• Biden Calls for Increase in Taxes on the Rich

    As President Joe Biden visited Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, he called for an increase in taxes on the rich.

  • Hawaii residents could see biggest tax cut yet

    Hawaii taxpayers could be seeing phased state income tax cuts that over eight years amount to the biggest reduction in state history.

  • Study: LGBT people are more likely to be rich coastal elites

    A new study from UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute has made the shocking discovery that people who identify as LGBT are more likely to be rich and reside in regions likely to be affected by climate change. According to the study on LGBT couples and climate change, “LGBT people in same-sex couples are at […]

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    Kansas Senate fails to override veto on tax cut bill

    The Kansas Senate was unable to secure enough votes to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a bipartisan tax cut package. The House had voted 104 to 15 to override the veto, which had the necessary majority,

  • 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.

  • 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. ...

  • Yellen Feigns Ignorance of Biden Vow to End the Trump Tax Cuts

    Biden said Trump-enacted tax cuts “are going to stay expired and dead forever if I’m re-elected.” In a House Ways and Means Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today, she was asked about statements by President Biden vowing to end the Trump tax cuts if elected to a second term. The Biden vow means […]

  • Senate GOP Must Seize Opportunity To Expand Trump Tax Cuts

    Senate GOP Must Seize Opportunity To Expand Trump Tax Cuts Authored by Stephen Moore and Adam Brandon via RealClear Politics, President Joe Biden came into office promising to repeal President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – a law that turbocharged American job growth and U.S. national competitiveness. In the first two years of the Biden administration, there was a chance that the president could have succeeded in undermining the law. Yet, today, as Biden finishes his term,...

  • Letter: Estate tax bill perfectly crafted to aid ultra-rich

    House Bill 2653, which would entirely exempt Hawaii’s qualified family-owned businesses from state of Hawaii estate taxes, is perfectly written to completely eliminate estate taxes from the approximate 0.2% of our population that is considered ultra-rich. Many thanks for this incredible legislation.