• Will Ripon’s failure to support a fire parcel tax hike prompt Manteca to drop automatic aid?

    I do not live or own property in Ripon. I cannot cast a ballot in the parcel tax election now underway in the Ripon Consolidated Fire District. That said, I feel obligated to alert those that can cast ballots about the 60,000-pound gorilla in the room. It’s not a gorilla per se.

  • Kevin O'Leary Rips Biden Tax Agenda: ‘The More He Taxes, the Less Growth There Will Be’

    Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka “Mr. Wonderful” panned President Joe Biden’s new tax plan, suggesting that the president would damage the country in the same way that many Democrats have broken their states. O’Leary pointed out the negative impact of high taxes on states and countries during the April 16 edition of Fox News’s Your World with Neil Cavuto. “The minute you really start raising taxes and they become uncompetitive either at the state level, you see everybody leaving New York and...

  • Kevin O'Leary Rips Biden Tax Agenda: ‘The More He Taxes, the Less Growth There Will Be’

    Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka “Mr. Wonderful” panned President Joe Biden’s new tax plan, suggesting that the president would damage the country in the same way that many Democrats have broken their states. O’Leary pointed out the negative impact of high taxes on states and countries during the April 16 edition of Fox News’s Your World with Neil Cavuto. “The minute you really start raising taxes and they become uncompetitive either at the state level, you see everybody leaving New York and...

  • KRISPY KREME® Giving Guests a Sweet Tax Break on Tax Day, April 15

    On Monday, purchase an Original Glazed ® or Assorted dozen in shop and pay only the sales tax for a second Original Glazed ® dozen Krispy Kreme ® is giving taxpayers an additional “deduction” on Tax Day next Monday, April 15: purchase an Original Glazed® or Assorted dozen in shop and receive a second Original Glazed® dozen for just the price of sales tax in their state. On Monday, April 15, purchase an Original Glazed® or Assorted dozen in shop and pay only the sales tax for a second Original...

  • Biden Calls for 44.6% Capital Gains Tax Rate, Highest Capital Gains Tax Since Its Creation in 1922

    And don’t forget to add the state capital gains tax: the Biden combined federal-state rate would exceed 50% in many states President Biden has formally proposed the highest capital gains tax in over 100 years. Here is a direct quote from the Biden 2025 budget proposal: “Together, the proposals would increase the top marginal rate

  • How Will Higher Assessments Impact Your Taxes?

    Milwaukee properties are worth 17% more says city assessor.

  • Here's what time taxes are due on April 15

    The deadline for most people to file a 2023 tax return with the IRS is fast approaching; returns are due by 11:59 p.m., in your time zone, on Monday, April 15, with some exceptions. Taxpayers in Massachusetts and Maine have until April 17 to file and pay taxes because of the Patriots' Day and Emancipation Day holidays. There are also extensions in some areas impacted by extreme weather. Individuals and businesses impacted by the Oct. 7 attack on Israel have also been given an extension, the IRS...

  • Biden calls for middle-class tax hike

    President Joe Biden has repeatedly said he won’t hike taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000, but then this week he promised on X to hike taxes on just about everyone. Now, to be fair, Biden may not have understood that’s what he’s saying. Letting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire and “stay expired” […]

  • Georgia Has a New 2024 Income Tax Rate

    Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has approved a tax package containing income tax cuts, childcare relief, and potential property tax caps.

  • Ferrari's F1 Cars Will Be Blue at Miami

    Ferrari is a surprising brand to embrace the world of celebratory alternate Formula 1 schemes, but the Scuderia did two last year and is already set to do another early in the 2024 F1 season. The team has announced plans to race with at least some blue at the Miami Grand Prix, a decision said to celebrate 70 years in the American market.The cars are set to feature two different shades of blue, Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino. The former is a lighter shade, the official racing color of...

  • Harlingen water rate hike slated for approval

    HARLINGEN — For the first time in 10 years, commissioners are set to call for a new water rate plan boosting utility customers’ charges by about 50% during the next five years to help fund a sewer system overhaul that’s part of WaterWorks’ $258 million five-year master plan.

  • We Energies Wants Rate Hikes in 2025, 2026

    WPS does, too. That would make 8 straight years of rate hikes for We Energies.