taxes

It's bad enough Governor Jindal wants to do away with state income taxes but boost sales taxes and we have more taxes being taken by the Federal government but I hope we're not going down the same road as Cyprus.  The European Union is planning to tax deposits in Cyprus banks to secure approximately $13 billion in bailout money...

Governor Jindal has announced some details about his tax plan and many are now taking sides.  His plan calls for the elimination of the income tax in exchange for a sales tax increase from 4 to 5.88 percent. What do you think about the ideas that the Governor is putting forward...

There are still a few weeks left to file your 2012 tax return, but April 15 of this year marks another important deadline for taxpayers: it's your last chance to file for a refund on your 2009 taxes.

A recent story indicated that there was a councilman in the San Francisco area that suggested that there be a tax on email and internet downloads to help support the post office. This has been one of those things that comes up every now and again and gets people stirred up, but I think that all of that overshadows what really needs to happen...

Who is paying and how much?

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it had targeted about 400 identity thieves across the country. The thieves were using stolen Social Security numbers to file false tax returns and then claim the refunds.

It's hard to believe it's already the middle of tax season. 2013 is off to a fast clip, and unfortunately this means that Tax Day is right around the corner. You could bury your head in the sand until you hit April 14 panic mode, or this year you could give yourself a burst of energy and self-confidence knowing that you met your taxes head-on. Here are money savers to get you started:

Congratulations, Joe Flacco! Here's your Super Bowl MVP award and the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that comes with it. Oh, and the IRS called, too....When Flacco quarterbacked the Baltimore Ravens to victory in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters named him the game's MVP. As a part of the award, Flacco received a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray valued at an e

Using online programs like Turbotax to file personal taxes is growing more and more popular, but there are still plenty of good reasons to hire a professional. The money you save by doing it yourself may not ultimately be worth it, since an accountant is trained to find those extra deductions and other ways to lower your overall bill to the IRS.

Will business owners lose an incentive?

Larry Gasper didn't have two pennies to rub together. No, he had a few thousand.

Boustany stunned by Geithner's comments about fiscal cliff.

Things will get worse if we don't turn off these significant tax hikes.

The property tax hike would ask for three times the current amount being assessed for parks and recreation.

John Boehner held out the olive branch to President Obama today, saying that he would be willing to consider tax increases under the right conditions.  He further called on the President to act as a leader. What do you think about Speaker Boehner's offer...

Regardless of the American economy’s checkered enthusiasm, it appears as if consumers are currently aboard the fast track to higher taxes and rising prices on things like health care and grocery items scheduled to come around at the turn of the new year.

According to a 2010 study done by the nonpartisan, Washington D.C. based Tax Foundation entitled, "Annual State-Local Tax Burden Ranking", Louisiana has the fourth lowest local-state tax burden in the nation at 7.8 percent.

Regardless of who wins the presidential election, starting January 2013 some 163 million workers across the United States will be slapped with a significant tax increase.

Boustany says the country's financial cliff is getting closer.

Mitt Romney decided today to release his taxes from 2011.  In addition, his blind trust released a letter indicating that he paid his taxes over the course of a longer period of time before that.  In his taxes, he paid 14.1 percent with his income being based on investments...