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Americans can expect lower tax returns this year, a phenomenon which comes as inflation and broader economic volatility continue to rattle household finances.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 6:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The federal government wasted as much as $247 billion in payment errors during fiscal year 2022, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office released at the end of last month.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 11:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
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More than 21 million Americans who filed paper tax returns have still not seen their refunds, according to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) report.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 9:33 am
By: Daily Wire
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The economy is rigged, but not in the way Bernie Sanders thinks — capitalism is not the problem.
Published: Thursday, May 6th, 2021 @ 7:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump at Spirit of America Showcase
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 @ 11:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Did Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) smoke marijuana in college, or while she was arresting people for minor drug offenses?
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 8:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Starting in 2011, North Carolina lawmakers have implemented transformational changes resulting in a strong and growing economy
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2018 @ 4:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week saw Senator Burr campaign throughout the state, speaking to county Republican groups and touring North Carolina businesses.
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 9:25 am
By: Russell Allen
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bills into law today.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 12:39 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Government of Beaufort County meets every month for at least one general meeting to discuss and act on the county's business.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 10:59 am
By: Christopher Maye
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The Senate Education and Higher Education Committee on Tuesday took a step toward returning money to charter schools that got sidetracked when lawmakers changed the spending formula years ago.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2015 @ 2:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I never thought I’d see the Democrat Party actually be able to get to the right of Republicans on taxes.
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 11:37 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Gov. Pat McCrory and some leading N.C. lawmakers have taken contrasting positions over taxes and economic development - two topics that are sure to bring many more arguments before budget negotiations or the legislative session are over.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 8:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown (R-Onslow) introduced legislation on Monday to reform the state sales tax system. The state levies a 4.75 percent sales tax, while counties levy an additional two percent. The two percent is the focus of the bill, and is currently composed of three different...
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 3:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory yesterday released his budget proposal for the next biennium. In odd-numbered years like this one, the legislature passes a two-year budget plan, and the following year will make adjustments to the second year of the plan.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Legislators are spinning us that a lot of road work needs to be done statewide, but there just isn't enough money out there to do it.
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 2:45 am
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina lawmakers will return to the state capital later in January with a lengthy agenda, including taking another crack at Medicaid reform, considering a $1 billion highway bond, and tackling what recent projections reveal to be a $190 million revenue shortfall.
Published: Monday, January 5th, 2015 @ 6:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to the latest monthly report from State Controller Linda Combs, the state of North Carolina has collected about $6.5 billion in General Fund revenue during the first four months of the 2014-15 fiscal year. That's a lot of money. But it's almost $400 million less than what the state...
Published: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 @ 11:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, July 7, 2014
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory signed several bills Tuesday
Published: Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 @ 9:36 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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At a news conference at a Raleigh NCWorks office today, Governor Pat McCrory praised the drastic reduction of North Carolina’s unemployment insurance debt to the federal government, which dropped by approximately $1.5 billion since January 2013, when the obligation stood at $2.6 billion. The govern
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 6:32 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Thursday, April 17th, 2014 @ 2:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two Honduran men living illegally in eastern North Carolina each will spend more than four years in federal prison for their roles in a scheme to collect millions of dollars in federal income tax refunds filed under fictitious identities, one of which was used to register to vote in Wake County.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Taxpayers and patients unnecessarily pay hundreds of millions of dollars in medical costs because of arcane regulations, turf-protective hospitals, and a state regulatory agency that opposes reforms, say physicians seeking legislative relief to open more doctor-owned same-day surgery and...
Published: Friday, March 28th, 2014 @ 11:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As income-tax filing season for the 2013 tax year reaches its peak, billions of dollars in fraudulent refunds continue to flow to scam artists using stolen or fabricated identities and fake dependents to take advantage of a major loophole in the way the federal government issues refunds to...
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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He sent a Qualified Domestic Relations Order During November to seize past due child support from an absent parent's retirement account. That family should have a good Christmas.
Published: Saturday, February 1st, 2014 @ 3:06 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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In late November, Phillip Brooks from the Union County community of Marshville notified Carolina Journal that his address probably was being used as part of a scheme to collect a fraudulent federal tax refund check. Marshville is the third North Carolina locality - and fourth overall in 2013 - at...
Published: Sunday, December 29th, 2013 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The liberal Larry Britt and Windy William Buonanno come to almost all the Beaufort County Commissioner meetings these days, and sit on the back row with somber scowling faces.
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 @ 7:00 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Clinton residents Angela Christina Lainez-Flores, 44, and her daughter Karen Mejia, 23, both citizens of Honduras, pleaded guilty as charged in a conspiracy to defraud the federal government through the filing of false income tax refunds.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 10:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Long Island, N.Y., woman has spent nearly two years trying to convince the Internal Revenue Service and the U. S. Postal Service that persons with...
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2013 @ 1:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate tax writers stepped closer Monday to reform proposals adopted by their House counterparts. The Senate Finance Committee's actions lifted hopes that a compromise could be pieced together before the General Assembly adjourns this summer.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 @ 4:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax reform legislation working its way through the General Assembly could affect a Taxpayer Bill of Rights measure originally intended to return...
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2013 @ 10:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With more than 40 counties having already adopted budgets for 2013-14, the NCACC is urging legislators to adopt a tax reform plan that does not negatively impact county revenues.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 6:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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