She was initially charged with filing 591 false tax returns between 2012 and 2017, but pleaded guilty to filing at least 70 false tax returns.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Biden plan takes aim at high-earning tax evaders
The richest Americans should pay their fair share to support a system from which they benefit most of all.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sen. Stewart: With state surpluses predicted through 2024, raising taxes is a bad idea
We need another way to shift money from government accounts to people’s pockets, not vice versa.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
White House spending plan includes beefed-up IRS enforcement
Severe agency cuts pushed by Republicans in Congress after 2010 have hampered the IRS’s ability to collect taxes even from those who legally owe them, particularly among the rich.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Sens. King, Collins should give D.C. residents the same rights as Mainers
People who live in the nation’s capital lack not only voting representation in Congress but also sovereignty over local affairs.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
More than 160,000 Mainers in line for jobless-benefit tax break
Tens of thousands of people who received unemployment payments last year could get a state income tax exemption up to $10,200.
Posted inBusiness, Cops & Courts, Maine, News
Portland restaurant owner agrees to pay $200,000 in uncollected, underreported sales taxes
Susan Eklund, owner of Susan’s Fish-n-Chips, will get a suspended sentence if she makes regular payments on more than $205,000 in restitution.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
Biden open to compromise, but not inaction, on infrastructure plan
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a key Democratic vote, came out Wednesday against the budget reconciliation process, which would allow Democrats to push the bill through the Senate with just a 51-vote majority.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine extends state income tax deadline to May 17
The change aligns with the federal government’s extension of the federal income tax filing and payment deadline.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
IRS extends tax filing deadline to May 17
The move provides more breathing room for taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service alike to cope with changes brought on by the pandemic.