The bombshell revelations that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for office and paid no income taxes at all in many others threaten to undercut a pillar of his appeal among blue-collar voters and provide a new opening for his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, on the eve of the first presidential debate.
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President Donald Trump’s attorney faced a rough Friday morning at the Second Circuit where a three-judge panel appeared inclined to let a Manhattan grand jury access his tax returns for an ongoing fraud investigation.
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The European Commission said Friday it is appealing a court decision that Apple doesn’t have to repay $15 billion in back taxes to Ireland.
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The president’s niece Mary Trump sued her commander-in-chief uncle and his siblings, accusing them in a blistering complaint Thursday morning of fraudulently cheating her out of her inheritance.
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Subpoenaed as part of the New York attorney general’s investigation, Eric Trump failed Wednesday to put off being interviewed about how the president’s assets were described on financial statements that the Trump Organization used to secure loans and various tax benefits.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Years in the making, a plan to tinker with California’s iconic property tax code and raise
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday on governments not to “throw away” economic stimulus funds by supporting fossil fuel industries that contribute to global warming.
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A California ballot measure that would drastically reform how commercial properties are taxed has the support of the majority of state residents who plan to vote in November, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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In a unanimous decision, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Lake Erie island’s tax on rental vehicles, including bicycles and golf carts, does not violate the state constitution.
Read moreMendel Goldstein, the brother of Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was injured in the Poway synagogue shooting, pleaded guilty in a federal court to tax evasion conspiracy charges. The brothers hid money by depositing it into synagogue accounts.
Read moreThe Second Circuit reversed a ruling that had blocked the enforcement of part of New York’s Opioid Stewardship Act, which requires opioid manufacturers and distributors to collectively pay $100 million annually to support statewide programs that provide opioid treatment, recovery, prevention and education services.
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Calling a property tax reform intended to spur billions in new education funding “long-overdue,” California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday endorsed a ballot measure critics claim equates to a death knell for Main Street.
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The California Supreme Court on Wednesday freed up millions of dollars for San Francisco’s homeless relief programs by refusing to review a decision upholding a special business tax approved by voters in 2018.
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The Second Circuit paused enforcement of subpoenas seeking President Donald Trump’s tax returns and other financial records for an ongoing grand jury investigation, in a brief ruling on Tuesday.
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Bond hearings were held Thursday for five powerful men accused of arms trafficking in El Salvador, with the court agreeing to release the defendants without conditions before trial.
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Hong Kong on Thursday accused America of using the city as a pawn in ties with China as it slammed a U.S. decision to withdraw from three accords on extradition and taxation.
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Describing the White House’s expansive view of executive power as dangerous to democracy, a federal judge on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s second attempt to scuttle the probe of his finances in New York.
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Attributing the move to its concern over China’s trampling of human rights, the Trump administration on Wednesday ended three agreements with Hong Kong targeting extradition arrangements as well as tax exemptions.
Read moreThe Texas comptroller’s “pole tax” rule for businesses that offer “live nude entertainment” and allow the consumption of alcohol on their premises is valid under the Administrative Procedures Act, a Texas appeals court ruled. An association of “bikini/latex clubs” challenged the rule, arguing the opaque latex the entertainers use does not reveal “any statutorily specified body part.”
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened Tuesday to block cities from raising property tax rates if they defund their police departments, taking aim at Austin officials who cut their police budget by a third last week and shifted the money to social programs.
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