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• Wash. lawmakers’ ‘short session’ will be dominated by budget

  January 8, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington legislators find themselves in familiar territory as they return to the Capitol this week. The General Fund budget they thought they had shored up through a series …

• Gregoire backs easier business licenses, taxes

  January 6, 2012 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Small businesses would have a single place to obtain state and local licenses and to pay state and local business and occupation taxes under proposals announced Thursday by … 1

• Federal taxes not due until April 17

  January 4, 2012 in City An obscure Washington D.C. holiday means that for the second year in a row, federal tax returns aren’t due on the traditional date of April 15.

• Presidential candidates have differing views of tax cut debate

  December 21, 2011 Mitt Romney refused to be pinned down today on how Congress should break an impasse that threatens to raise taxes for 160 million workers — the latest pressing policy debate … 10

• House approves payroll tax cut extension, with strings attached

  December 13, 2011 in Nation/World A payroll tax cut package engineered by House Speaker John A. Boehner was overwhelmingly approved by Republicans despite a veto threat from President Barack Obama, escalating a year-end showdown over … 18

• Can’t raise taxes? Hike Medicare premiums instead

  December 13, 2011 in Nation/World Raising taxes on millionaires may be a non-starter for Republicans, but they seem to have no problem hiking Medicare premiums for retirees making a lot less. 19

• School officials object to proposed state cuts

  December 8, 2011 in News on Page A1 OLYMPIA – School officials from across Washington urged legislators to reject plans to cut four days out of the school year or reduce payments designed to help poor districts keep … 9

• There’s no ‘Plan B’ if mortgage interest deduction goes away

  December 4, 2011 in Business on Page E2 Moe Veissi, the new president of the National Association of Realtors, didn’t even blink an eye when the sensitive question was raised. It wasn’t an elephant-in-the-room topic, but it was …

• Budget, tax credits lead agendas of region’s lawmakers

  December 4, 2011 in City on Page B7 WASHINGTON – With just under a month left in 2011, the federal budget and tax breaks top Inland Northwest lawmakers’ year-end to-do lists. Three of 12 appropriations bills are on …

• ‘Good news’ for business, Gregoire says

  December 2, 2011 in Business on Page A12 OLYMPIA – Most Washington businesses will see lower unemployment taxes and many will have no increase in their workers’ compensation rates in 2012. In announcing the new rates for next … 1

• Anatomy of a levy

  November 29, 2011 in City on Page A1 Three-year levies in 13 of Spokane County’s school districts will expire at the end of 2012, and voters will likely be asked to continue the taxes – plus tack on … 30

• National election will decide deficit strategy, says Sen. Murray

  November 23, 2011 in City on Page A5 In the end, the congressional supercommittee failed to reach a deficit-cutting deal over the question of whether everyone, including the nation’s top earners, will pay for it, U.S. Sen. Patty … 4

• Washington Dems explore election on tax hikes

  September 27, 2011 in Region Democratic officials have been quietly exploring the logistics of a special election in February that could ask state voters to raise taxes to help fill another budget shortfall, according to … 9

• Spin Control: Taxing opportunities are literally endless

  September 11, 2011 in City on Page B3 The supercommittee charged with cutting the federal deficit got off to a raucous start last week, as protesters cut off one GOP member’s opening remarks with chants that Congress should …

• E. Thomas McClanahan: Tax code needs sensible fixes

  August 24, 2011 in Opinion on Page A13 Warren Buffett caused quite a stir last week. In a New York Times op-ed, he told Washington to stop “coddling” the super-rich. He said that last year he only paid … 56

• Panel takes aim at state tax breaks

  July 15, 2011 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – A special panel is recommending the Washington Legislature end three tax breaks and review eight others the state offers to various businesses or consumer groups. The Joint Legislative …

• Smart Bombs: Floyd was suited to the task

  July 3, 2011 in Opinion on Page B8 On Election Day, you’ll find Doug Floyd trudging up to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church (or wherever) to drop off his ballot. If you wonder why, he’ll be glad to tell … 4

• State employee paychecks shrink a little

  July 1, 2011 in City on Page A7 Happy new fiscal year, Washingtonians. Forget about making resolutions, but remember to get a new tab for your boat, or a Discover Pass if you plan to be spending time …

• Cash-poor states want to collect revenues from online retailers

  June 19, 2011 in Business on Page E1 AUSTIN, Texas – State governments across the country are laying off teachers, closing public libraries and parks, and reducing health care services, but there is one place they could get … 2

• Hart taking tax case to Idaho Supreme Court

    June 8, 2011 in Idaho, News 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, R-Athol, … 8

• Taxpayer ID theft hits new heights

  June 5, 2011 in Business on Page E2 WASHINGTON — Imagine filing your tax return and learning that someone else got your refund. With your name and Social Security number, no less. The IRS is grappling with a …

• No revenue problem, just every other problem

  May 27, 2011 in City on Page A5 Now that the state – by which I mean all of us, in combination, led by our leaders – has arrived at an utter failure of a budget, it’s good … 72

• Spin Control: Tax amnesty a windfall, but where’s the outrage?

  May 8, 2011 in City on Page B10 OLYMPIA – Business organizations regularly bemoan how little recognition, respect and support they get from the state. But evidence to the contrary was clear last week, when the state announced … 3

• Proposed fee dims spark to go green

  May 7, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Let’s say you go green. I don’t mean superhero green or sick-to-your-stomach green, but green as in the environment.

• Senate panel examines tax breaks

  May 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – From frozen bull semen and chicken bedding to big banks’ mortgage profits, Senate Democrats took aim at the state’s system of tax breaks for businesses Wednesday. They generated … 2

• Editorial: Tax receipt might dispel common budget myths

  April 15, 2011 in Opinion on Page A13 With the nation’s deficit and debt in the headlines and various solutions being debated, it would be helpful to know where tax dollars are spent before deciding where the cuts … 18

• District says group’s flier exaggerates levy request

  April 10, 2011 in City on Page B1 Along with a ballot, residents of the Orchard Prairie School District may have found a bright yellow flier in their mailboxes recently urging them to vote “no” on an upcoming … 6

• Big tax refund? Consider adjusting withholding

  April 10, 2011 in Business on Page E5 Your taxes are done and you’re excited about getting a $3,000 refund. It’s hard to resist thinking about a big-screen television, a mall shopping spree or a vacation. Those temptations …

• Mortgage forgiveness tax relief differs from home-sale loss

  April 10, 2011 in Business on Page E2 Four years ago, the Internal Revenue Service changed the law that required consumers to pay tax on mortgages forgiven by a lender. Those amounts used to be considered taxable income … 1

• Austerity, abortion, school reforms mark Idaho legislative session

  April 10, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Thousands of Idahoans poured into the state Capitol this year to plead for – of all things – tax increases, rather than cuts in medical care to the … 1

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