Taxes
$3B budget surplus for January
The United States posted a $3B federal budget surplus for the month of January, marking the first surplus in about five years.
ObamaCare: Cost of insurance in California health exchange
Paving the way for the 2014 opening of California’s online insurance marketplace, officials on Wednesday rolled out the standard benefits that must be included in each policy and detailed what policies would cost for all those eligible for federal subsidies. A married couple with an annual income of $62,040, for instance, would pay $491 a […]
New York payroll provider gets 30 months in prison
A man who was supposed to pay federal income taxes on behalf of several small business owners but didn't is going to prison for up 30 months.
Shorter tax filing season has some tax preparers scrambling, taxpayers waiting on income tax refunds
Tax preparers across the country are quickly getting into the busy time of the year: Tax season.
Pennsylvania lawyer indicted for tax evasion
A federal grand jury indicted the legal advocate for children in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania on charges of tax evasion and filing two false federal income tax returns stemming from her failure to report payments she received from parents.
Pennsylvanians want private business alcohol sales
Pennsylvania voters want the state to privatize the sale of wine and liquor. That's the result of a new survey by the Commonwealth Foundation.
Oklahoma income tax collections up 10%
Rising income tax receipts helped lift Oklahoma tax revenue collections in January to 10.2 percent more than the same month a year ago, state finance officials said Tuesday.
CPA Select for TurboTax is also good for CPAs
TurboTax this year unveiled a product called CPA select. While this has some benefits for consumers who want a CPA to do their taxes but don’t want to guess at what the cost will be, there are some benefits for up-and-coming CPA firms as well: