Most people can’t avoid serious tax evasion charges by signing a $1 million record deal, but then again, most people aren’t Lauryn Hill. The former Fugees star has reportedly inked a new deal with Sony Music, which may help in avoiding prison time for three years’ worth of shrugged-off tax returns. Last year, Hill pleaded guilty […]

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It’s April 15! What does that mean? It means that this is the final day Americans have to file their taxes for 2012. Here, NewsOne…

Watching your money this morning, you may notice your first paycheck of 2013 is smaller than expected. That’s because some taxes are taking a bigger chunk out of your earnings. Two big things took place in the New Year that will affect how much you bring home with each new paycheck this year. The temporary […]

A full two hours after a midnight deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a deal Tuesday to avert the feared fiscal cliff on an 89-8 vote. The Senate package would put off budget cuts for two months and preserve Bush-era income tax cuts for individuals earning less than $400,000 or couples earning less than $450,000. The […]

On Friday, President Barack Obama will meet with Congress and civic leaders, such as Majority Leader Harry Reid, Rev. Al Sharpton, Speaker of the House…

R&B crooner and Grammy-Award winning R. Kelly had better “step in the name of the IRS” quickly!  The feds are after the performer because they claim he owes them a whopping $4.8 million in back taxes. Kelly, whose actual name is Robert Kelly, has reportedly been delinquent in filing his taxes since 2005! A rep for the singer said, “R. Kelly is in […]

WASHINGTON — In the ultimate cap to a year of last-minute, half-loaf legislation, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for a two months, with the chamber’s leaders and the White House proclaiming victory, even as they pushed the issue of how to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits […]

A new CBS News poll shows that a majority of Americans want more taxes on rich people. Sixty four percent of Americans want more taxes on people making more than a million dollars a year, while 30 percent want the taxes on the rich to stay the same. The poll shows support for President Obama’s […]

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A producer of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” reality series is listed in an application seeking film production tax credits from the state.

Nas reportedly owes the IRS over 6 million dollars in tax debt, with at least 3 tax liens filed against him from Georgia to New York. According to Yo Raps, “the trouble started in October of 2009 in New York. The IRS filed a $2,584,236 lien against [him] behind owed taxes, listing the address of […]

The tax bill that extends the Bush tax cuts and slashes the estate tax while extending unemployment benefits has passed the House House by a vote of 277-148 and is heading for the President to sign, according to The Huffington Post RELATED STORIES Attacks From Right Take Toll On Obama’s Tax Plan CBC ‘Overwhelmingly Opposed’ […]