Not exact matches
The city of Marlborough, Mass., recently estimated that it were it not
for local commercial
taxpayers, the average homeowner would see his property tax bill (now averaging $ 4,791) shoot up
by $ 1,164 per year.
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He says the New Jersey bank would «take money out of Wall Street and put it to work
for New Jersey — creating jobs and growing the economy [
by] using state deposits to finance
local investments... and... support billions of dollars of critical investments in infrastructure, small businesses, and student loans — saving our residents money and returning all profits to the
taxpayers.»
As a former city councilor, Selina advocated
for the rights of
taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families
by introducing a
local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access
for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Committee.
Local B.C. Liberal MLAs dismissed concerns raised by doctors, local representatives and the public from the very start, and instead of listening to the community and ordering a full environmental assessment of the creosote incinerator, their government issued permits and announced taxpayer - funded grants for the com
Local B.C. Liberal MLAs dismissed concerns raised
by doctors,
local representatives and the public from the very start, and instead of listening to the community and ordering a full environmental assessment of the creosote incinerator, their government issued permits and announced taxpayer - funded grants for the com
local representatives and the public from the very start, and instead of listening to the community and ordering a full environmental assessment of the creosote incinerator, their government issued permits and announced
taxpayer - funded grants
for the company.
What isn't in dispute is who will foot the bill
for the expected legal battle between the two units of
local government, both funded
by Vernon Hills
taxpayers.
Westchester County Executive George Latimer pointed to the $ 10,000 cap on state and
local tax deductions
by the federal government as having «changed the game»
for taxpayers in New York, making the limit on tax levy increases all the more important.
By eliminating the single largest expense in county budgets, federal legislation mandating a state takeover of
local Medicaid costs promises relief
for property
taxpayers across New York.
Joined
by local fire chiefs and nonprofit service providers, Martins stood on the grounds of the county fire academy in Old Bethpage and said the state - appointed Nassau Interim Finance Authority «owes the county
taxpayers an apology»
for spending up to $ 150,000 on a consultant's report listing $ 87 million in potential cuts.
Like the Medicaid Anti-Fraud Task Force, this companion effort is partially funded
by New York State with no cost to
local taxpayers, and has already resulted in savings
for residents.
Backers of the framework said the loss of the state and
local tax deduction would be covered
by the plan's doubling of the exemption
for single filers to $ 12,000 and to married
taxpayers filing jointly to $ 24,000, and increase in child tax deductions.
Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., was joined today
by the region's state senators,
local and statewide county leaders and the sponsors of an important piece of legislation that would shift the burden of Medicaid off of county property
taxpayers once and
for all.
It's ironic just how badly state government is pummeling
local taxpayers and then blaming
local governments
for property taxes that are directly related to overspending
by the Legislature.»
Schumer says he and other members of Congress are battling
for the federal government to help
local governments and
taxpayers deal with aging water and sewer lines
by making more money available.
«I would bring
local control back to town government, take advantage of our
local resources, especially our water system, fight
for the
taxpayer at every level, especially state and federal, and get water and sewer projects back on track to be in the best interests of the town, not just a cost burden directed
by others.»
Cuomo said the new law is «even more critical» given a proposal
by President Donald Trump to end deductions
for state and
local taxes, which Cuomo said could cost 950,000
local taxpayers a total of $ 4.3 billion, or $ 4,600 per
taxpayer.
Free schools are a form of academy school, independent of
local authority control but funded entirely
by the
taxpayers, set up in response to
local parental demand
for extra school places or better schools.
And as
taxpayers across the state get even more used to the protection provided
by the cap, it will become a taller political order
for public employee unions and
local governments to riddle it with loopholes, as they've been trying to do.
Derived from self - reported statistics gathered annually
by the Office of the State Comptroller, the result is a database of measures that
taxpayers can use as benchmarks
for evaluating
local governments.
Both the Daily Mail and the Daily Express refer to # 165,000 of
taxpayer - funded documents prepared
by the Department
for Communities and
Local Government which were never published
by the previous government.
«I believe that it is important that the Treasury and the IRS issue guidance or a formal opinion letter whether
taxpayer contributions to state authorized trust funds, partially reimbursed
by credits reducing state and
local income taxes, will be considered deductible
for federal tax purposes,» Faso wrote in the letter.
Only a bit more than a quarter of the
taxpayers in Western New York take the deduction
for state and
local taxes that a Republican tax plan would trim
by 71 percent, but Cuomo and Schumer insisted cutting the «SALT» deduction would harm the vast majority of
taxpayers in the state.
The bill has been a cause
for alarm among lawmakers in high - tax states like New York, where
taxpayers can have some relief
by deducting their state and
local taxes.
The announcement was made at a meeting of the Westchester County
Local Development Corporation (LDC), an agency created
by Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, which makes tax - exempt financing available to not -
for - profit institutions at no risk to
taxpayers.
«It's clear that some
local officials don't want to be held accountable
by taxpayers for staying within the cap and taking action to share services, reduce costs, and lower property taxes,» said Larry Schwartz, the secretary to the governor.
The portion of the budget paid
for by state
taxpayers will rise just under two percent Despite the one - time windfall, he had to bridge a $ 1.8 billion deficit in the current budget, which he did
by counting $ 373 million in additional, not immediately identified revenues as well as cutting $ 92 million from state agencies, booking $ 121 million in savings from «debt management» and cutting $ 1.4 billion from funding
for various
local assistance programs.
It's time
for New York state to put the interests of
taxpayers first
by passing comprehensive reform to ensure that hosts, guests, small businesses and
local governments can benefit from the economic engine of home sharing.
The bill passed
by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates
for elected
local, state or federal office from appearing in
taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole
by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature
for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions
for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.
The June 28 decision
by the high court effectively puts the voucher effort — which would have been paid
for entirely with
local taxpayer dollars — back on the legislative drawing board because there are no further avenues of appeal.
If the Conservative Government proceeds with its plan to convert all schools in England into academies this begs the question, what happens to all the valuable school land and buildings paid
for by taxpayers and largely controlled
by local authorities?
In addition to increasing per - pupil funding, Huberty's bill provides schools with weighted funding
for students with dyslexia, and reduces the amount of money that
local taxpayers in wealthier areas would pay in Recapture
by $ 163 million in 2018 and $ 192 million in 2019.
IDRA's Penny Power shows how much revenue your school district generates
for each average penny of tax set
by local taxpayers and rank orders 1,018 school districts across Texas.
So as a result of the policies being pushed
by Commissioner Stefan Pryor, Connecticut teachers and students spent thousands of hours during the past school year prepping and taking the Connecticut Mastery Test and state and
local taxpayers spent tens of millions of dollars paying
for the Connecticut Mastery Test but the man in charge of the entire testing scheme now says that «some of the more pronounced decreases in lower grades may be due to the shift to the Common Core curriculum... [and]... Students using the new curriculum haven't covered some of the areas in the test.»
The study of equity was to address the growing gap between high - and low - spending districts and the implications
for the quality of education received
by students and
for local taxpayers.
The Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE), the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) and the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) all get their primary funding from membership dues that are paid
for by local property
taxpayers via
local school districts.
The Baltimore City school administrators who never raised a cent on their own and could never claim «I built that» even if it came to a teachers» lounge, recently wasted over $ 500,000 in public funds (that's
taxpayer money) on expensive
local hotel suites, lavish dinners and even wings at Hooters
for students «because that was what they wanted,» and The Sun was so outraged
by their indefensible waste of
taxpayer money that it was called a «distraction» in an editorial.
In certain circumstances, the U.S. Internal Revenue Code requires that individual income
taxpayers report the refund of excess state or
local income tax payments received
by the
taxpayer as income
for federal income tax purposes.
The IRS allows
taxpayers to claim a deduction
for state and
local income taxes in the year they are paid
by completing Schedule A, Itemized Deductions, of Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.
'' (3) Any amount deducted from gross income under section 164 of the Code as state,
local, or foreign income tax or tax, as state or
local general sales tax tax, or as qualified motor vehicle tax to the extent that the
taxpayer's total itemized deductions deducted under the Code
for the taxable year exceed the standard deduction allowable to the
taxpayer under the Code reduced
by the amount the
taxpayer is required to add to taxable income under subdivision (4) of this subsection.subsection (a2) of this section.»
Additionally shelters that respond to homeless animals are generally operated
by municipalities at
taxpayer expense; spay / neuter programs that prevent unwanted litters usually are not; these services are opened
by nonprofit organizations one at a time, and due to
local costs (rent, etc.), some must charge rates that are out of range
for many low - income homes to pay.
The proposed sale had been deplored
by artist Gerhard Richter in an open letter to the mayor of Leverkusen as «alarming» and opposed
by local taxpayers and friends of the museum, and a tentative strategy was devised to keep the institution afloat,
for now.
In North Carolina, tax credits taken
by taxpayers who developed renewable energy projects between 2007 and 2014 returned $ 1.54 to state or
local government revenue
for every $ 1.00 of incentive.
Specifically, when an uninsured foreign tourist gets into a car accident or becomes severely ill while traveling, their visit to a
local doctor's office or hospital uses resources paid
for by the
taxpayers in that country.
This material is not intended to be used, nor can it be used
by any
taxpayer,
for the purpose of avoiding U.S. federal, state or
local tax penalties.
Normally I am against
taxpayers subsidizing infrastructure
for new business, IE: Costco or Walmart, which must be made up
by local ratepayers but this case is different.
«
Local property
taxpayers subsidize billionaire developers whose subdivisions make higher profits
by not paying
for the hospitals, transit and other infrastructure they require,» he told the Globe.