Taxes
Abigail Disney thinks rich people (like herself and Warren Buffett) should pay more taxes.
1 month ago
A Pro Publica report on how much U.S. billionaires pay in taxes, and (surprise) it's a lot less than you and I pay.
1 month ago
It is little surprise that New York had the highest state income tax collections per capita in 2019.
2 months ago
Although the percentage of U.S. adult smokers has declined in recent years, states still rake in enormous revenues from taxes on cigarette sales.
2 months ago
A new analysis forecasts taxes from marijuana sales by state, and California appears to be the big winner.
2 months ago
The state with the highest average income tax refund is Delaware, which attracts many businesses because of its corporate-friendly tax laws.
3 months ago
In 2019, the average state and local tax burden was more than 10% of income, but this figure varied widely from state to state.
3 months ago
A new paper suggests that the top 1% of U.S. earners are paying far less than their fair share of taxes. In fact, they are evading taxes.
4 months ago
Not included among 75 tech company CEOs who signed a pledge to pay their "fair" share of taxes to support the Tech for Good initiative were Tim Cook of Apple and Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com.
7 months ago
The Congressional Budget Office publishes each year a nonpartisan long-term projection of what it expects will be seen in federal deficits, debt, spending, and revenues. The annual report looks out...
10 months ago
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Three U.S. Senators have proposed a one-time tax on a handful of billionaires whose wealth greatly increased during the pandemic, including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. The money would help fund...
11 months ago
Due to the spread of coronavirus, some current federal tax receipts of about $4 trillion a year will be pushed out a year from 2020 due to rescue plans.
1 year ago
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One of the biggest concerns in the financial markets at this time is that governments and central banks have few obvious policy tools to help keep their economies going if what was seen in China...
1 year ago
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Investors of Aurora Cannabis, like investors everywhere, are an impatient lot. Wall Street expects profits, and none of these marijuana companies is anywhere near profitability.
1 year ago
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About three-quarters of the Fortune 500 companies made a profit in 2018. Among those profitable companies, 91 paid no taxes at all and another 56 paid less than 5%. The statutory rate for corporate...
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