Taxes

by Kary Love Tax slavery is bad, tax slavery to pay for war on your town is worse “I am Spartacus!” rings out from the surviving freedom fighting slaves of the battle with Rome at the close of the classic film “Spartacus,” starring…

by Catherine Rogers I write to celebrate! We Americans will now enjoy more freedom and and prosperity as a result of the new bill (H.R.1, 119th Congress). The 2017 tax cuts that put money back into the pockets of Americans are now…

by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants Michigan to slap a 32 percent wholesale tax on marijuana, suggesting that this general fund revenue could be used for her long-deferred plan to fix the state's roads. The second-term…

by Denny Schwarze In 2023, a bi-partisan group of Michigan legislators introduced House Bill 5265. The group included two Washtenaw County Reps., Democrat Jimmie Wilson, Jr. and Republican Kathy Schmaltz. In Oct. 2023, the then…

by Jaime A. Hope A state representative has expensive plans for the state’s mass transit system. Rep. Jason Morgan, D-Ann Arbor, tweeted a plan last week to use $2 billion in taxpayer funds for transit in Michigan over the next ten…

by Jaime A. Hope Proposed legislation targets owners who rent property for more than 14 days per year Owners of short-term rentals may have to deal with more regulations and additional taxes under a new package of bills introduced in…

by Anna Gustafson, Michigan Advance After weeks of negotiations, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic legislative leaders announced Monday morning that Michigan taxpayers would receive $180 “inflation relief” checks as part of a…

by Rita Beamish A TAX ON virtue or a matter of fairness? The question ripples through states trying to prop up their ever-shrinking highway funds while eyeing the “free ride” enjoyed by green vehicle owners. The fast-growing cohort of…

by Livia Gershon This summer, I was chatting with my parents, and I happened to mention that my husband and I pay pretty much no federal income taxes. My dad was shocked. What about withholdings from your paychecks, he asked. I said we get…

According to information provided to A2Politico in response to a FOIA, in Ann Arbor government, an attorney, planning department staffers, police officers, and even a DDA employee receive stipends worth $50 to $400 a month to put toward…