC's TaxProf, a software-based tutorial for law students in the federal income tax course. ...

VIDEO - You pick up the phone to call a business or government office and you're stuck listening to a pre-recorded message, but Darlene Spence was tasked with creating a new greeting...

"Earlier this year, Alexi Giannoulias said Illinois needed a tax increase--he just didn't say how much," Kirk says. "Now we know." The video statement is conveniently located next to a donation form on Kirk's website. ...

Need to reach a tax debt settlement with the Inland Revenue Service? Find out how an IRS Offer in Compromise (OIC) could help to quickly pay off back taxes.

Many of the tax increases proposed in H.R. 5893, which are mischaracterized as closing tax loopholes, actually represent significant changes to the pro-growth tax policy supported by Congress and the Administration. ...