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February 14, 2019

Florida man’s $980G refund check from IRS was first clue something was wrong: report

It took a little time, but the IRS eventually realized it had a problem after it issued a refund check for $980,000 to a Florida man who’d claimed only about $18,000 in income for the 2016 tax year.

February 6, 2019

Florida mansion sales spike amid high taxes in New York, California

Increasing number of real estate deals.

January 17, 2019

Dan Bongino: Hey, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, show us how it's done and donate 70 percent of your income to the government

Hey Democrats, here's an idea. You should sign a pledge to commit to a 70 percent tax rate. Then, you give all that money to the government and show us conservatives what it really means to you.

December 12, 2018

Text messages might be next to face California tax, reports say

California state regulators have been working on a plan to charge mobile phone users a text messaging fee intended to fund programs that make phone service accessible to the low-income residents, reports said Tuesday.

November 20, 2018

Former IRS employee in Georgia sentenced for identity theft

A former employee for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Atlanta has been sentenced to two years in prison after she pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft.

October 3, 2018

Trump reaped millions in shady tax schemes from father's business, report says; NY Tax Department 'reviewing' allegations

Tax officials in New York are "reviewing" allegations in a lengthy New York Times report Tuesday that claimed President Trump received at least $413 million in today’s money from his father’s New York real estate business, with much of the money coming through questionable tax schemes in the 1990s.

July 8, 2018

Correction: Idaho Governor-Native American Candidate story

In a story July 7 about an Idaho gubernatorial candidate, The Associated Press reported erroneously the religious affiliation of former Democratic Gov. Cecil Andrus.

April 8, 2018

Kansas lawmakers boost school funding despite GOP's battles

Top Kansas Republican lawmakers moved Saturday to break their impasse over how much to increase spending on the state's public schools, feeling growing pressure to pass a plan that would satisfy a court mandate.

March 30, 2018

Lawsuit: Priest spent $45K on indoor pool for lavish estate

A Michigan priest accused of embezzling more than $5 million now faces a civil lawsuit filed by the insurance company for the Catholic Diocese of Lansing.

March 21, 2018

5 outrageous Spirit Airlines fees

Customer service? Sorry, there’s a fee for that. Spirit Airlines recently made the quiet announcement that it will no longer offer its fliers a toll-free customer help number. Instead, the airline is switching to the not-free 801 area code. This tacks on yet another charge to the airline’s already outrageous fee list. According to a 2013 report by the marketing firm IdeaWorks, Sprit only came in one behind JetBlue for being the airline to make the most revenue from fees – and that was out of a sample of 50 carriers. We’ve rounded up some of the craziest fees on Spirit’s long list of charges. Here are some of the more ridiculous ones: