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More States Eye Amazon Sales Tax Deal

18 September 2011

So who didn’t see this coming? With the ink barely dry on California’s internet sales tax deal with Amazon, other states are chatting up a similar idea. Even states that were willing to sit this one out – like Florida – are beginning to talk. An Op-Ed in The Ledger is suggesting that California’s coup may [...]

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Promises, Promises: Governors Swear Not To Raise Taxes

8 February 2011

We have a recurring problem at my house where my kids do something they know they’re not supposed to do and believe they can fix it with a simple “I’m sorry” after the fact. We’ve had the whole discussion about how it doesn’t help to say that you’re sorry if you’re not going to change [...]

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Star Wars: States Will Vie For Space-Related Tax Breaks

17 August 2010

If a member of Congress was ever qualified to speak up about the space program, I’d say Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) would fit the bill. In 1986, Nelson became the second sitting member of Congress to travel into space (Sen. Jake Garn (R-UT) was the first). Now, in an effort to boost interest in commercial [...]

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Hurricane Season Starts Soon, As Do Sales Tax Holidays

24 May 2009

The beginning of summer often means cookouts, trips to the shore and camping. For many (including my parents), it also means the beginning of hurricane season. Hurricane season begins June 1 and lasts through the end of October. Thankfully, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) forecasters predict a nearly normal Atlantic hurricane season for 2009. [...]

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Forget the Fat Tax: Let’s Tax Drug Works

23 December 2008

Governon Paterson raised quite a stir after he suggested a “fat tax” to raise revenue combat obesity. But that may not be the most controversial local tax measure to make news this December. Rep. Darryl Rouson, a Democrat from St. Petersburg, Florida, has proposed House Bill 99 to add a “surtax of 5 percent” on [...]

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Election Results: State Tax Legislation

5 November 2008

It was a historic day on yesterday with the election of President Elect Barack Obama. It’s almost easy to forget that there were other elections and ballot issues to consider but voters in some states faced a laundry list of issues. Among those were several state tax measures, including: In Arkansas: Voters supported an amendment [...]

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Got duct tape?

8 June 2007

When I first moved to Philadelphia, I used to describe the area that I grew up in as “that place that they report from on the Weather Channel during hurricane season.” That’s because I hail from Hampstead, NC, just a few miles north of Wilmington, NC, which is sort of a hurricane magnet. But even [...]

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