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Taxes

President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he departs after the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point football team, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 6, 2019, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Treasury denies Democrats’ request for Trump tax returns

Mnuchin told Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., in a Monday letter that the panel's request "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose."

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf visits Fairhill, one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, to push for a severance tax on natural gas, which he says could be used to fight urban blight. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Can a tax on natural gas drilling help fix Pa.’s infrastructure problem?

Wolf hopes to use a severance tax on natural gas drilling to fund broadband internet access, emergency infrastructure, and blight removal, among other things.

6 years ago

George Norcross III during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cooper Cancer Institute. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Money
ProPublica

How companies and allies of one powerful Democrat got $1.1 billion in tax breaks

Meet George Norcross. Nearly two thirds of $1.6 billion in tax incentives in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey, went to his own company, business partners, political allies.

6 years ago

Hali Flickinger, left, of Spring Grove, York County, competes for the U.S. in a semifinal of the women's 200-meter butterfly at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Flickinger placed seventh in the event’s final heat. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Money
PA Post

Pa. bill proposes tax break for Olympians

Pa. would join the group of states with similar income tax exemptions already in place.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 18, 2010 photo, an Amazon.com package awaits delivery from UPS (Paul Sakuma/AP Photo)
Money

A new internet sales tax proves more lucrative than expected for Pa.

According to the state Revenue Department, it was expected to make about $50 million in its first fiscal year. The state's IFO said it's on track to make $300 million.

6 years ago

The entrance to Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown. (Hshuvaeva via Wikimedia Commons)
Money

Norristown considers 5% tax on zoo, cultural institutions

Norristown may begin taxing concerts and events to avoid a budget shortfall.

6 years ago

The IRS budget has been cut sharply over the past decade, but President Trump has suggested spending an extra $362 million on tax enforcement next year. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

On Tax Day, the IRS is short of money

The agency's budget has been cut sharply over the last decade. That means fewer audits. The Trump administration says those cuts may have gone too far.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally in Warren, Mich., Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders releases 10 years of long-awaited tax returns

His 2018 return reveals that he and his wife, Jane, earned more than $550,000, including $133,000 in income from his Senate salary and $391,000 in sales of his book.

6 years ago

Candidates hold yes signs aloft signaling their agreement with the proposal of a representative speaker. Twenty candidates for city council attended a candidates forum at Congregation Rodeph Shalom on March 24, 2019. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Most Philly Council candidates oppose the 10-year tax abatement

Philadelphia’s tax break for new construction has become a rallying cry among the 46 City Council candidates that will be on the primary ballot in May.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 23, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Money

As the nation files taxes, Trump still hides his

Today is tax day, and millions of Americans will have to show the government everything — their salaries and their expenses, their profits, and their losses.

6 years ago

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks to students at a local cafe, Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Money

Kamala Harris is latest 2020 Dem contender to release taxes

Harris reported an income of about $157,000 in 2018 from her job as a senator, as well as about $320,000 in net income as a writer.

6 years ago

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on April 2, 2019. Rep. Neal, whose committee has jurisdiction over all tax issues, has formally requested President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service for the past 6 years. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Top House Democrat steps up demand for Trump’s tax returns

The government's failure to respond by an April 23 deadline could send the dispute into federal court.

6 years ago

(Bigstock/ieang)
Money

N.J. accountants: Impact of federal tax change mixed

Most New Jersey taxpayers are getting some good news and some bad news as they file for the first time under the new U.S. tax law.

6 years ago

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington. Neal, whose committee has jurisdiction over all tax issues, has formally requested President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House chairman asks IRS for 6 years of Trump’s tax returns

The request for President Donald Trump's tax returns is the first such demand for a sitting president's tax information in 45 years.

6 years ago

(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

City Council OKs independent study of Kenney’s soda tax

Plans for a new study of the sweetened beverage tax drew criticism as a veiled effort to increase political pressure on legislators in an election year and kill the tax.

6 years ago

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