Income Tax

A Maryland House committee voted Monday to raise income taxes — but by a significantly smaller amount than either Gov.Martin O'Malleyor the Senate has proposed. The House plan, backed by SpeakerMichael E. Busch, would spare taxpayers who make...

Dan Rodricks turned his editorial fire on me for standing up against income tax increases passed by the state Senate that would hit nearly all Marylanders in this sluggish economy ("Maybe Bobby Zirkin should be a Republican," March 20). Mr. Rodricks seems...

The House of Delegates' rewrite of next year's state budget takes some important steps toward making Maryland's finances sustainable without dipping quite so deeply into taxpayers' pockets as the Senate's plan. It's not perfect, and some details will...

State Controller John Chiang continues to uphold the California Great Seal motto, "Eureka, I have found it!" But what Chiang is finding as controller is that California's economy, as measured by tax revenues, is still tanking. State tax collections for...

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It's federal tax crunch time. In your haste to file on time, don't forget a key deduction if you itemize -- the one for state sales tax. South Floridians can save up to hundreds of dollars off federal income taxes by taking that deduction. You can...

An estimated 25 percent of South Floridians will file their federal income taxes between now and the midnight April 17 deadline, according to Mike Dobzinski, the IRS spokesman in Plantation. This year procrastinating South Floridians get an extra two...

Pushing legislative brinkmanship to its limits, the General Assembly will go into the last scheduled day of its 90-day session Monday without an agreement on the one thing it must get done under Maryland's Constitution: pass a balanced budget. Most...

A man is sentenced nearly a year after being charged on allegations of tax fraud. Officials say Troy Beam, Shippensburg faces 74 months in prison in relation to charges of tax evasion, obstructing and impeding the due administration of the IRS and willful...

“Tim Rowland’s column on the 6th Congressional (District) race in Thursday’s paper was hilarious. If it wasn’t so true, it would be even funnier. Great column, as usual, even if I don’t always agree with him. Great writer.&...

How much should a millionaire pay in taxes? President Obama says it should be 30 percent of income. Warren Buffett says it should be at a higher rate than his secretary, who he claims pays at a rate of 35 percent. But his assertion is misleading. There is...

On April 15, everyone's in favor of tax reform. Nobody can survive the ordeal of preparing a federal income tax return without concluding that there must be a simpler, fairer way to pay for the federal government. And so - as inevitably as death and,...