Tax

When April data becomes available in about a month, it is expected to beging showing the full force of the shutdown of nationwide economic activity.

Sales taxes are a pillar of the Texas state budget, and the usually stable revenue source has taken a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic.

When lawmakers cast the final vote on the 2021 budget, they won’t have updated revenue projections but other states and industries do.

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act continues to influence the composition of the municipal bond market.

The stock market plunge amid the COVID-19 pandemic increases the risk of a revenue shock for California and other states that depend on capital gains taxes.

The sales tax that funded the Wisconsin stadium construction turns off this month.

Scranton, Pa., activist Gary St. Fleur describes his group's successful suit that claimed the city was overtaxing its residents under Pennsylvania law. Paul Burton hosts.

Wisconsin Gov. Evers said he remains open to an income tax cut but only if it's accompanied with more education funding and property tax relief

Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a $42 billion general fund budget for fiscal 2020.

It has become clear that there is a widely held conviction that the property tax is not as fair and equitable as it could be.

Illinois freed up $500 million in capital funding for a University of Illinois research center that will anchor the development.

The $4.89 billion in emergency earthquake disaster aid for Puerto Rico and another $16 billion in tax breaks are likely to be scaled back in size if it’s taken up by the Senate.

After a record year of sales tax revenue, Texas continued to grow collections in the first month of 2020.

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington as well as Americans United for Separation of Church and State are objecting to that aspect of the proposed IRS regulation.

After lawmakers reversed course on a plan to lower income taxes while taxing grocery-store food, triple-A Utah will sell $450 million of GO bonds.

Gov. Andy Beshear is calling for a 1.8% increase in state spending for fiscal 2021, a plan that relies on sin taxes and sports betting revenue.

A special commission issued a series of recommendations to simplify a system that provides the city one-third of its revenue. Albany, though, must sign off.

The market awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker's fiscal 2021 budget proposal next month before turning to November's progressive income tax vote.

The governor has recommended a $54.15 billion budget amid flat state revenue collections in the current fiscal year.

The New Jersey governor is continuing his push for a tax on incomes above a million dollars after lawmakers rebuffed him during his first two years in office.