Tag Archives: Taxes

President Biden, amping up a populist pitch in his re-election campaign, has repeatedly said he would raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations to make them pay their “fair share.” Republicans say Mr. Biden has “an unquenchable thirst for taxing the American people.” His Republican opponent in the election, former …

A federal judge in Philadelphia has ordered ‘Empire’ actor Terrence Howard to pay nearly $1 million in back taxes, interest, and penalties after he allegedly threatened a Justice Department lawyer and maintained that it was “immoral for the United States government to charge taxes to the descendants of slaves.”   …

The Corporate Affairs Commission has urged social media content creators and influencers with large followers to register their businesses with the commission in accordance with the Company and Allied Matters Act 2020.    This is coming amidst alleged plans by the Federal Inland Revenue Services to onboard media content and …

A federal grand jury charged Hunter Biden on Thursday with a scheme to evade federal taxes on millions in income from foreign businesses, the second indictment against him this year and a major new development in a case Republicans have made the cornerstone of a possible impeachment of President Biden. …

By Paul Sperry for RealClearInvestigations The Internal Revenue Service recently awarded a lucrative contract to help modernize its computer databases to the same Washington firm, Booz Allen Hamilton, that employed the man who pleaded guilty last week to stealing and leaking thousands of private tax returns of wealthy Americans, including …

A recent 60 Minutes spot meant to highlight what the American tax dollars are paying for in Ukraine uncovered some details that were likely unknown to most citizens. We’ve all read, and I’ve extensively reported on, the copious amounts of dollars sent to Ukraine focused on military equipment and training. …

FG reaffirms commitment to strengthen Nigeria’s aviation sector The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has reassured the Nigerian public that there are no plans to increase taxes within the country’s aviation industry.

The Federal Government has said that it has no plan to increase taxes or add to the burdens of the country’s tax-paying citizens.   Chairperson of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed this while reacting to unconfirmed reports of government’s plan to increase …

The federal government has said that it has no intention of imposing new taxes on Nigerians.   Zacchaeus Adedeji, special adviser to the President on revenue who spoke at a press briefing at the state house, said they are only improving collection of taxes.    Adedeji said;    “As you …

The push for reparations went from a slow creep many years ago to the full-steam-ahead pace of today, thanks in part to the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. While reparations have always stalled nationally, progressives have found a more welcoming environment for this ‘social justice’ …