BRENHAM — The Washington County Commissioners Court unanimously voted on Tuesday to propose an increased property tax rate for the 2026 tax year, setting off a formal process to raise additional revenue for county operations.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin handed out the first $1 million of its film tax credit program since it was restarted.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is urging his successor to leave the state’s income tax alone. Year after year, Ohio has whittled down that state income tax. “For four straight budgets, I’ve signed four budgets — every one of the budgets we have reduced the income tax in the state of Ohio,” DeWine said. The governor […]
(The Center Square) – The California Fair Political Practices Commission's database of payments made to companies, organizations and government agencies shows that Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, is the legislator who requested this year's largest behested payment.
South Dakota’s new optional half-percent county sales tax is being sold as property-tax relief. It is relief only in the sense of moving money from one pocket to another. The cost of county government does not fall. The law changes who pays it. Meade, Pennington, Custer and Codington are among the counties that have enacted […]
City data shows a median-priced second home or a short-term rental in Missoula will see its city taxes increase from $1,542 to $3,510, or about 127%.
When a data center’s walls are first raised on Utah land, neighboring property owners will likely get some tax relief. That break, however, is likely to be temporary. The enormous property values of data centers often carry complex tax questions for the municipalities that host them, a Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute brief says. What […]
A new state law prohibits merchants from adding surcharges to debit card transactions, but critics say the ban actually benefits the banks and credit card companies that created the fees. Supporters of Act 751, which took effect Aug. 1, have promoted the measure as a consumer protection law that bars merchants from imposing surcharges specifically […]
TEXARKANA, Texas -- Shelves were starting to empty at Texarkana's Target store on the final day of the Texas Sales Tax Holiday.
(The Center Square) – State tax collectors in New York will be thumbing over data provided to New York City as part of its new tax on second homes in an effort to root out tax cheats.
