A new federal tax quietly took effect on January 1, 2026, and millions of Americans who regularly send money abroad may not even know it applies to them. S.remittance tax is a 1% federal excise tax on ...

Thou shall not steal.” Since taxation is clearly a “taking” under threat of coercion, we can ask, where does it cross the ...

The measure would impose a 9.9% tax on annual income above $1 million. Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson has championed the ...

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It would be the first income tax in Washington, affecting an estimated 20,000 households. Some of the wealthiest are leaving for Florida.

The Georgia House and Senate have passed bills to reduce the state income tax rate to 3.99%, with the House also proposing an increase to the standard deduction, while Democrats argue that the tax cut ...

The IRS says average tax refunds are up more than 10% this year. Here's how to make that extra cash actually work for you.

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury residents at their March 2 annual meeting approved, by voice vote, a proposed fiscal year 2027 budget of $15,998,045 — a roughly 9.9% increase — and then, on March 3, decided a ...

The combined impact of these policies in 2026 is a tax increase for the average American in all income groups except the richest 5 percent. This is illustrated in Figure 1 below. The richest 1 percent ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — As Washington’s proposed “Millionaires Tax” advances through the Legislature, key questions are coming into focus. Currently in the state House, the proposed income tax would impose a ...

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has now proposed two options that called for raising taxes. Here’s a look at each proposal and the rationale and chances for each. By Sally Goldenberg Dana Rubinstein and Grace ...