On Marijuana Tax, Colorado Asks: What’s Too High? If marijuana is legalized and properly regulated, its proponents have long said, it could generate millions of dollars in state tax revenue. But how the drug should be taxed has proved to be a thorny question. More
Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill The days of tax-free online shopping could finally be numbered. The Senate is planning to vote on a bill as soon as Monday that would give states the authority to collect sales taxes on all Internet purchases, handing local governments as much as $11 billion per year in added revenue that they are legally owed — but that hasn’t been paid to them for years. More
Where do more tax cheats live? South and West, IRS study shows Worried the Internal Revenue Service might target you for an audit? You probably should be if you own a small business in one of the wealthy suburbs of Los Angeles. You might also be wary if you're a small-business owner in one of dozens of communities near San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta or the District of Columbia. More
Obamas paid $112,000 in taxes in 2012 President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid more than $112,000 in taxes in 2012, an effective federal income tax rate of more than 18% for 2012, according to the White House. The Obamas and Vice President Biden and his wife released their tax returns Friday, three days before the April 15 tax filing deadline. More
What to do if you missed tax deadline to file an extension To file a return after the deadline, either submit the return online through the IRS.gov or other tax programs or send it in by mail before November. After then, the IRS no longer accepts returns ... 04/16/2024 - 2:37 am | View Link
How to file a tax extension, if you think you’ll miss today’s IRS tax-filing deadline You likely still have to send a check to the IRS, though. 04/15/2024 - 9:48 am | View Link
Tax filing deadline is today: 3 stories you need to read as tax season comes to an end If you are like the nearly 30% of Americans who wait until the last minute to file their taxes, you aren’t alone, but you are cutting it close. 04/15/2024 - 6:00 am | View Link
Is there a tax extension for Southern California residents? Monday, April 15 is the last day to file your taxes - unless you live in an area of California that was affected by severe storms and flooding in January, as designated by FEMA. 04/15/2024 - 5:11 am | View Link
Tax Day: Everything to know about taxes ahead of 2024 deadline Tax Day is rapidly approaching on Monday, which could have costly consequences if filers fail to file the necessary documents. 04/15/2024 - 4:34 am | View Link
A year and a half after Mother Jones exposed how Oklahoma courts were imprisoning mothers for longer than their abusers, state lawmakers passed a bill that could allow some of those mothers’ sentences to be shortened. But this week, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed the legislation.
In an award-winning investigation in 2022, I told the story of Kerry King, a mom in Tulsa who got 30 years in prison under the state’s “failure to protect” law because she couldn’t stop her abusive boyfriend from beating her 4-year-old daughter.
The first criminal trial of a former US president is underway, with Donald Trump facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments allegedly made in 2016 to cover up an affair he had with adult film star Stormy Daniels. Here’s the latest—the key updates and absurd moments—from the historic trial.
Public birthday wishes are a tricky art.