Tax Foundation calls New Mexico tax ranking respectable

Tax Foundation calls New Mexico tax ranking respectable

Sherry Robinson  |  All She WroteLet’s start with the good news: New Mexico is number one on an important ranking. We have the nation’s lowest property taxes, and they’ve been the lowest for a long time.The reason goes back in history to the 1800s, when New Mexicans lost land to tax sales because they didn’t … Read more

MADSEN: Cut corporate income taxes massively to increase growth, prosperity

MADSEN: Cut corporate income taxes massively to increase growth, prosperity

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Columnists Published Jun 07, 2024  •  Last updated 8 hours ago  •  2 minute read Photo by file /Getty Images Article content The federal Liberal government’s current budget proposal budget proposal to increase the inclusion rate for capital gains tax was met with justifiable criticism and opposition — primarily from business groups. … Read more

Finance minister proposes income tax exemption for freelancers

Finance minister proposes income tax exemption for freelancers

Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali proposed income tax exemption for freelancers in the proposed 2024-25 financial year budget. “As a supporter of building Smart Bangladesh, I propose to exempt from tax the income arising from any of the following business activities of a resident individual or a non-resident Bangladeshi natural person, for three years, on … Read more

Pressing Political Hot Spots for Boards

Pressing Political Hot Spots for Boards

Tax Policy The differences in proposed tax policy between the presumptive presidential candidates, at this point, in the two main parties — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — are vast, according to Garrett Watson, senior policy analyst with Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy think tank. “The differences between what (the candidates) … Read more

Mass. tax collections were down $260M in May

Mass. tax collections were down $260M in May

Massachusetts collected $260 million less in tax revenue in May. But the state is still ahead of projections for the year as lawmakers head into the final furlong of budget season.The state collected nearly $2.5 billion last month, according to new state Revenue Department data. That’s 9.6% less than actual collections in May 2023, and … Read more

Transcript: The billionaires’ tax

Transcript: The billionaires’ tax

Unhedged podcast episode: ‘The billionaires’ tax’[MUSIC PLAYING]Robert ArmstrongThe G20 group, which represents the world’s largest economies, is discussing a billionaires’ tax for the first time. Today on the show, why are the very, very rich so very, very rich? Is it a problem and what should we do about it? This is Unhedged, the finance … Read more

House Republicans mull future of tax cuts, IRA credits

House Republicans mull future of tax cuts, IRA credits

House Republicans hoping to extend the 2017 tax cuts are beginning to systematically examine tax provisions in the Democrats’ landmark climate law. Whether those climate provisions will land on the chopping block remains to be seen. On Wednesday, a Ways and Means Committee “tax team” focused on manufacturing and energy will meet for the first … Read more

Eastchester accountants plead guilty in scheme that helped corporate clients avoid taxes

Eastchester accountants plead guilty in scheme that helped corporate clients avoid taxes

GannettJonathan Bandler, Rockland/Westchester Journal NewsJune 5, 2024 at 8:47 PMTwo Eastchester accountants have admitted their roles in a tax fraud scheme that allowed corporate clients to avoid tax liabilty by sending company checks to the accountants and getting cash in return that they never reported.Jack Sardis, 66, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, pleaded guilty Wednesday … Read more

Interest in NFTs fading, number of active wallets drops

Interest in NFTs fading, number of active wallets drops

The last two years have been rough for the NFT market, and 2024 doesn’t look much better. With falling sales and investors losing appetite for digital artwork, market projections became less optimistic, showing only a modest 2.6% annual growth by 2028, twenty times less than this year. Moreover, the entire market faces a substantial user … Read more