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California voters approved Proposition 19 in November 2020, which updates California’s long-standing property tax reassessment rules. There are two major provisions of Prop 19: Read More.

California voters approved Proposition 19 in November 2020, which updates California’s long-standing property tax reassessment rules. There are two major provisions of Prop 19: Read More.

President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats signaled they’re intent on a large pandemic relief bill, potentially without Republican support, even after a White House meeting with GOP senators on Monday that both sides described as productive. Read More.

Even within President Joe Biden’s White House, there’s debate about how to meet his promise to issue Americans another $1,400 each in stimulus checks. Read More.

The biggest story on Wall Street this week hasn’t been the challenging employment numbers or disappointing corporate earnings. Read More.

To those of us who don’t live in the D.C. area and profit from the income tax system, it is hard to find much to like about the federal income tax. People correctly complain: Read More.

The year ahead will be full of tax uncertainties in the U.S. and internationally, ranging from digital taxes and carbon taxes to possible tax hikes under the Biden administration. Read More.

President Joe Biden promised over and over again on the 2020 campaign trail that he would not raise taxes on any American making less than $400,000 per year. Read More.

Democrats in both chambers of Congress on Tuesday reintroduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time since 2009, setting a $15 an hour target by 2025. Read More.

The number of gig workers in America has been growing in recent years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated that trend. Before the pandemic, around 41 million Americans were already classified as gig workers (defined as independent contractors or other non-traditional form of employment). Read More.

Legislators want to halt continued push for decoupling legislation and the higher taxes it would force on struggling Illinois businesses. Read More.

🇺🇸 The Grassroots Corner - Week Ending 1/25/21: “Call to Action: The Keith Hanson Show” Read More.

Nebraska’s tax system is completely broken. Nebraska is the worst state in the nation for the inheritance tax, the seventh worst state for property taxes and only Wisconsin beats Nebraska in terms of the number of farm and ranch bankruptcies. Read More.

The agency will start accepting returns on Feb. 12, about two weeks later than usual. But you still have to file by April 15. Read More.

An article by economist Milton Ezrati discussed some of the likely income/payroll tax code changes that the Biden administration will be seeking. Read More.