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Taxes

The new exemptions will mostly apply to penalty payments tied to 2018 taxes and to the previous two years. (PeopleImages/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

4 new exemptions to the tax penalty for lacking health insurance

The penalty for not having health insurance in 2018 is the greater of $695 or 2.5 percent of household income.

8 years ago

A view of the Internal Revenue Service's headquarters on March 24, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

IRS computer glitch caused by ‘master file’ issue

The IRS says its system was up and running again by 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

8 years ago

State Rep. Mark Mustio (R-Allegheny) has introduced a bill that would overturn Philadelphia's tax on soda and other sweetened drinks. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Bill to kill Philly soda tax introduced in Harrisburg

State Rep. Mark Mustio's bill would kill the Philly sweetened-beverage tax and ban it elsewhere.

8 years ago

File photo: New Jersey State Capitol building in Trenton. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey’s Legislature not sold on Gov’s $1.5 billion tax hike

The state Treasurer tried to convince them, but New Jersey lawmakers are reluctant to go along with the tax increases.

8 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney is pictured here at City Hall in Philadelphia, in this Thursday, June 16, 2016 file photo. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Speak Easy
Education

Mayor Kenney abandons Philadelphia kids

The mayor insists much of the money will go toward pre-K and Rebuild after the Big Soda lobby is defeated in court. Then why not create a reserve fund earmarked for pre-K?

8 years ago

The New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee holds the first of several legislative hearings on Gov. Phil Murphy's budget plan Wednesday. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers wary of $1.6 billion tax boost in Murphy budget plan

As hearings begin on Governor Murphy's budget proposal, a $1.6 billion tax increase has some Democrats fretting.

8 years ago

Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Lamb win in Pa. suggests GOP’s historically bad tax overhaul can be repealed

It turns out trading people's Medicaid and Medicare coverage for tax cuts for the very richest is not a winning message.

8 years ago

Julia Bright (left) celebrates while her mother, Rebecca Rhynhart (center), is sworn in as Philadelphia city controller.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Sweet promises of soda tax money gone flat, Philly Controller says

The Controller’s analysis reported that about $22 million of the nearly $85 million in beverage tax revenue collected has gone towards pre-K and community schools.

8 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy addresses a gathering as he unveils his 2019 budget Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in the Assembly chamber of the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. Some of the first-term Democratic governor's proposals are to raise the state sales tax and extend its reach, hike income taxes on the wealthy and legalize recreational marijuana. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

N.J. governor calls for higher taxes, more money for schools

Murphy wants to raise the sales tax from 6.625 percent to 7 percent and include ride-sharing services and accommodations like Airbnb.

8 years ago

N.J. State Capitol dome in Trenton (AP, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

New Jersey thinks now might be the time to raise corporate taxes

New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney has put forward a proposal that would have the state’s highest-earning corporations staring at a tax hike.

8 years ago

Listen 4:39
A T-shirt catches the drip from a leaking window frame in a multi-purpose room used by children at Vare Recreation Center in Grays Ferry. The 100-year-old building is badly in need of maintenance. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

City: ‘Too soon’ to say if soda tax shortfall will hit parks & rec makeover

There will be no Rebuild without the soda tax. That’s been the message coming from Mayor Jim Kenney over the last several months

8 years ago

New Jersey Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney, D-Thorofare. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Top New Jersey lawmaker proposes business tax ‘surcharge’

Senate President Steve Sweeney said in a statement Tuesday his plan would imposes a 3 percent surcharge on businesses making over $1 million.

8 years ago

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy sticks to tax-hike pledge at lobbying event

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday redoubled his campaign promise to raise income taxes on millionaires but said such a change does not have to be permanent.

8 years ago

An aerial view of Ruokai Chen's Kensington neighborhood.
PlanPhilly
Money

Recent court ruling opens a door for homeowners to appeal tax bill

When Ruokai Chen saw his real estate taxes jump up in 2016, the actuary with a degree from the Curtis Institute of Music decided to do some digging.

8 years ago

Listen 2:40
Top administrators (from left) schools Superintendent William Hite, Managing Director Michael DiBerardinis, Sheriff Jewel Williams, and District Attorney Larry Krasner, applaud during Mayor Jim Kenney's budget address. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Kenney makes school-funding plea, council reacts

Kenney says funding the school district is critical, but council members aren't thrilled about his plan to hike property taxes.

8 years ago

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