Taxes

Lawmakers discussed a potential sales tax on services Tuesday as they vet ways to fund Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget and improve a tax structure that's been yielding less money as Nevada's economy evolves.

Colorado finally knows how much tax revenue it collected from recreational marijuana in the first year of sales, and the haul was below estimates — about $44 million.

If you're a billionaire living in Connecticut, chances are the tax department is keeping an eye on you.

The high cost of two major lawsuits against the state are complicating the next state budget, and it's not the first time that's happened.

Greece's prime minister has presented his newly-elected government's policy statement to lawmakers, proclaiming an end to the era of austerity and "five years of bailout barbarity." Insisting on a "bridge agreement" that would give Greece and its creditors time to negotiate a new debt deal much more favorable to the country by June, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared to insist on an approach that got short shrift from EU partners in a series of meeting that Tsipras himself, and his finance ministers, had with European officials this past week.

TurboTax says it has temporarily stopped processing state tax returns due to an increase in fraudulent fillings.

North Dakota's Senate is considering legislation that would drastically cut the time oil companies can burn off and waste natural gas for free.

Nevada lawmakers took the first step Friday toward reworking a live entertainment tax that many complain is confusing, riddled exemptions and out of step with current trends in entertainment.

Top New Jersey Democratic lawmakers say they are interested in reducing income taxes on retirees and estates as part of a deal to raise more money for transportation projects.

Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to Gov. Asa Hutchinson's proposal to cut income taxes for the middle class by $102 million a year, a measure that also calls for reducing part of a 2013 capital gains tax break.

Even with gas prices hovering around $2 per gallon, Washington state lawmakers are considering a raft of bills to encourage more drivers to turn to electric cars in the name of reducing pollution.

Gov. Bruce Rauner laid out a first-year agenda Wednesday he said will help Illinois better compete with its neighbors, largely by stripping power from labor unions, shrinking the size of government and making the state more attractive to companies looking to create jobs.

A week after Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt broke rank with GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval in joining an immigration lawsuit aimed at the federal government, more of the state's top Republicans are turning away from the governor.

Officials say a small, influential group of Republicans in search of a replacement health care law intends to propose tax credits for lower-income individuals and families to encourage the purchase of insurance.

Some of the proposals in President Barack Obama's new budget address major concerns of the Republican-controlled Congress.

President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $4 trillion budget that seeks to raise taxes on wealthier Americans and corporations and use the extra income to lift the fortunes of families who have felt squeezed during tough economic times.

When you have a quarter of the nation's $17 trillion economy to play with, it's inevitable that you and your political opponents will clash over what to do with the money.

Gov. Charlie Baker is eyeing capital gains tax revenues to help close an estimated $765 million budget gap for the fiscal year that ends June 30.

President Barack Obama calls his tax and spending plan "middle-class economics," but most middle-income families would see little change in their tax bills.

Gov. Paul LePage is back on the campaign trail.