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Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
January 12, 2013
Pennsylvania Income Tax E-Filing Underway
Pennsylvania residents who file personal income tax returns were able to begin filing electronically for the 2012 tax year this week, despite the delay until Jan 30 for federal 1040 returns. Taxpayers using the combined Federal/State e-file service will need to wait until the end of the month.
January 11, 2013
National taxpayer Advocate focuses on tax reform, ID theft, IRS funding
The IRS's National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson released her 2012 annual report to Congress on Wednesday, identifying the need for tax reform as the overriding priority in tax administration.
January 11, 2013
FedEx donates Boeing 727 to College Aviation Science program
FedEx Express has donated a Boeing 727-200F to California Baptist University for use by its new aviation science program. The cargo jet made its final taxi today after landing at the Riverside Municipal Airport. The aircraft will be on permanent display at the airport and will provide a working laboratory for aviation science students.
January 10, 2013
California reports budget surplus
After more than a decade of financial strife, teacher cutbacks, employees paid with IOUs and the recall of one governor, California Governor Jerry Brown unveiled the state's latest finances. The surprise for many: A budget surplus of about $851 million.
January 10, 2013
Tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements reinstated
Federal tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements are back. Reinstatement of the popular credits was a little-noticed part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act, the last-minute legislation that kept America from tumbling over the fiscal cliff at the start of the year.
January 10, 2013
Virginia proposal complicates Maryland’s gas tax debate
The governor of Virginia has thrown a new wrinkle into a Maryland debate by calling for abolition of the commonwealth’s gas tax and increasing the sales tax to pay for roads and transit, a move that would alter the competitive balance between the two states. This week’s proposal by Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, is...…
January 10, 2013
Texas sales tax revenues climb by 9.4%
Texas saw its sales tax collections rise again in December, with revenue of $2.17 billion, an increase of 9.4 percent over the same month last year, the state comptroller's office said Wednesday.
January 10, 2013
Gov. Rick Scott wants taxes eliminated for new equipment to rev up manufacturing
On his way into the Vistakon manufacturing plant in Jacksonville, Florida Governor Rick Scott went past heavy equipment operators building a new parking lot for the expanding campus.
January 10, 2013
With rising state revenues, Texas legislature considering tax breaks
An unexpected boost in state revenue has prompted the state's Republican leadership to embrace the possibility of tax relief during the just-started 83rd Legislature, but critics of the idea say the money should first be used to restore state services that underwent deep cuts two years ago.
January 10, 2013
Tax ‘simplification’ in Arizona could cause havoc for some towns
Some cities and towns in southern Arizona say the recommendations by the Arizona Tax Simplification Task Force could them millions of dollars.
January 10, 2013
Accountant explains why IRS delay will impact so many
We narrowly avoided going over the fiscal cliff earlier this month, but Congress' down-to-the-wire decision making has had an unsavory side effect.
January 9, 2013
Late start to tax season: IRS plans Jan. 30 opening day for 1040 returns, late Feb for more complex filers
Tax filing season to start Jan. 30, but late February for more complex returns