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Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his "last great electoral and political battle" on Sunday with a sweeping promise to cut taxes and the cost of government if his center-right wins elections this month.
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Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his "last great electoral and political battle" on Sunday with a sweeping promise to cut taxes and the cost of government if his center-right wins elections this month.
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ROME, Feb 3- Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his "last great electoral and political battle" on Sunday with a sweeping promise to cut taxes and the cost of government if his center-right wins elections this month.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 3- The top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday tax revenue must be part of any deal to replace looming automatic spending cuts, despite Republican warnings that they will not buckle over this issue after conceding on tax rises for the rich a month ago.
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Discussing whether it is time to let the sequester kick in, with Mark Simone, WOR Radio Talk Show host and CNBC's Contributors Keith Boykin and James Pethokoukis.
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*IRS allowed to keep program intact for now, judge orders. Feb 1- A U.S. judge on Friday modified an earlier order and said the Internal Revenue Service does not have to shut down a new program for registering and testing tax preparers, but he also said preparers need not take IRS tests or pay related fees.
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NEW YORK---- Fitch Ratings has placed the' A-' rating on the following Chicago, IL Motor Fuel Tax bonds on Negative Watch:. The rating action was triggered by the placement of the State of Illinois' general obligation rating on Rating Watch Negative.
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The history of the 16 th Amendment actually dates back to 1861 during the civil war, when Congress passed the Revenue act of 1861. This act included a 3 percent tax on personal incomes over $800 to help pay war expenses. The idea stuck around though, and in 1894 Congress enacted a 4 percent tax on income over $4,000.
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LINCOLN, Neb.-- Veterans' groups told lawmakers Thursday that Nebraska's tax on military retirement pay is driving people out of the state, while some lawmakers questioned whether the losses are influenced more by warmer climates and family connections elsewhere.
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CARSON CITY, Nev.-- The Nevada Supreme Court thrust the discussion about taxes onto state lawmakers Thursday, upholding a business tax proposal backed by the state teachers union and other labor groups and sending it to the 2013 Legislature.
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SANTA FE, N.M.-- Republican lawmakers proposed Thursday to significantly revamp New Mexico's governmental finance system by relying more on taxing people and businesses on what they consume and spend rather than the income they earn.
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TOPEKA, Kan.-- Kansas would face a $782 million budget shortfall in 2018 under Gov. The report from the nonpartisan Legislative Research Department undercuts Brownback's argument that his proposals would stabilize the budget and build healthy cash reserves while allowing the state to follow up on aggressive income tax cuts enacted last year.
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TOPEKA, Kan.-- Kansas revenue officials say the state collected $62 million more in taxes than expected in January. A preliminary report Thursday from the Department of Revenue says January's tax collections totaled nearly $635 million _ almost 11 percent above an official forecast for the month.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- All taxpayers have a fast, safe and free option when it comes to doing their own federal taxes. Free File offers brand-name tax software to people who earned $57,000 or less last year, which is 70 percent of all taxpayers. Leading tax software companies have partnered with the IRS to make their products available for free.
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A new study found that Americans support increases in payroll taxes and taxing higher incomes for Social Security, but want minimum benefits and cost-of-living adjustments to be increased too.
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The company earned $126.3 million, or 79 cents per share, up from $88.5 million, or 56 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. Revenue excluding excise taxes rose 11 percent to $709.1 million, from $637.5 million, beating Wall Street predictions of $706.2 million.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- The Randstad Employee Confidence Index decreased 3.3 points in January to 52.1, indicating U.S. workers may be feeling uncertain about the job market and economy amid ongoing budget negotiations, which have led to higher payroll taxes for many Americans.
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CLEVELAND, Feb. 1, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- KeyBank is partnering with nonprofit organizations in 13 metropolitan areas across the United States to offer its eighth annual Super Refund Saturday service, in Cleveland on February 2 and in other cities on February 9.
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SHANGHAI, Feb 1- China will postpone the expansion of a pilot programme to implement a property tax, the official China Securities Journal reported, citing anonymous official sources, who added that Beijing intends to keep a tight lid on the property market through other means in tier 1 cities.
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The IRS may give up on tracking people who move out of states and which ones they're moving to. CNBC's Robert Frank discusses state income tax; and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera and Art Laffer, former Reagan economic advisor, weigh in.
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We know that California has the highest tax rate, but it also ranks No. 1 when it comes to state, local and sales tax paid by the rich, reports CNBC's Robert Frank. Carol Pepper, Pepper International CEO, explains how much tax rates matter to your investments.