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Illinois

Illinois' Governor Begs Citizens To Let Government Tax Them Even More

Lawmakers are bribing citizens with a tiny tax break in exchange for the power to jack up income tax rates down the line.

Scott Shackford | 10.27.2020 12:50 PM

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John McAfee

John McAfee Arrested in Spain, Indicted on U.S. Tax Charges

He is expected to be extradited to face the charges he knew were coming, which inspired his past few years of international exile.

Brian Doherty | 10.6.2020 12:50 PM

Trump

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The Lessons Americans Refuse To Learn From Trump's Tax Returns

Major-party politicians avoid tax simplification almost as aggressively as the rich avoid taxation, argue the Reason Roundtable panelists.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 9.28.2020 4:25 PM

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Comedy

Citizen vs. Government (Vol. 3)

Even more depressing answers to simple questions

Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton | 7.13.2020 1:25 PM

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Taxes

As Delayed Tax Day Approaches, Consider What You Get for Your Money

Do you appreciate the incompetence, in-fighting, obstructionism, authoritarianism, and waste that you pay for?

J.D. Tuccille | 7.1.2020 2:15 PM

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Federal Tax Deadline Extended Until July 15

The extension allows some individuals and businesses to keep more of their money for three extra months at a time when millions of Americans are likely to be out of work and struggling to make ends meet.

Eric Boehm | 3.20.2020 12:00 PM

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Texas

Texas Voters Ban State Income Taxes. Again.

Some 76 percent of Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment that prohibits the state from imposing any income tax.

Christian Britschgi | 11.6.2019 12:00 PM

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Illinois Passes Constitutional Amendment to Allow a Progressive Income Tax

Voters will decide next year whether to impose it.

Alex Muresianu | 5.31.2019 1:20 PM

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Happy Tax Day! Here Are 6 Infuriating Ways the Government Spends Your Money

Surprised? Yeah, neither are we.

Joe Setyon | 4.15.2019 8:30 AM

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Lifestyle

Starve the Tax Man

Americans are increasingly reluctant to pay the IRS. Who can blame them?

J.D. Tuccille | 4.15.2019 7:06 AM

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John Stossel

Stossel: Tax Myths

Rep Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive followers think taxing the rich at 70% will bring in lots of tax money. It won't.

John Stossel, Tanvir Toy, and Maxim Lott | 3.12.2019 12:00 PM

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Libertarian Party

Libertarian Candidate Will Almost Certainly Be Blamed as 'Spoiler' in Georgia Gubernatorial Race

In one of the country's highest-profile campaigns, featuring Democratic heartthrob Stacey Abrams vs. Trumpian Secretary of State Brian Kemp, Ted Metz is likely pulling enough votes away to force a runoff.

Matt Welch | 10.25.2018 12:09 PM

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Tax Reform

Four Blue States Scream 'Federalism' and Sue to Stop Changes in Federal Tax Deductions

New York gets salty over new limits because now the rich will know they're being soaked.

Scott Shackford | 7.18.2018 12:40 PM

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IRS

IRS Website Crashes on Tax Day

The public is advised to stay calm and keep paying taxes.

Christian Britschgi | 4.17.2018 3:00 PM

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Seattle

Seattle's Income Tax Ruled Illegal

The city council's desire to 'tax the rich' collided with the plain text of Washington state law.

Christian Britschgi | 11.27.2017 12:25 PM

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California Tried to Seize Millions of This Inventor's Fortune. He Fought Back. And Won.

Gilbert Hyatt's 25-year legal battle is a story of greed, harassment, anti-semitism, and the abuse of power.

Zach Weissmueller | 10.23.2017 2:43 PM

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Washington State

Lawsuit Says Seattle's Income Tax Illegal, Unconstitutional

Christian Britschgi | 8.10.2017 5:00 PM

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The Long Sordid Tale of the American Income Tax

The high cost of the 16th Amendment

Veronique de Rugy | 4.15.2016 6:00 AM

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Irwin Schiff, R.I.P.

Man who argued there is no legal obligation to pay income tax dies of cancer shackled to prison hospital bed at age 87.

Brian Doherty | 10.19.2015 8:53 PM

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Grover Norquist: Follow Kansas and End the Income Tax

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 4.22.2015 2:15 PM

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Grover Norquist: Follow Kansas and End the Income Tax

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 4.22.2015 12:00 PM

Inequality

Does Rising Income Inequality Justify Class Warfare?

Meanwhile U.S. intergenerational income mobility has not slowed.

Ronald Bailey | 12.26.2014 10:04 AM

Corporations

Want Jobs? Abolish Corporate Income Tax, Says New York Times Op-Ed

Ronald Bailey | 1.6.2014 1:46 PM

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Welfare

Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money

A guaranteed income would reduce the humiliations of the current welfare system while promoting individual responsibility.

Matthew Feeney | 11.26.2013 4:30 PM

Voting

How Taxpayers Vote with their Feet: Q&A with Author Travis Brown

Matt Welch and Tracy Oppenheimer | 9.14.2013 10:00 AM

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North Carolina Republicans Looking to Abolish State Income Tax

Would be eighth state to do so

Reason Staff | 9.5.2013 10:30 AM

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North Carolina Republicans Take Aim at State Income Tax

Effort to try to eliminate it

Reason Staff | 9.4.2013 6:10 PM

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Taxes are Revolting

Karl Bray | 7.19.2013 11:00 AM

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Frank Lautenberg

The Legacy of Frank Lautenberg

The late Sen. Frank Lautenberg's true legacy is one of entrepreneurship.

Ira Stoll | 6.3.2013 6:00 PM

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An Open Letter to President Reagan

The income tax, Mr. President, is the issue—not harassment by the tax police, not "bracket creep," not loopholes for the rich, but the very income tax itself.

Timothy Condon | 5.1.1981 12:00 PM

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