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New Hampshire Watchdog Analysis: Tax debate could spur wider use of shortcuts as Kansas lawmakers …The RepublicWhen massive tax cuts cleared the Kansas Legislature last week, recriminations followed over how both chambers truncated debates as the House tried to rush the legislation to Gov. Sam Brownback and the Senate simultaneously tried to block it.Bill restricting ...

NewsNet5.com Tax cheats use public list to steal identities of deceasedAmarillo.comNina Olson, a national taxpayer advocate, has called the use of dead people's identities a “relatively new tactic” in the broader identity-theft problem. The IRS uses automated fraud filters, which it frequently refines, to flag questionable tax …LifeLock CEO Offers Identity Theft Service to IRSAccounting ...

WBIR-TV Tennessee's consumer use tax spike likely related to AmazonMemphis Commercial Appeal(AP) — State consumer use tax collections were up 108 percent this April over last, an increase that appears to be related to a law that Amazon.com notify Tennessee customers that they owe sales taxes. Another part of the law requires Amazon to begin ...

Sales tax on food to drop July 1Crossville ChronicleCROSSVILLE — House Bill 3761/Senate Bill 3763, passed by the legislature on April 27, 2012, provides for a reduction in the state sales and use tax rate on sales of food and food ingredients. Effective July 1, 2012, the state sales and use tax rate on …...

March sales tax collections see healthy increaseMonroe News StarEisenstadt and Barnett said an early Easter (April could have pulled some sales into March. The Ouachita Parish Police Jury also posted strong gains in March with a 10.8 percent increase, while the Ouachita Parish sheriff, the Convention and … and more »...

How Facebook's Elite Skirt Estate TaxWall Street Journal"I'm not surprised the Facebook insiders have chosen to use GRATs," says John Bergner, a gift-and-estate tax expert at the Winstead law firm in Dallas. He calls the strategy "an excellent way to shift wealth to others at little or no tax cost and with …...

City sales tax collections edge up in AprilColorado Springs GazetteSales tax collections rose 3.68 percent from April 2011 to $10.2 million. April collections reflect purchases made in March. For the year to date, sales tax collections are up 5.64 percent from this point a year earlier. Use tax: Use tax collections … and more »...

St. Peters to ask for sales tax hikeSTLtoday.comSt. Peters could face a shortfall of $3.3 million per year to manage storm water and make park improvements if voters reject a sales tax increase in the Aug. 7 election. Mayor Len Pagano and City Administrator William Charnisky delivered that message …...

March sales tax collections up throughout Golden TriangleThe Commercial DispatchConsumer confidence may be on an upswing in the Golden Triangle as March sales tax figures show a steady increase from February and from 2011 numbers. In Lowndes County collected sales tax increased from $4506206 in February to $5000665 in March....

KGMI Tax cheats use public list to steal identities of the deadKankakee Daily JournalNina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate, has called the use of dead people's identities a "relatively new tactic" in the broader identity-theft problem. The IRS uses automated fraud filters, which it frequently refines, to flag questionable tax …Victims of tax refund theft ...