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?
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NC Makes April News (And It Doesn’t Involve The Tarheels)
North Carolina is running out of cash. Of course, they’re not the first state to report economic woes: California has been making news for months
Read MoreCalifornia Gives Up On OJ Simpson
Despite boasting an outstanding tax liability last year of more than $1.5 million, California has removed OJ Simpson from its list of biggest income tax
Read MoreBlagojevich Money For Defense Running Out: Taxpayers May Foot Bill For Defense
What’s worse than your Governor trying to sell a Senate seat? Making you pay for his defense. Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (yes, I can
Read MoreNevada Prostitutes Support Sex Tax
Nevada legislators got an earful (and an eyeful) on Tuesday during a hearing about whether to tax prostitutes. The tax would be $5 per sex
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Withholding
Taxpayer asks: The military retirement has the Federal Withholding higher than the State Withholding. This seems incorrect to me. We don’t have anything special applied
Read MoreAsk The taxgirl: Housing Credit & Taxes
Taxpayer asks: Im going to settlement on a property on May 1st, 2009. I havent filed my taxes yet because I wasnt sure if I
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: E-filing & Charitable Contributions
Taxpayer asks: Hi… I’m about to file my taxes through efile using H&R Block’s Tax Cut software. I was wondering if the IRS will see
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: SMLLC & Estimated Payments
Taxpayer asks: I started a single member LLC this year, and need to make estimated tax payments. When I went onto the IRS site to
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Overtime & 1099s
Taxpayer asks: Hello, I have a question concerning a 1099 . I work for a company full time and get a w-2 at the end
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