Monday, January 21, 2013
If you want to get a jump on tax season, you can file your return starting on January 30
You'll have to wait a bit if you are used to filing your annual tax return at the earliest possible date. The Internal Revenue Service has revised its opening date for tax season -- pushing it eight days to January 30, 2013. The tax filing deadline is Monday, April 15 The IRS will begin accepting tax returns on January 30, 2013. Most taxpayers should be able to file on that date though some revised forms may not be immediately available. You can blame the delay on the federal "fiscal cliff" crisis and the new tax bill Congress passed just after Dec. 31. You can find more information in this Forbes article. Electronic filing season was originally set to start on Jan. 22 this year. As a result of the delay, nobody will get a refund in …
Monday, October 29, 2012
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey says it is time to rebuild the outdated federal tax code
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Monday, October 29, 2012
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — It’s been more than 25 years since the federal government took a long hard look at the tax code, and Pennsylvania’s Sen. Pat Toomey says it’s time to rebuild it from scratch. He said 1986 was “the last time we looked at really, really making improvements to our tax code, and in the meantime it’s been littered with all kinds of debris that Congress has thrown in it.” Toomey spoke to members of the Pennsylvania Press Club in Harrisburg recently, taking questions on multiple topics, from the election to the economy. He didn’t shy away from lending his support to GOP counterparts Gov. Mitt Romney and Senate hopeful Tom Smith. But Toomey, a former president of tax-reform interest group Club For …
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Lawmakers are considering a major shift in tax burden for Pennsylvanians
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
By Melissa Daniels/PA Independent HARRISBURG — Exchanging school property taxes for hikes in other taxes could come with a bigger increase in personal income tax for Pennsylvania wage earners than previously suggested. The House Finance Committee on Monday held a second public hearing on House Bill 1776, or the Property Tax Independence Act. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Jim Cox, R-Berks, aims to achieve the long-discussed goal of eliminating property taxes to fund public schools by creating increases in sales and personal income taxes, as well as the inclusion of previously untaxed goods and services. But new figures from the state Department of Revenue show a $3.5 billion gap between the estimated $12.5 billion earned by property …
Jim Gregory
3:58 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Have no idea what you are talking about louis but it's not a boo hoo liberal that's causing our school taxes to go up..His name is Tom Corbett..He's our governor..As long as he continues to pass along education costs to our local districts, school taxes will continue to climb..Since many of us, especially seniors on fixed incomes, cannot afford that, we desperately need tax reform.. more ›