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Ten States Looking to Raise Taxes: Do You Live in One?

10 April 2009

With revenues plummeting and federal aid in short supply, many states are scrambling to fill holes in their budgets. The easiest way to do it? Raise taxes. At least ten states are considering major increases in the near future. They are: Arizona Connecticut Delaware Illinois Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey Oregon Washington Wisconsin Two states have [...]

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So exactly how much do you want to smoke?

4 November 2007

That’s what legislatures seem to be trying to find out these days. Wisconsin has enacted a $1.77 per pack cigarette tax (raising the tax an extra dollar per pack) that goes into effect in January 2008. Believe it or not, that will not make Wisconsin the most expensive state to light up. The current average [...]

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Do You Owe Uncle Sam for Reading This?

21 September 2007

Not right now. But there’s a chance that you might in the future: the moratorium on an internet tax expires November 1. The moratorium is sometimes referred to as the Internet Tax Freedom Act, or ITFA. ITFA has been extended twice since 1998. It bans taxes on certain internet transactions at the federal level, but [...]

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Tax Talk 2007: Tommy Thompson

16 May 2007

Our first presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Tommy Thompson, a Republican and former Governor of Wisconsin. Here are his unedited answers to my six questions: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? The growing threat of the AMT to the middle class is the most [...]

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