Taxes

Minnesota Senate Democrats produced a two-year budget outline Friday that would commit $555 million more for education programs and sock $250 million extra into state reserves, a framework that lands them between the ambitions of Gov. Mark Dayton and majority House Republicans..

Promising to abolish the Internal Revenue Service is a good talking point for political candidates who are looking to fire up the Republicans' most conservative voters.

IRS workers would be prohibited from using private email to conduct official business under a bipartisan bill passed Wednesday by the House Ways and Means Committee.

Likely presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday dismissed a report that he helped steer tax credits and eased up on environmental oversight to benefit national hardware chain Menards after its billionaire owner donated $1.5 million to a conservative group.

Promising to abolish the Internal Revenue Service is a good talking point for political candidates who are looking to fire up the Republicans' most conservative voters.

Kaiser Family Foundation says half the U.S. households eligible to receive help buying insurance last year under the health care overhaul will have to repay some of that aid this tax season.

A Montana tax board says onetime billionaire and Yellowstone Club founder Tim Blixseth owes $57 million in back taxes, primarily on a $375 million loan that was meant for the luxury resort but was largely diverted for his personal use.

Lawmakers are trying to ensure that ride-hailing companies operating in Rhode Island are covered by state law.

The Oregon Senate expects to vote Tuesday on a bill giving tax breaks to Internet providers and companies that own data centers, the measure's sponsor said Monday.

The new House and Senate Republican budgets make a big boast: They both balance the federal budget within 10 years, without raising taxes.

Critics of Uber and Lyft say the ride-hailing apps are failing to pay Rhode Island sales tax on their services.

Assembly Republican leaders unveiled a tax plan of their own Monday, less than a week after Gov. Brian Sandoval presented the details of his bill to restructure the state's business license fee and Democratic Sen. Pat Spearman released her own tax proposal.

Some consumer tips to help avoid excessive fees or potential fraud when using paid tax preparers, according to the Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: — Make sure any tax refund due is sent to you or deposited into your bank account, not deposited into a preparer's bank account.

About 55 percent of Earned Income Tax Credit recipients reported using a paid tax preparer last year.

New data show that cash-strapped Americans anxious for tax refunds are increasingly turning to payment advances and prepaid cards when getting tax preparation help.

Ohio officials say nearly 1 million taxpayers have taken a new quiz used by the state to catch phony income-tax returns and most have passed it.

Pennsylvania state government would reap $3 billion a year under Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to expand a 6.6 percent sales tax to include transactions on 45 categories of products or services that are currently exempt, according to figures released by his administration Wednesday.

Senate Republicans are putting down a marker with their budget blueprint, one day after the House GOP unveiled a 10-year plan that boosts the military, makes deep cuts in social programs and targets President Barack Obama's laws on health care and financial reforms.

The governor of Rhode Island is defending a proposed luxury tax for pricey second homes that has been dubbed the "Taylor Swift tax." Gov. Gina Raimondo says she wants to raise nearly $12 million by implementing a statewide property tax on second homes worth more than $1 million.

A new revenue forecast says North Dakota could see a nearly $1 billion shortfall in oil tax revenue over the next two years due to the slumping price of crude.