Tax
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Fairfax County meal tax proposed
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Fairfax County Supervisors are floating the idea of up to a four percent meal tax, to be levied on restaurants, bars, and convenience stores - if enough of their business is prepared food - and even salad bars at grocery stores.
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Likely tax cheats flock South, West
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A new study by the National Taxpayer Advocate used confidential IRS data to show large clusters of potential tax cheats in five metropolitan areas.
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Maryland film production tax credit increase passes House
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The Maryland House of Delegates has approved more than tripling a tax credit for film production to $25 million for the next fiscal year.
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Maryland online sales tax bill dies in House committee
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A bill that was aimed at allowing the state of Maryland to collect sales tax on online purchases has died in a House of Delegates committee, the Gazette reports.
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McDonnell pitches transportation sales tax plan
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell wants to eliminate the state's 17.5-cent per gallon gas tax and replace it with a sales tax increase of nearly a penny on the dollar.
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Fiscal cliff countdown: New Obama offer moves toward Boehner, sources say
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Speaking a few hours after Obama and Boehner met at the White House, these people said the president was now seeking a higher tax rate beginning at incomes over $400,000, up from the levels of $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for couples that were cornerstones of his successful campaign for re-election.
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Tax season: Experts brace for repeat of scammers
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Tax season is right around the corner and already privacy experts are bracing for a repeat of a huge problem: scammers stealing your name and social security number and using them to file false returns.
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Grover Norquist: Some GOP lawmakers now reject tax pledge
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Grover Norquist, the head of the conservative Americans for Tax Reform, opposes tax increases of any kind, whether eliminating deductions, a position some GOP lawmakers say they're open to, or raising rates.
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Maryland unemployment insurance tax will lower
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Martin O'Malley said Monday that many business owners will pay at least $100 less annually per employee, compared to about $187 they pay annually now.
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Fairfax County car tax website fails
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The website that allows Fairfax County residents to pay their annual car tax has crashed on the day the taxes are due. Friday is the deadline for county residents to pay their annual personal property tax, commonly known as the car tax.
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D.C. Council debates commuter tax
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Of the city’s 31,000 employees, 42 percent live in the city and 58 percent don’t.
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Mitt Romney releases 2011 tax return
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Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid $1.94 million in federal taxes on last year's income of $13.7 million, for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent, his campaign said Friday.
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Frederick County to issue $100 property tax rebates
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Frederick County homeowners will be getting some property tax relief this year.
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Tax day arrives: Local post offices extend hours
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The April 17 tax deadline has arrived and a number of post offices in the Washington region will be open later to assist tax-payers will mailing last-minute returns.
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D.C.'s tax day deadline is April 17
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Residents in D.C. have one more day to finish their taxes before the April 17th deadline.
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Senate gives initial OK to doubling Md. flush tax
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The Maryland Senate has given preliminary approval to doubling the state's "flush tax."
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New Loudoun County budget cuts property tax
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The Loudoun Board of Supervisors had adopted a nearly $1.8 billion fiscal 2013 plan that will cut the property tax rate.
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Maryland seniors tax mistake: Maryland seniors told they owe more taxes in error
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Over the last two weeks, thousands of Maryland senior citizens received letters from the Maryland comptroller's office saying that they owe more taxes than they paid.
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