State and local tax news — from state income tax quirks to property tax fights, because not all tax battles happen in Washington.
Even though it’s the middle of summer, the back to school catalogs have arrived at my house: they’ve been dutifully dog-eared and starred. And yes, while I was shopping for a router this weekend, my kids were already begging for notebooks and planners. Despite the fact that school doesn’t start in our county for another…
There are a few facts that everyone can agree on with respect to the Philadelphia School District budget wars: The school district is operating at a deficit. The school district can’t open its doors without staff. Nobody likes to pay taxes. What everyone can’t agree on, however, are how those facts are going to intersect….
Does Marion Barry want to tax your yogurt? Er, maybe it’s your yoga.
(Update: The final number on those tax credits, which was previously not available, is said to be $82 million.) What was the difference in Thursday’s NBA finals game between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs? Most would say conditioning. The Heat’s much-touted star, LeBron James, was unable to stay hydrated in the heat…
Did you get your free doughnut today? You should: it’s National Doughnut Day across the country. I know what you’re thinking. You think this is some marketing ploy recently dreamed up by bakers to sell more doughnuts. But you would be wrong. National Doughnut Day has been going on for 76 years strong, having made…
Do states have the right to tax income earned in other states? That’s one of the issues raised in Comptroller v. Wynne, a Maryland case which the Supreme Court has agreed to hear this year.
At happy hour tonight, I had a vodka martini. My liquor of choice? 1681 Penn vodka crafted by Philadelphia Distilling. Despite being distilled in the Commonwealth, 1681 Penn has only recently landed in state stores. In Pennsylvania, you can’t buy liquor outside of state stores. Or wine. Or have wine shipped to you. While our…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2, starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Jamie Foxx, is expected to gross between $90.7M to $92M on its opening weekend. While not at the top of the box office this weekend, those numbers are certainly not terrible: it performed better at opening than the first Amazing Spider-Man and better than Spider-Man…
A Pennsylvania woman has lost her home for little more than the cost of a Starbucks Frappuccino.
Toyota has announced today that it would move its headquarters to Plano, Texas. Was the move driven by taxes?