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Proposal to Raise Income Tax in Pennsylvania

Jun. 16, 2009
Facing a revenue shortfall this year, Gov. Edward G. Rendell proposed temporarily raising the personal income tax rate by 16 percent for the next three years.
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China to reduce income tax

BEIJING, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Chinese government's head economist, Zhou Qiren, said Friday that the country's legislative body has agreed to tax reductions to stimulate the economy.

Top Canadian earners pay most taxes

TORONTO, April 23 (UPI) -- The top 10 percent of Canadian wage earners carried more than half the nation's federal personal income tax load, 53 percent, in 2002.

Lithuania aims for 24 pct flat tax by 2008

VILNIUS, Lithuania, March 24 (UPI) -- The Lithuanian government may phase in a flat rate income tax of 24 percent by 2008, Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas said Thursday.

Congressional groups find taxes equitable

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The Congressional Joint Economic Committee said Thursday all U.S. taxpayers have benefited from the Bush administration tax cuts. The Congressional Budget Office study on tax rates "shows the benefit of tax relief for all taxpayers," said Rep. Jim Saxton,

NJ legislature approves tax on wealthy

TRENTON, N.J., June 22 (UPI) -- The New Jersey legislature has approved a "millionaire's tax" expected to increase state revenues by $800 million in the next year.

Bulgaria plans to slash corporate taxes

SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 27 (UPI) -- The Bulgarian government plans to slash corporate tax rates to 15 percent, the Trud newspaper reported Tuesday.

Paterno commits to oppose tax hikes

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania Republican Congressional candidate Scott Paterno pledged Thursday to oppose any effort to increase marginal income tax rates.

'Business activity tax' pushed

FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 22 (UPI) --

Calif. gov seeks higher sales, income tax

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10 (UPI) --

Disposable income drops

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Personal income increased $0.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $86.7 billion, or 1.1 percent, in September, according to a Thursday release from the the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler