President Biden, amping up a populist pitch in his re-election campaign, has repeatedly said he would raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations to make them pay their “fair share.” Republicans say Mr. Biden has “an unquenchable thirst for taxing the American people.” His Republican opponent in the election, former President Donald J. Trump, said recently that Mr. Biden was “going to give you the greatest, biggest, ugliest tax hike in the history of our country.” So it might come as a surprise...
Former President Trump has proposed a 10 percent tariff on all imports. Democratic group Center for American Progress Action Fund found that would lead to a $90 tax increase on food, $120 increase on oil, $80 increase electronics and more. Other analysis has found a 10 percent tariff would raise taxes on Americans by more than $300 billion
Joe Biden wants to raise corporate taxes a trillion dollars over the next decade. Not a dime of that increase will go to cutting the budget deficit. That shouldn't surprise anyone who listens to Biden's economic populist mantra of getting corporations to pay their "fair share" of taxes.
(The Center Square) – Chicago residents were asked during Tuesday's primary election whether the city should change the way it assesses real estate transfer taxes on the sale of higher-valued property for the stated purpose of addressing homelessness. Voters appear to have rejected the tax increase referendum in Tuesday's primary. Chicago already levies some of the highest commercial real estate property taxes in the nation. Cornel Darden, the Chicago Southland Black Chamber of...
Trustee Bill Hullander said that as of Feb. 29 at the close of the 2023 property tax season that $305 million in property tax has been received by his office. That is approximately 90 percent of the total levy.
Biden’s proposed changes to the tax code, if adopted by Congress, could make it more expensive to take the jet.
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(The Center Square) - Oklahoma Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, said he knows some people around the state capitol call him a troublemaker and other things. But that is not stopping him from speaking out about what he calls an escalation of rapes in the state's prisons. Humphrey, who chairs the House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee, said Wednesday he had received several calls about rapes since March 17. One correctional officer has been...
The Ministry of Energy will propose the repeal through an emergency ordinance of the “solar tax” for prosumers, Sebastian Burduja, the responsible minister, said on Monday. This after the European Commission replied that each country can decide whether or not to introduce this tax. “The Ministry of Energy supports the elimination of the tax on […]
Labour's deputy leader tells BBC Newsnight she has been assured by tax experts she owes no money.
The number of Dutch retailers and other service providers which don’t accept cash has remained steady on last year, but more car parks, cinemas and pharmacies are going card only, according to research carried out for the central bank. Cash is no longer accepted at a quarter of the country’s car parks, compared with 16% a year ago. Like last year, 4% of retailers have a “pin only” policy, and say security is the main reason they won’t accept cash.