Taxes

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 […]

Across the nation, identity thieves are using legitimate information to scam honest taxpayers, and frequently posing as the IRS to do so.

Many do-it-yourself filers could pay about the same to have a credentialed tax expert do them, and still get their refund in about the same time, and with the peace of mind of real professional guidance.

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.

The Blackbaud Index shows overall giving was up 2 percent, while online giving grew 11 percent.

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.

Ohio announced sweeping changes Friday to its 2-year-old Save the Dream program, making it easier for struggling homeowners to get financial help.

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.