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A new study finds that Wisconsin's tax burden has dropped to a 30-year low.
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Read More »Lingering limbo: Businesses uncertain about tax law impact
Five months after massive federal tax changes became law, many small business owners still don't know whether they'll be winners or losers.
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Read More »View from around the state: Don’t run up the deficit for a tax cut
House Speaker Paul Ryan told officials at a Harley-Davidson motorcycle factory in Menomonee Falls last week that Congress is moving "full throttle on tax reform."
Read More »Trump proposing ‘biggest tax cut’ in US history
President Donald Trump is proposing "the biggest tax cut" ever, even as the government struggles with mounting debt, in an effort to fulfill his promises to stimulate job creation and middle class prosperity.
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Read More »Report: Wisconsin tax credit primarily benefits wealthy
A new report finds that a tax credit passed to benefit manufacturers and agricultural producers in Wisconsin is primarily helping millionaires.
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Read More »Draft form aims to keep taxman at bay
Industry representatives are looking for a way to give contractors some peace of mind should the auditor come knocking after they’ve claimed a recently passed tax exemption for nonprofit groups’ projects.
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Read More »Tax bill drops attempt to better distinguish real, personal property
A series of tax changes meant to benefit contractors and other businesses is moving forward without a provision that would have drawn a more marked line between the categories that construction materials are lumped into for tax purposes.
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Read More »State’s residents paid $80 billion in taxes last year
The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance says state residents paid an estimated $80 billion in federal, state and local taxes last year.
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Read More »Walker signs bill returning excess Lambeau taxes
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill into law that will return $17 million in excess Lambeau Field taxes to Brown County taxpayers and local government.
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Read More »Law exempts out-of-state utility workers from taxes, licensing following disasters (UPDATE)
Although Wisconsin's geographical position puts it far out of the reach of hurricanes, memories of 2012's Superstorm Sandy have inspired a new law that will let out-of-state contractors avoid various licensing and tax requirements when they repair utility equipment in response to a disaster.
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