Tar Heel View: On state tax reform efforts
Richmond County Daily Journal
North Carolina developed its current system of taxation during the revenue reforms of the Great Depression, seeking to keep state government afloat at a time of widespread hardship. It depended — and still depends — on a relatively high income tax …
Editorial: Tax-reform rates should aim for fairness and stabilityWinston-Salem Journal
TBJ poll respondents answer the tax questionTriangle Business Journal (blog)
The trial balloon that would not floatThe Progressive Pulse

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$3.2B more in state tax gains seen
Monterey County Herald
SACRAMENTO — The state's independent budget analyst said Friday that California will take in $3.2 billion more in tax revenue than Gov. Jerry Brown estimated, providing Democratic lawmakers an argument to funnel more money into state programs and …
Dan Walters: A perilous tax trend acceleratesThe San Luis Obispo Tribune
California can expect more tax revenue, analyst saysLos Angeles Times
State budget picture brightensU-T San Diego
Sacramento Bee
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Going Abroad to Keep Working, Not Retire
New York Times (blog)
“This underscores the article's advice to work with a tax adviser who knows her way around U.S. expatriate tax issues,” he wrote. Another reader, Barbara, began her working retirement in Puerto Escondido, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, seven years ago …

Swiss Set to Reform Corporate Tax System – CNBC.com
CNBC.com
However, to prevent an exodus of multinationals, the working group recommended that Swiss cantons with high standard corporate tax rates should consider lowering them, and that the federal government should introduce other kinds of tax breaks, such as …
Swiss propose corporate tax reforms after EU pressureReuters
Switzerland Plans Change of Corporate Tax Rules to Mollify EUBusinessweek
Swiss set to tackle divisive fiscal reformswissinfo.ch

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Tax credit bill, sales tax hike fail as Missouri legislators adjourn
STLtoday.com
JEFFERSON CITY • The Missouri legislative session ended with frustration Friday when lawmakers failed to pass a bill reining in two large tax credit programs to make room for new ones. Sen. Brad Lager, R-Savannah, killed the overhaul in a sharply …

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EXCLUSIVE: Councilwoman Inez Dickens reduces taxes owed on real estate …
New York Daily News
City Councilwoman Inez Dickens — a top contender to be City Council speaker — won't have debt collectors hounding her to pay property taxes after all. The Daily News revealed Friday that she owns half of two Harlem apartment buildings that were …

Italy PM Letta seeks to smooth property tax standoff
Yahoo! News
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta promised a wide reform of property taxes on Friday, addressing one of the main issues dividing his coalition government, but gave no details on where he would find the billions of euros to pay for it.
Italian Government Suspends Unpopular Property Tax PaymentBloomberg
Italian government freezes property taxFRANCE 24
Italy freezes hated property tax, doesn't say how will make up shortfalleuronews
Wall Street Journal
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Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley to fight Yorktown foreclosure
The Journal News | LoHud.com
According to court records, Frehley was served with the foreclosure action on April 12 at a Marriott Hotel in Burbank, Calif. In February, Frehley's house had almost two years of unpaid taxes, according to the Yorktown Tax Receiver's Office, which hadn …

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EXCLUSIVE: Councilwoman Inez Dickens reduces taxes owed on real estate …
New York Daily News
City Councilwoman Inez Dickens — a top contender to be City Council speaker — won't have debt collectors hounding her to pay property taxes after all. The Daily News revealed Friday that she owns half of two Harlem apartment buildings that were …

LePage vetoes bill calling for Internet sales tax study
Bangor Daily News
LD 319 directed Maine Revenue Services to review Maine's conformity with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, which is an agreement among several states and retailers, and to report back to the Legislature's Taxation Committee by January …

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