Read more taxes stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/807/taxes.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:14:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74506/plastic-surgeons-make-faces-over-health-care-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlastic surgeons want to do a little work on the Senate health care bill, nipping off a 5% tax on elective cosmetic procedures. The tax, expected to raise as much as $6 billion, wouldn’t apply to anyone trying to repair a deformity caused by birth defect, injury, or disease. But...http://www.newser.com/story/74506/plastic-surgeons-make-faces-over-health-care-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 10:44:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74055/gps-will-track-dutch-drivers-for-per-mile-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Dutch government plans to bring the polluter-pays principle into the home garage. Rather than an annual road tax for their cars, drivers will soon pay a small sum for every mile on the road—a plan aimed at breaking chronic traffic jams and cutting carbon emissions. GPS devices installed...http://www.newser.com/story/74055/gps-will-track-dutch-drivers-for-per-mile-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 15:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73230/nicolas-cage-selling-vegas-mansion-to-cover-debt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNicolas Cage must sell his $10 million Las Vegas mansion to help cover the $6.6 million he owes to the IRS in back taxes and penalties. The Nevada estate is just the latest property Cage has been forced to put up for sale to cover his mounting debt, and...http://www.newser.com/story/73230/nicolas-cage-selling-vegas-mansion-to-cover-debt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 14:56:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72606/gay-marriage-to-gambling-key-ballot-initiatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVoters in six states will head to the polls next Tuesday to decide ballot initiatives on everything from medical marijuana to livestock care. The Atlantic lists some of the most interesting, and the most likely to reverberate across state lines. Question 1, Maine. Maine voters are being given the chance...http://www.newser.com/story/72606/gay-marriage-to-gambling-key-ballot-initiatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 4:24:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71275/new-trouble-for-rangel-ethics-panel-widens-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House ethics committee is expanding its yearlong investigation of Charles Rangel to look at amended financial disclosure forms he filed earlier this year. Rangel, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, filed the reports in July to account for $600,000 in previously undisclosed assets, reports Politico. The development...http://www.newser.com/story/71275/new-trouble-for-rangel-ethics-panel-widens-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 17:05:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71065/island-rum-fight-fattens-rangels-coffers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharles Rangel’s campaign coffers are bulging with campaign cash from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but he insists that’s in no way influencing his decision on the competing rum tax bills each territory is pushing. “Besides Puerto Rico, you are the only one who has asked about it,” he...http://www.newser.com/story/71065/island-rum-fight-fattens-rangels-coffers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 13:30:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70398/social-security-faces-grim-forecast-for-2010-2011.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next 2 years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s. The deficits—$10 billion in 2010 and $9 billion in...http://www.newser.com/story/70398/social-security-faces-grim-forecast-for-2010-2011.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Sep 2009 16:40:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69930/expanded-gambling-wont-be-a-windfall-silver.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe many states hoping gambling will revive their troubled budgets are in for an unpleasant surprise, writes Nate Silver for Esquire. Gambling is supposed to be recession-proof, but that hasn’t been the case this time. "The year 2008 was the first time in history that total casino gaming revenues declined...http://www.newser.com/story/69930/expanded-gambling-wont-be-a-windfall-silver.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 13:29:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66338/time-may-be-right-to-talk-raising-taxes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf the administration must raise taxes, now could be its big chance, NPR reports. Only 46% of Americans in a recent Gallup poll said their taxes were too high—the smallest fraction since 1961. “Americans, relatively speaking, are more satisfied with the amount of taxes they pay than they have...http://www.newser.com/story/66338/time-may-be-right-to-talk-raising-taxes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 9:51:02 CDT