News that some small businesses face a 1,100-percent increase in unemployment compensation taxes has shocked business leaders. For Mike and Dawn Carlson, the sting feels a little worse. ...more

February 12, 2010

The couple's case highlights the reality of unemployment and the unemployment compensation system in Florida: all businesses in Florida are bearing the pain of making the system solvent again. ...more

February 4, 2010

Higher taxes are not a worry for most workers because President Barack Obama has promised many times in clear language that taxes won't go up on the middle class. ...more

January 10, 2010

Citigroup and other banks starting to repay the billions of dollars they borrowed from the government are getting another boost as they exit the bailout program: Billions more in tax breaks. ...more

December 17, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board gave initial approval Tuesday evening to a budget of nearly $1.2 billion for 2009-10. ...more

July 29, 2009

TOP 10 DELINQUENT HOMEOWNERS These 10 Hillsborough County homeowners have the highest unpaid tax bills for 2008: ...more

May 26, 2009

Military personnel deployed overseas would get an additional tax break on their primary homes under a ballot proposal the Florida House has unanimously passed. ...more

April 23, 2009

President Obama's proposal to limit the tax deductibility of charitable contributions would effectively transfer more than $7 billion a year from the nation's charitable institutions to the federal government. But the high-income taxpayers affected by the rule change are likely to cut their charitable giving by as much as the increase in their tax bills, which would, ironically, leave their remaining income and personal consumption unchanged. ...more

March 29, 2009

President Barack Obama's proposal to limit the tax deductibility of charitable contributions would effectively transfer more than $7 billion a year from the nation's charitable institutions to the federal government. But the high-income taxpayers affected by the rule change are likely to cut their charitable giving by as much as the increase in their tax bills, which would, ironically, leave their remaining income and personal consumption unchanged. ...more

March 29, 2009

The prospect for getting the permit soon to build a new section at the county landfill is brighter, but still far from certain, Utilities Director Joe Stapf told the county commission Tuesday. ...more

March 11, 2009