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• Dems control Idaho tax panel

  May 26, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – For the past three months, one of Republican Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s departments has been controlled by Democrats. It’s the state Tax Commission, which is constitutionally required to …

• GOP Idaho governor has a Dem-led agency

  May 25, 2012 in Idaho For the past three months, one of Republican Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s departments has been headed by a Democrat and overseen by a majority-Democrat commission. It’s the state Tax Commission, … 1

• Hart presents argument for appeal

  August 12, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart is arguing that a district judge abused his discretion by refusing to delay a court hearing when the legislator was in Boise … 1

• Eye on Boise: New tax official breaking old ties

  July 10, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho’s newest tax commissioner, longtime certified public accountant and prominent Republican Rich Jackson, says he’s going above and beyond legal requirements to step away from professional and political …

• Hart appeals to Supreme Court

    June 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Tax-protesting state Rep. Phil Hart is taking his fight against having to pay past-due state income taxes to the Idaho Supreme Court, despite already having lost four appeals. …

• Hart averts another tax fight

  January 4, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart narrowly avoided a court order over the holidays when he belatedly filed his 2009 state income tax return three days before Christmas. … 2

• Ed groups join lawsuit over Idaho tax deals

    November 8, 2010 in Idaho Three education groups are seeking to join Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, in her lawsuit over secret tax deals at the state Tax Commission, saying the alleged deals are causing education … 1

• Eye on Boise: Complicated or not, Idaho backs amendments

  November 7, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Here’s why it’s not surprising that all four constitutional amendments on this year’s Idaho ballot passed, and passed fairly easily: That’s our history. All 11 previous constitutional amendments …

• Idaho homeowners exemptions to decrease

  September 28, 2010 in Idaho Many Idaho homeowners will be getting a smaller tax break on their primary residences come 2011, but it doesn’t necessarily mean their property tax bills will go up.

• Reforms proposed for Idaho tax agency

  September 21, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Rep. Wendy Jaquet plans to introduce sweeping legislation to reform Idaho’s state Tax Commission, shifting it from an agency run by four full-time political appointees to one run by … 1

• Pending tax deals could cost Idaho $75 million

    September 14, 2010 in Idaho Idaho stands to lose more than $75 million just from tax compromises that are now in the works, according to a group of whistleblowers who are current and former employees … 1

• Support for tax lawsuit grows

  September 9, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Three current employees at the Idaho State Tax Commission have added their voices to a lawsuit claiming the state agency has given politically connected taxpayers inappropriate settlements. State …

• More secret tax deals alleged in Idaho

  July 30, 2010 in Idaho Three more longtime senior employees of the Idaho State Tax Commission have come forward with sworn statements charging that secret tax deals were offered to those with political influence, and … 2

• Idaho says Ringo can’t sue over secret tax deals

    July 9, 2010 in Idaho Idaho’s initial response to Moscow Rep. Shirley Ringo’s lawsuit over secret tax deals: She can’t do that. The state has filed a motion to dismiss the case, saying Ringo lacks … 1

• Idaho cutting service at local tax offices

  July 7, 2010 in Idaho Idaho plans to shut down face-to-face customer service at its five Tax Commission field offices outside Boise on Aug. 2, to free workers in those offices to focus on audits …

• Phil Hart missed appeal deadline

    June 15, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – An Idaho state legislator is fighting the state Tax Commission over $53,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties, claiming in part that because he’s a legislator, he’s exempt … 2

• Lawsuit challenges secret Idaho tax deals

  June 7, 2010 in Idaho A North Idaho legislator has filed a lawsuit against the state over secret tax deals that allegedly allowed some wealthy and politically connected taxpayers to get millions in breaks. Those … 1

• Officials to look into allegations of tax deals

  June 21, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Legislators and state officials from both parties will review a whistleblower’s allegations that the Idaho State Tax Commission cut secret deals to excuse multistate corporations from paying millions …