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Will Infrastructure Improvements Lead to an Increase in the Gas Tax?

12 October 2010

President Obama hit the road this weekend to promote his plan to boost the country’s infrastructure by a whopping $50 billion. Noting that updates to bridges and roads have been largely pushed aside over the last few years, the President said that now is the time to make improvements: We’ve always had the best infrastructure… [...]

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Voinovich Drives Home Gas Tax Increase

10 August 2010

I’m writing this particular post from my hotel room in Durham, NC, just across the way from Duke Hospital where my dad had surgery on yesterday. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. He came through surgery just fine – although the family and I are quite worn out from dealing with Duke (yes, [...]

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DC Considers Hike in Gas Tax

27 July 2009

Cities are getting mighty creative in their efforts to fight rising deficits. No run of the mill income/wage/salary/vocation tax increases here. Philadelphia wants to raise its sales tax; Oakland is taxing marijuana and now DC is considering raising… its gas tax? DC Council Member Tommy Wells (D) has suggested a gas tax hike of 3.5 [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: 2008 Mileage Rates

5 March 2009

Taxpayer asks: I understand mileage rates changed in the middle of the year by the IRS. Can you offer the mileage rates for medical and for service with a non-profit. Taxgirl says: The craziness in gas prices this year did lead to a complicated mileage arrangement for 2008. The IRS normally updates mileage only once [...]

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