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IRS says up to 350,000 didn't get child credit

AP — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:11:59 +0000

Up to 350,000 households aren’t getting the $300 per child owed them as part of their economic stimulus rebate payments, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday.

Mich. city spends $5.21 to mail 51-cent tax bill

AP — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:34:37 +0000

A Michigan doctor is getting a laugh out of a 51-cent property tax bill.

Texas may claim Amazon owes sales taxes

AP — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:49:22 +0000

Texas officials may claim that Amazon.com owes millions in sales taxes on purchases that state residents made from the Internet retailer.

Many businesses didn't claim tax refund

AP — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:42:31 +0000

Sometimes the IRS can’t get people to cooperate, even when it tries to give money away.

Bush troubled by rising gas prices, says no quick fix

AP — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:03:14 +0000

President Bush said Monday that he’s troubled by rising gas prices and will take a look at proposals to relieve the crisis but warned that there is no quick fix.

Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection

AP — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:42:45 +0000

Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Snipes' attorneys to appeal tax conviction, 3-year sentence

AP — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:28:07 +0000

Lawyers for Wesley Snipes have filed notice to appeal his federal tax conviction.

Federal regulators cap cell phone company payments

AP — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:45:23 +0000

Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to temporarily cap a growing subsidy program that paid nearly $1.2 billion last year to cell phone companies that do business in rural areas.

Bloomberg calls gas tax holiday a dumb idea

AP — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:57:06 +0000

Mayor Michael Bloomberg called a summer-long suspension of the gas tax favored by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican John McCain a dumb idea.

Fact Check: Obama and the gas taxes

AP — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:04:11 +0000

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama accuses his presidential rivals of pandering to voters by supporting the “gimmick” of temporarily lifting federal taxes on gasoline, despite his own past support for a similar tax holiday.