Taxes

 Greatland Acquires ExpressTaxForms.com and ExpressChecks.com

February 5, 2013 

Greatland Acquires ExpressTaxForms.com and ExpressChecks.com

Greatland Corporation has acquired the brands ExpressTaxForms.com and ExpressChecks.com from Portland, Ore.-based Express Internet Companies. Both are online organizations which provide small and mid-size businesses with W-2 and 1099 forms, as well as custom checks and other banking forms. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ExpressTaxForms.com and ExpressChecks.com have been in operation since 1997...…

 Pennsylvania man gets 6 months for tax evasion

February 5, 2013 

Pennsylvania man gets 6 months for tax evasion

A Somerset County (Pennsylvania) man was sentenced Monday to six months in prison followed by three years on probation for dodging more than $120,000 in federal income taxes over a three-year period.

 Texas considering legalized slots and casino gambling?

February 4, 2013 

Texas considering legalized slots and casino gambling?

Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, has filed a bill to let Texans vote on allowing a limited number of legal gambling sites in Texas -- slot machines at horse and greyhound racetracks, and Las Vegas-style casinos in urban areas, on Indian tribal land and in tourist destinations on islands in the Gulf of Mexico.

 Some Wisconsin taxpayers may see breaks

February 4, 2013 

Some Wisconsin taxpayers may see breaks

Wisconsin taxpayers who pay for college tuition, health insurance or child care -- and those who lose money at the gambling table -- may be eligible for bigger breaks on their state taxes this year.