taxes

Personal finance magazine Kiplinger made the assessment.

If voters pass the tax, the revenue will provide nearly $36 million of the $90 million needed for the Lafayette Regional Airport's expansion.

The Lafayette City Parish Council voted to suspend the collection of the 0.94-mill Public Health Unit tax for property owners this year.

“Fresh Start” offers delinquent taxpayers the opportunity to bring their accounts up to date by paying all overdue taxes with no penalty, and a 50% reduction on the interest owed. The program will run from September 23rd ‘till November 22nd.

James Gandolfini's will, according to experts, was not written in a way that would utilize certain tax breaks, possibly costing his family over $30 million dollars.

Purchases of most items, including clothing and electronics will be exempted from the four percent state tax.

NBC Eyewitness News 13 in Indiana shows a massive IRS tax loophole which provides over $4 billion per year in tax credits to millions of illegal aliens.

Saturday May 25 and Sunday May 26 are days when you will not have to pay the four-percent state sales tax on items ranging from batteries to generators

When I first watched this video, I was shocked.  Half-way through the second viewing, I was seething.

Now that La. Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has scrapped his tax swap plan, instead leaving it up to legislators to figure out how to handle getting rid of the personal income tax, what's next?

The Internal Revenue Service apologized on Friday after being questioned about the use of taxpayer money to produce a video parodying 'Star Trek.'

There are still a few weeks left to file your 2012 tax return, but April 15 of this year marks another important deadline for taxpayers: it's your last chance to file for a refund on your 2009 taxes.

This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 7-9, 2012, residents can buy guns, ammunition and hunting gear without paying any state sales tax during the Louisiana Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday. The full list of eligible items is available on the Louisiana Department of Revenue's website.

Only in the United States can a person pay 1 dollar into the system and get 10 back from our government.  And guess where the money comes from...YOU!

This 'Bar Stool Economics' story, in a very, very simplified manner, helped me to understand our tax system.  I do understand that there are so many codes/laws/loopholes/deductions/brackets and other what-nots that there is NO simple way to explain ALL of our tax system, but this 'story' helped me see the "big picture" of how things work...

Make plans now to do some back-to-school shopping next weekend. Louisiana's upcoming state sales tax holiday will be Aug. 3-4, 2012!

Some people really like to smoke, while most who do are simply addicted to nicotine and can’t stop. And then there are those who hate cigarettes, smokers, smoke and the smell that comes with smoking, not to mention the enormous health problems and financial costs associated with this vice.

An IRS loophole is making some people rich, but where does the money come from?  From those of us who don't get to cash in, that's where. There is an enormous amount of people here in the United States getting rich off the American government, and this video will either explain to you how to do it or make you flamin' mad.

Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” And the two may be even more closely linked than we thought — a new study shows fatal car crashes rise on April’s annual tax deadline day.

First of all, if you haven't filed yet, don't panic! You have until Tuesday, April 17, to file your 2011 tax returns and pay any tax due because April 15 falls on a Sunday, and Emancipation Day, a Washington D.C. holiday, falls this year on Monday, April 16, so we have two extra days to file this year.