TAXES
Pensions and Social Security, Part 2 - WEP
Continuing the topic of how a pension might affect Social Security benefits, the general rule is that your company pension will not affect your Social Security benefits because most employment is cove...
Posted on 4/18/13 at 12:39 PM
Making the Case against Receiving a Federal Income Tax Refund
Millions of Americans celebrate receiving an income tax refund each year. Many of these same people live each month under the burden of financial hardship, struggling to make ends meet, often falling ...
Posted on 3/8/13 at 12:43 PM
Tax Freedom Day
Yesterday, in addition to be the deadline for filing Federal and State tax returns it was also Tax Freedom Day. Tax Freedom Day is the day that average Americans have earned enough to pay their tax b...
Posted on 4/18/12 at 7:00 AM
Property Taxes: Whose Money Is in the Bucket?
I've had a few questions about several stories I've written about property taxes, and I would like to share with you my bucket analogy, which simplifies some of the complex things that determine a per...
Posted on 4/5/12 at 2:52 PM
Beware the Ides of …
The ides refers to the middle of a month in the Roman calendar. For those of us who read and enjoy literature, today is a great day the Ides of March - made popular (ha!) by the Shakespeare play Juli...
Posted on 3/15/12 at 5:30 AM
ND residents able to use e-file system for taxes
North Dakota's e-file system for taxes is up and running.January 31, 2013
Tax help open for N.D. citizens
Low- and middle-income taxpayers in North Dakota are being offered free help with their taxes.January 31, 2013
Tax help open for low- and middle-income citizens
Low- and middle-income taxpayers in North Dakota are being offered free help with their taxes.January 30, 2013
N.D. farmers get more time for taxes
Tax Commissioner Cory Fong says North Dakota is recognizing an Internal Revenue Service extension of the deadline for farmers and ranchers to file and pay taxes.January 29, 2013
Property tax relief’s potency questioned
FARGO — As a homebuilder, House Majority Leader Al Carlson knows a thing or two about foundations.By Mike Nowatzki, Forum News Service , January 28, 2013
Huh? Lefty gripes about taxes
Phil Mickelson is talking more about how much he pays in taxes than how many fairways he hits off the tee. Mickelson, regarded as the “People’s Choice” for his connection with fans, put his popularity on the line with polarizing comments about how much he has to pay in state and federal taxes.January 23, 2013
Lawmaker proposes to suspend N.D. income tax
Residents of oil-rich North Dakota should get a break from paying state income tax this year and next, a Minot lawmaker argued Monday, noting the state already has more than $1 billion budget surplus. Republican Rep. Scott Louser told the House Finance and Tax Committee that his plan is an attempt to decrease the tax burden on people living in the state with the nation’s lowest unemployment rate. The measure would apply to individuals, estates and trusts across North Dakota.By By James MacPherson, Associated Press , January 22, 2013
Lawmakers: Give counties $2.4 billion in oil-tax money
By By James MacPherson, Associated Press , January 18, 2013
Mobile home taxes jump
Stutsman County residents who live in older double wide mobile homes got a surprise when they opened their 2013 tax statement this month. Changes in the formula used to calculate values used to determine taxes resulted in tax increases for many people.By Keith Norman , January 16, 2013
McConnell: Time to confront 'spending addiction'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says that "absolutely the tax issue is behind us" as a result of the "fiscal cliff" deal and that it's now time to focus solely on confronting what he calls "our spending addiction."January 06, 2013
New tax law packed with breaks for businesses
— Tucked into the “fiscal cliff” tax package approved by Congress are billions of dollars in tax breaks that should make the new year a lot happier for businesses of many stripes, including film producers, race track owners and the makers of electric motorcycles.By By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press , January 05, 2013
Letter to the editor: It’s time to abolish property taxes in the state
Like many others I received my annual property tax bill from the county confiscator and I’m hot boiling mad. Our legislators talk about how we need to fix the property tax system, having tried some 135 times to fix the system resulting in nothing more than enabling local subdivisions to have unlimited spending power.By By Ralph Muecke, Gladstone, N.D. , January 05, 2013
Tax plan will hurt economy
If President Barack Obama gets his way and pressures Congress into approving a tax increase that could hit many small businesses hard, about 200,000 jobs will be erased by the action, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.By Minot Daily News , December 31, 2012
Millions face higher taxes very soon
WASHINGTON — Millions of families and businesses will get hit by big tax increases a lot sooner than many realize if Congress and the White House don’t agree on a plan to skirt the year-end fiscal cliff of higher tax rates and big government spending cuts.By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press , December 17, 2012
Millions face higher taxes real soon without fix
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of families and businesses will get hit by big tax increases a lot sooner than many realize if Congress and the White House don't agree on a plan to skirt the year-end fiscal cliff of higher tax rates and big government spending cuts.By Associated Press , December 16, 2012
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