• The UK can cut taxes AND increase defence spending, Rishi Sunak says as he insists the economy is strong enough

    The Prime Minister dismissed claims from Labour that his dramatic pledge to spend an extra £75 billion on defence by the end of the decade was not fully funded.

  • Billionaires are Bad for the Economy, Taxing Them is Good for It

    A new, disturbing milestone has been confirmed in the latest Forbes World Billionaires List. The U.S. billionaire class is now larger and richer than ever, with 813 ten-figure oligarchs together holding $5.7 trillion. This is a $1.2 trillion increase from the year before — and a gargantuan $2.7 trillion increase since March 2020. The staggering upsurge shows More

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    Taxes are due tonight: Go here in MIDTOWN for help filing

    Taxes are due at 11:59 p.m. local time. If you're in the Tucson area and still need to file, you have a few options.

  • How immigrant entrepreneurs help create jobs and boost the economy

    Immigrants are much more likely to create a new business, studies show, and the knock-on effect is job creation.

  • Gov. Kelly vetoes tax cut, proposes new plan

    TOPEKA (AP) - Kansas' Democratic governor on Wednesday vetoed a broad package of tax cuts for the second time in three months, describing it as “too expensive” despite the bipartisan support it enjoyed in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Gov. Laura Kelly and her staff had signaled that she had misgivings about a package of income, sales and property []

  • Tax man slams government cuts, forced service reductions

    Legally-mandated service provision is in danger, according to the head of the Tax Administration.

  • Antisemitic false Rothschild quote cut from Liz Truss memoir

    The ex-PM's publishers apologise and agree to remove a fake quote tied to an antisemitic conspiracy theory.

  • Kemp signs measure to speed up Georgia's income tax cut

    (The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a series of tax bills Thursday, including a measure to speed up a decrease in the state's personal income tax rate. House Bill 1015 lowers the individual income tax rate from 5.49% to 5.39% for the tax years starting Jan. 1, 2024. It decreases the rate by 0.1% annually starting Jan. 1, 2025, until it reaches 4.99%. "Georgians work hard to earn a living, and they should keep more of what they earn," Tony West,...

  • A Taxing Timeat Tax Time

    Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...

  • A Taxing Timeat Tax Time

    Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...

  • Finland plans "difficult but necessary" spending cuts and tax rises

    The budget for 2025-2028 will see the country's general rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) increase to 25.5 percent from the current level of 24 percent, with cuts to education and healthcare also in the pipeline.

  • Jeremy Hunt declares he is ready to ‘cut taxes and bet on growth’

    Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has declared he is ready to “cut taxes and bet on growth” after the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew again in February.