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Henderson police are warning the community about two telephone scams that several residents have fallen for, costing them thousands of dollars. Callers claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service or Treasury Department are telling people that their IRS tax returns were incomplete or incorrect and that penalties are owed, police said.
When legislators return to work this week, the major remaining piece of legislation on the agenda is a bill that would, for the first time since it was created nearly 40 years ago, use the Alaska Permanent Fund to pay for state government.
Donald Trump reignites La Raza debate: Supporters link Latino group to KKK Many Trump supporters have incorrectly linked judge's association with lawyers group to the National Council of La Raza Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/28nXwid House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that Donald Trump made the "textbook definition of a racist comment" in saying an American-born judge isn't qualified to preside over a case because of his Mexican heritage. Donald Trump's attacks on the judge presiding over the case against Trump University have raised concerns among some legal scholars who believe it shows a lack of concern for the separation of powers in government.
When Kansas enacted the largest income-tax cut in U.S. state history in 2012, Gov. Sam Brownback called it a first step on the path to eliminating the state's income tax altogether. The hope was that the tax reform would attract people and jobs to Kansas and that this economic growth would generate enough new revenue to pay for the cuts.
The New York Times had an astounding article yesterday about the lengths to which the Obama administration went to bully everyone to accept the dubious legality of their massive insurer bailouts; bailouts for which there was absolutely no Congressional appropriation. A Federal judge has already ruled that these payments were illegal, and the administration has appealed - principally on the basis that Congress had no standing to bring the suit, not that the payments themselves were legal.
Suspects charged in an IRS impersonation scam traveled the country, using dozens of fake names and IDs and collecting millions of dollars in payments wired by unwitting victims from at least 21 states. IRS scam suspects conned victims in at least 21 states Suspects charged in an IRS impersonation scam traveled the country, using dozens of fake names and IDs and collecting millions of dollars in payments wired by unwitting victims from at least 21 states.
House members voted 123-10 Sunday afternoon to approve a tax relief package that would offer property tax relief to farmers and businesses, create a new tax credit for college graduates with loan debt and expand aid to Minnesota parents with childcare costs. The measure passed with only a handful of House Democrats opposed.
Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes for at least two years in the late 1970s, according to a New Jersey government report. Trump, who has declined to release his tax returns during the campaign season, incurred no tax liability in 1978 and 1979, New Jersey gambling regulators found, when they looked into his tax returns and personal finances in connection with the Trump Plaza Corporation's 1981 application for a casino license.
In this photo taken Feb. 10, 2016, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has introduced a resolution to censure Koskinen.
It's been said that government should be on the side of the little guy, because the big guys can take care of themselves, and they usually do. But this fall, Republicans have a message for disaffected big guys all across the country: Don't worry - we've got your back.