August 6, 2026
Tax

Wheel Tax Proposed in Wausau as 2025 Budget Takes Shape | WSAU News/Talk 550 AM · 99.9 FM

Wausau City Hall. MWC photo by Mike Leischner Reduction Summary 2025 WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — The City of Wausau could be next in line for a wheel tax as leaders debate the details of the 2025 budget. According to a memo released Friday evening by Mayor Doug Diny the $25 wheel tax on registered vehicles

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Donald Trump has made at least 10 new tax cut promises. Can he keep any of them?

It was at a recent campaign stop when — for the second time in as many days — Donald Trump revealed a new and potentially expensive tax promise. The topic du jour was a call to make car loan interest fully tax deductible. The day before, he’d promised another cut for Americans who live abroad.

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Promising Tax Cuts To All, Trump & Harris Are Acting Very Responsibly

TOPSHOT – US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands … [+] with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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FX week in review: Germany CFDs tax relief, Freetrade loss, Devexperts CEO change

It was a week of across-the-spectrum news in the FX and CFDs trading industry – tax law changes, regulatory moves, broker results, management changes, and lots more. What new tax law (or, more correctly, repealing of a tax law put into place in 2020) is likely to provide a serious push forward to the CFDs

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North Little Rock School District asking voters for property tax increase for construction projects

While the North Little Rock School District awaits the Nov. 5 election when voters will determine whether to approve a proposed 4-mill property tax increase to fund a capital improvement project, lessons learned from 12 years ago are shaping priority and budgetary decisions for the district’s Board of Education. Dorothy Williams — current vice president

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Walz earns an F for handling taxpayers’ money. Voters beware

One can only imagine that Tim Walz would bring his brand of Midwestern socialism with him to the White House, if given the chance. JD Vance, Tim Walz surrogates ‘spin’ VP debate performances Democratic and Republican surrogates took to the spin room following the vice presidential debate to give reaction. Tim Walz has already told

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Reeves to ‘tax businesses’ and Sir Chris Hoyle’s terminal cancer diagnosis

BBC Rachel Reeves’ plans for the upcoming Budget is splashed across several front pages this weekend, including the Observer. Here policy editor Mark Savage reports the Chancellor is likely to increase national insurance contributions for employers to the tune of £9bn “to fund extra resources for the NHS”. The paper’s second lead focuses on a

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Rachel Reeves will tax businesses to plug £9bn black hole in NHS | Tax and spending

Rachel Reeves is set to use one of the most pivotal budgets of recent times to call on businesses to pay more tax to help restore the NHS, amid warnings that the health service has been left with a £9bn hole in its finances. The chancellor is expected to stake her reputation on a tax-­raising

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Social Security’s Tax Rules Should Change Next Year. Here’s Why They Won’t.

Social Security imposes taxes on benefits for people who earn above a certain income — and that income threshold hasn’t changed for decades. Many changes are happening to Social Security in 2025. Retirees are getting a cost-of-living adjustment and those who are under full retirement age are allowed to earn a little more money from

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Boston business community accepts city’s property tax shift

The following is a letter sent to House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka. On behalf of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, NAIOP Massachusetts, and the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, we write regarding H.4942, An Act relative to property tax classification in the city of Boston. Our organizations

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