Taxes

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema finally supported the huge climate change and health care measure, but almost derailed it at the last minute.

The Senator from Arizona reassured business interests that she’s there to kill Build Back Better and protect Trump’s tax breaks.

Ken Paxton called President Biden’s support of transgender youth “shocking and sad.”

An opinion columnist recently argued that to save Earth, society will need “a few more Greta Thunbergs,” but “a lot more Elon Musks.” That would have the opposite effect.

“This is a fair thing to do,” said one tax expert about the provision in the larger spending bill full of Democratic Party priorities.

Lax enforcement of IRS policies allow anti-LGBTQ hate groups and white nationalists to masquerade as tax-exempt charities, saving them millions in taxes.

Even though they aren’t really churches, various organizations are taking advantage of tax laws to hide expenditures and salaries from the public.

The bill would return up to $67 million to gay and lesbian taxpayers and remove gendered language from the tax code.

Rep. Richard Hudson promised to “explore” the tax exempt status of the NCAA and ACC after they cancelled championship games in the state. Gov. McCrory brought it up as well.

Lawmakers have sent a tax conformity bill back to the drawing board because it would have removed an unenforceable rule banning joint returns from same-sex couples.

Straight couples simply copy numbers from one form to another. But that doesn’t work for same-sex couples reporting combined incomes, deductions and exemptions on their federal tax returns. These couples must untangle their finances on many state returns, where they are still considered single.

Delta Air Lines became the first major air carrier Thursday to make same-sex domestic partners whole for additional income taxes they owe for health care plans.

WASHINGTON — A federal court has ordered the U.S. government to pay $50,000 to the National Organization for Marriage after the group claimed that confidential donor information from its tax returns was “leaked” to an activist and later published by the Human Rights Campaign and the Huffington Post.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The state of Pennsylvania is asking a county judge to dismiss an inheritance tax lawsuit brought by a lesbian widow.

RICHMOND, Va. — An advocacy group is calling for changes to Virginia’s tax law. Married same-sex couples in Virginia can file joint tax returns with the federal government but not with Virginia.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples by denying them equal access to a property tax exemption for senior citizens and disabled veterans.

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s largest LGBT advocacy group is holding a rally to protest a new state tax policy regarding same-sex couples.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Gay and lesbian activists are protesting North Carolina’s ban against same-sex marriage as they file their income tax statements.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri judge on Friday denied a request for a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit challenging Gov. Jay Nixon’s directive allowing legally married same-sex couples to file joint state tax returns.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Officials don’t know whether any same-sex couples have filed joint Missouri tax returns since Gov. Jay Nixon directed the Revenue Department last fall to permit it for those legally married in another state, a state attorney said Thursday in court.