State and Local Taxes

North Carolina's "death tax" has one foot in the grave after a Wilson lawmaker's bill passed the state House on Wednesday.

South Carolina needs to spend nearly $15 million next year to bolster cybersecurity in the wake of the largest hacking at a U.S. state agency, a consultant told state leaders Wednesday.

Under Cuccinelli's proposal, the income tax rate would drop from 5.75 percent to 5 percent over four years starting in 2014, and the corporate income tax rate would drop from 6 percent to 4 percent.

The oldest public, state-run university in Oklahoma has made a determination on how to respond to the work-hour requirements of the Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare.

Out of Mississippi's 120 state agencies, boards and commissions, dozens have gone years without a comprehensive state audit, including the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, which went a decade without a full state review.

An estimate released Wednesday by the state's Independent Fiscal Office shows a $520 million shortfall between projected general fund revenues and Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed budget through the end of the next fiscal year.

Why retirees are the most likely residents to flee high state taxes...

Tax day might have been Monday, but "Tax Freedom Day" arrived on Thursday, April 18, the 108th day of 2013, according to the Tax Foundation's annual calculation. Up until today, Americans have been working for the government.