State Income Tax

Here we are less than six months away from the "fiscal cliff" and Congress shows little sign of pulling the country back from the brink. The fiscal cliff is the result of the Bush-era tax cuts expiring at year's end combined with $1.2 trillion in...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan taxpayers could get enough back from the state to pay for a fast-food lunch — or two if they’re thrifty — under a measure approved Wednesday by the state House that aims to accelerate a pending income...

High-earners in Maryland will feel a financial pinch as employers start withholding more money from paychecks to accommodate the higher income tax rates approved by the General Assembly in May and signed into law by Gov.Martin O'Malley. The tax...

The Taxpayers Protection Alliance, a Virginia-based nonprofit that advocates nationally for lower taxes and smaller government, has been running radio ads in the Baltimore area with a simple message: Don't give gaming companies a big tax break. That...

Gov. Martin O'Malley used his State of the State address Wednesday to make his case for his most ambitious legislative agenda since taking office. Now comes the hard job of selling it. In an upbeat, 33-minute speech to both chambers of the General...

Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to make a personal, perhaps quixotic pitch Wednesday for what could be the least popular proposal in Annapolis this year: raising the tax on gasoline. The governor is scheduled to testify before House and Senate...

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback outlined his agenda for 2012 during his second State of the State Address Wednesday night. Brownback began his address by saying he is “bullish” on the future. The Republican described Kansas as a state in...

Reducing income and sales taxes requires Kansas legislators to have faith that the cuts will stimulate economic growth as advertised, as even the most solid projections involve some guesswork. A disagreement last week between the Le gislature's...

A Maryland family making more than $175,000 will pay at least $254 more in income taxes this year under a revenue-raising plan the Maryland General Assembly is expected to take up when it convenes for special session on Monday. The same family of joint...

Republican lawmakers opened Monday's special session with a roar of protest, denouncing Gov. Martin O'Malley as a liar and vowing to fight the majority Democrats' plans to raise income taxes and shift part of the cost of teacher pensions to the counties....

A carefully choreographed strategy to raise state income taxes to stave off so-called doomsday budget cuts faces a challenge in the General Assembly after several Democrats defied party leaders with a proposal to raise the sales tax instead. The...

The General Assembly's speedy embrace of Gov. Martin O'Malley's income tax increases this week cleaned up a political mess in Annapolis, but the rate hikes could come back to haunt the Democrat if he seeks national office when his time in the governor's...