Taxes

Residents of the Cowboy State Celebrate Earlier than the National Date of April 18th

Washington, D.C., April 12, 2013—Tax Freedom Day, the date on which Americans will have earned enough money to pay this year’s tax obligations at the federal, state, and local levels, will fall on April 16th for residents of Wyoming. The nationwide date for all Americans, as announced recently by the Tax Foundation, will be Thursday, April 18th.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With tax season in full swing, a newly released poll says an overwhelming majority of adults don't believe it is ever OK to cheat on their income taxes, with most citing personal integrity as the biggest reason why

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Large areas of Yellowstone, Yosemite and Glacier national parks could remain closed to summer traffic weeks later than usual, while visitor centers and campgrounds at several other national parks might have to close

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead intends to take action Thursday on the supplemental budget bill the state Legislature has approved.

Renny MacKay is spokesman for the governor. MacKay says Mead will take action on the budget bill before heading out of state for a meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington DC

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Tax time is closing in around us.  How do you do your taxes?

The general session of the 62nd Wyoming Legislature officially begins Tuesday and the supplemental budget will be the biggest issue lawmakers will tackle. Rep. Tom Lubnau, Incoming Speaker of the Wyoming House says with the decrease in income that the state has, there's not a lot of room for legislative initiative

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Fifty-six percent of the Wyoming sampled voters answered that they supported an increase compared to 44 percent who disagreed.

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GREER, S.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney says he's never paid less than 13 percent of his income in taxes during the past decade.

Romney told reporters Thursday that Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's claim that Romney paid no taxes in some years is, quote, "totally false

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a standoff with Congress that results in the January expiration of wide-ranging tax cuts would mean 114 million families would see average tax increases of $1,600 next year

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Irving Berlin learned that in 1942 the federal government was going to undertake "unprecedented income tax collections" to support the war effort, so he volunteered to write a popular song to aid in the tax collection effort

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