Taxes

Getting rid of the state and local tax deduction known as SALT would be "a tax increase on the middle class, pure and simple," said Gov. Tom Wolf.

A new analysis finds those assigned public defenders in Pennsylvania are more likely to receive the death penalty.  A tax reform amendme ...

A constitutional change before Pennsylvania voters could lower property taxes and shake up school funding. Or it could do nothing at all.

But can they deliver? What are the next steps for Congress? How would the changes affect the average taxpayer? Some questions and answers:

The Philadelphia region’s Congressional delegation reacts to the Senate’s tax reform vote. Temple University law professor D ...

The effort to overhaul the nation's tax code is testing the GOP's ability to govern, and right now the region's lawmakers are highlighting the difficulty facing party leaders.

Natural gas severance tax proponents say going through new committee could be breakthrough in Pennsylvania legislature.

City Controller Alan Butkovitz says the city's soda tax is hammering small businesses, and he says he has new numbers that prove it.

As a co-sponsor of the gubernatorial debate held on Oct 10, 2017, NJ Spotlight won the chance to ask one question of candidates Phil Murp ...

Trump-GOP plan makes an unfair system even worse, rewarding the corporate elite and rich while leaving small businesses and the overall economy as losers.

The same N.J. agency that’s handed out billions of dollars in tax breaks to large companies is offering a new slate of grants for small businesses.

Some legislators are debating the legality of the governor's proposal to borrow $1.2 billion against liquor industry profits.

Philadelphia City Council has approved a plan to help longtime homeowners who can't afford their property taxes.

A tax increase proposed in Harrisburg could kill a small tariff that Philadelphia hotel owners were going to impose on themselves. ...

The latest push to finish Pennsylvania’s late, unbalanced budget has melted down.