EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from the perennial “free tax filing” editorial we run each year. The information has been updated. And just like that, […]
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Do you trust IRS to do your taxes?
When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail. That’s the gist of critics’ arguments against the creation of a government-run tax preparation service. In short, the […]
Read Biden’s lips: More new taxes
President Joe Biden has announced he will raise “some taxes” in the budget he is proposing this week to Congress. Biden again claims no one making less […]
Tax cut bill is now in House hands
CHARLESTON — The state Senate passed a broad-ranging tax bill in a flash on Saturday. Now it’s in the hands of the House of Delegates, which could […]
Senators tout tax proposal as responsible, comprehensive
Senate President Craig Blair is feeling pretty good about the rollout of a new tax proposal estimated at $600 million. Senators introduced and passed a bill that […]
Senate Finance on tax bill, as it sits: ‘It’s ‘a no-go, D.O.A.’
Delegates sent an income tax cut bill rocketing out on a 95-2 vote toward the Senate, where the Finance Committee chairman says it has no chance of […]
Governor’s tax plans prompt reactions
A couple of weeks ago, Gov. Jim Justice and state Senate leaders weren’t in the same ballpark on changing the state’s tax code. Now they’re at least […]
Education, PEIA, DHHR, on list for Legislative session
Today marks the start of the West Virginia Legislature’s regular session. “The time that we’ll spend here in the next 60 days together goes by really, really […]
Amendment 2 on personal property taxes defeated
CHARLESTON — Amendment 2, the hottest issue on West Virginia ballots, was defeated on Election Night. “It was an absolute, ill-fated idea,” said Gov. Jim Justice, who […]
Money, money, money: State’s surplus continues to grow
The surplus money just keeps piling up in West Virginia’s treasury. The just-released revenue figures for the first four months of the 2023 fiscal year show the […]