Taxes

Thousands of low-income homeowners within city limits could get a $500 credit on their property tax bill if they qualify for a program that’s soon to expire.

As tax season begins, Campaign for Working Families wants to be the alternative to for-profit tax refund businesses hawking cash advances for big fees.

Council leaders said this decision comes after Prospect Medical Holdings is late on paying taxes totaling $487,000.

Keystone Opportunity Zones power many of the city’s best-known development projects. Critics say they’re being exploited.

Families with low income are determined to break the cycle. But the end of some federal assistance is making that harder, experts say.

The bill would would allot the money as long as it was not first subject to other claims such as unpaid state taxes, child support, or court-ordered restitution for crimes.

The roughly 2% increase comes after the gas tax fell in the previous two years.

He went from toiling as a plumber in suburban Toledo, Ohio, to life as a media sensation when his comments made the rounds on cable news.

“The government now believes that the case will not resolve short of a trial,” wrote Weiss, who now can operate without day-to-day supervision from Washington.

Sunburn treatments are tax-free, but sunblock isn’t. And pumpkins escape sales tax, but only if you’re planning on one for dinner.

Mayor Pete Byron, 67, learned his fate before a federal judge in Camden on Wednesday.

The lawyer and businessman repeatedly admitted in court that he broke the law while ignoring request after request by associates to pay tax debts.

The lawmakers tell the IRS, the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the IRS watchdog the findings “reveal a shocking breach of taxpayer privacy.”

Prosecutors said the president’s son will admit to failing to pay more than $200,000 in federal income taxes, and to having a .38 Special while addicted to drugs.

Murphy, Assembly Speaker Coughlin and Senate President Scutari say homeowners 65 and older who make $500,000 or less will qualify for up to $6,500 in property tax relief.