Government taxation and revenue
Ohio activists head to DC as IRS probe unfolds
Some Ohio conservatives who say they were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service are heading to Washington as federal investigations widen into the agency's handling of tax-exempt applications. Several activists on Wednesday described in interviews IRS treatment they suspect was politically motivated. The Justice Department is opening a criminal probe ...
House panel agrees to send online taxes to roads
A House panel wants to use the sales tax people in South Carolina pay for Internet purchases to help fix the state's roads and bridges. A subcommittee passed a bill Wednesday that would direct money used to pay the state sales tax to road crews. The proposal now goes to ...
SC lawmakers debate taxing electronic cigarettes
A bill that would allow South Carolina to tax electronic cigarettes passed a House panel Wednesday, but supporters acknowledge it has little chance of becoming law this year. Instead, a subcommittee sent the proposal on to the House Ways and Means Committee to start debate on how to handle the ...
Religious groups say they were scrutinized by IRS
Two conservative religious groups say they were also the subject of unusual scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service. The son of the Rev. Billy Graham as well as leaders of Z Street, a conservative Jewish organization, have said they believe they were pressed by the IRS for more information because ...
Legislator's dad elected to board after protest
The Legislature elected a House member's father to the Medical University of South Carolina board Wednesday after he agreed to pay higher property taxes at his beach home. Senators had threatened to walk out of a joint session of the General Assembly rather than participate in electing Dr. Murrell Smith, ...
Kirkwood woman convicted of tax fraud
A St. Louis County woman has been found guilty of federal charges for illegally claiming more than $3 million in tax refunds. A federal jury convicted 69-year-old Nancy Cicero of Kirkwood Wednesday on four counts of filing false claims with the IRS. A sentencing date was not set. Federal prosecutors ...
Ga. groups say IRS asked invasive questions
Leaders of two conservative political groups in Georgia say they say faced invasive questioning from the Internal Revenue Service. Nationwide, an investigation into the IRS' targeting of conservative political groups nationwide is widening. The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another probe ...
Man pleads guilty in film tax credit case
A 36-year-old Mandeville man has pleaded guilty in Baton Rouge federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with his receipt of $900,000 in state film tax credits. Daniel Garcia admitted to U.S. District Judge James J. Brady on Tuesday that he used canceled checks ...
Trio of troubles threatening Obama's second term
President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore. Now, as he tries to pivot from a stinging defeat on that issue and push forward on others, the president ...
Brown takes restrained view of Calif. spending
Riding a wave of state tax revenue, Gov. Jerry Brown released a budget proposal Tuesday that looks much different from the ones Californians have become accustomed to in recent years: It has a surplus. Brown is proposing a $96.4 billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year that starts July ...
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