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Remember, they prepare the taxes and they too will sign it, but you sign it and ultimately whether they make a mistake or you make a mistake, you are liable for any tax liability if there is an error.

Oregon has tailored its 529 program to meet the varied needs of our residents by providing a diverse mix of investment options and channels to buy these plans. College Savings Month is an important avenue for us to educate Oregon residents about the benefits associated with 529s, especially how these plans allow education savings to accumulate tax-free and be withdrawn free from federal and Oregon income taxes when used for college tuition.

Paul (Horvath) has a strong opinion about taxes. Every year he pays his taxes right before the (county tax) sale. This is nothing new with us. This is how Paul deals with taxes. He paid his taxes at this time last year.

Our main concern is to not trade in lowering property taxes for an increase in sales taxes.

People have to come forward, they have to pay a big fine and application fees, they have to go through background checks, pay all of the back taxes that are owed if they were working off the books and prove they've been learning English. I don't think that when you have to do all that, you can consider that an amnesty.

State and local taxes can add as much as 20 percent onto your basic rate.

Spending is rising and the deficit is rising, the question is will they have to raise taxes further?

Someone might find low taxes agreeable, but not the way tax revenues are spent, such as on education.

My view is if you've lived here for a significant period of time -- whether you're undocumented or documented -- and you have contributed to your community, you have never been arrested or gone to jail or any of that stuff, and you've paid your taxes and worked hard, that you ought to have a path to earn legalization of citizenship and so forth.

(Local governments) still have to pay for those services. Gas prices still go up, teachers' salaries still go up, pensions still go up, ... You can have the growth in the underlying value of property taxes exploding even though there is this so-called 30 percent reduction.

Local government represents the cornerstone of the United States, and we fully support the critical role that localities play in protecting consumer and citizen rights. However, with 78 car rental excise taxes in 37 states, and 45 more such taxes pending or under discussion, we must speak out on behalf of our customers. These arbitrary taxes unfairly single out our customers and potentially interfere with interstate commerce by hindering free trade in the nationwide car rental industry.

Mark Warner has a history of flip-flopping on taxes. Despite a campaign promise not to raise taxes, while governor of Virginia he supported raising billions of dollars in taxes time and time again.

Like medieval peasants, computer manufacturers and millions of users are locked in a seemingly eternal lease with their evil landlord, who comes around every two years to collect billions of dollars of taxes in return for mediocre services

I wish that would be it, ... That's not even going to pay the taxes on it.

I think everybody is worried about overcrowding and the taxes on their homes. It all comes down to the peacefulness of this town. We need to go back to as peaceful as this town was before all of this divisiveness.

It doesn't bother me if my taxes help pay for it. I'm glad it's a public course, and it's close to where I live.

It does several things, one there is no shareholder accountability and there are no federal and state taxes being paid so it will always be less in that regards.

I think if you look at most polling, Californians want their taxes on gas to go toward improving the transportation system, not toward something that might marginally improve carbon emissions.

I think if we want to move forward we have to increase the taxes to help bring back downtown.

I think his doctrinaire approach to taxes overwhelms his appreciation of transportation needs.

I think half a billion dollars is still a significant amount of money. Citizens pay attention to how much their property taxes are, particularly when your property (value) is going up pretty dramatically.

I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax.

Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.

The amount of taxes I pay this country.

That would mean that taxes would be at the highest level in 50 years, ... create dozens of new government programs running Washington, and it chooses bigger government instead of smaller government.

that will include the taxes for the president's marginal tax reductions ... and a rebate of the surplus, giving back to the people some of the surplus that exists this year.

That's up to them and their taxpayers. Even though we know limits may be coming, I would hate to have to justify an increase like that. Generally this part of the state's a little more conservative than that. If many do raise taxes like that, it just adds to the Legislature's desire to place limits.

I would never shirk from my duty to pay taxes to the United States of America.

Most importantly, include potential tax payments in your budget of expenses. Plan ahead to pay taxes just as you plan ahead to pay for holiday gifts, birthday celebrations, and more.

Most businesspeople are properly skeptical of government programs labeled 'streamlined,' ... I'm skeptical of the burden this is placing on some smaller businesses. I'm skeptical of government's efforts to force retailers to charge taxes for an incredible number of municipalities around the country.

You can give somebody a one-time grant, but if you can cut their taxes each and every year, that's serious coin, potentially,

Without a doubt, property taxes have become a big issue in South Carolina over the past year, ... We certainly realize there's a problem, and we've got to get together and come to a solution to fix it.

We don't figure out how much we are losing in property taxes if a commercial property was being built instead of a tax-exempt church. It is part of a city doing business that some property will be tax-exempt.

Well it's a 15 percent federal tax, those who live in New York City, you do have New York State and city taxes which add up to another 11, 12 percent on top of that.

We must overhaul our land laws, taxes and information system. Some 90 per cent of land in India is subject to legal disputes over ownership,

We had moved into the house on a rental agreement and exercised the right to buy the property. I can't tell you the exact date we bought the property, but I was unaware that exemptions were not given the first year of ownership and we got behind on the taxes. Once I got behind, the taxes kept building up. I wasn't fully aware that they (the county) didn't give you any exemption.

We had a lot of initial work that had to be done and these people need to be paid. We pay fees and taxes to the city. We hope your insurance will pay for the damage. If not, we feel the city is responsible for the difference.

We had to take out an $800,000 tax anticipation loan last year when the taxes were not paid on time and we may have to do something like that again.

We've gotta increase taxes on the rich. We need to have more regulations on success. We need to punish success, be it in the classroom with outcome based education or be it with a tax code or whatever. So what we do is try to take those at the top and bring them down a little bit so they know a little misery so they get closer to what life is like for those who don't do quite as well,

We revised the budget based upon September and October taxes that had been collected. When I am looking at this December report, we are another $1.5 million over the revised budget for September and October figures.

Voters have a clear choice between Gov. Doyle and me when it comes to limiting taxes and spending. I support tax limits ? Gov. Doyle does not.

We've done a lot of research and what we have found over and over is that people are Ok with higher taxes if they know it will be spent well. It's not high taxes, it's government waste.

Today's plea is the result of determined efforts by United States investigators and attorneys working to vindicate the trust the American people deserve to have in the institutions of their government, including the tax system that supports it. People who enrich themselves by engaging in illegal activities compound their crimes by failing to pay taxes on their ill-gotten gains.

Today's dime is really a dollar with all the taxes deducted.

Unlike income, or even sales taxes, property taxes are not accurate indicators of your cash at hand.

Under the current rate, that single mother begins paying taxes when she earns $21,300, ... Under the Bush plan, she would not begin paying income taxes until her earnings reach $31,300. That leaves extra money in her pocket for school clothes or for the heating bill.

We generate $1 million a day in taxes for the state.

We haven't raised the operation and maintenance tax rate much over the years. And sales taxes basically have tanked.

The president has come up with a bold, well-thought-out plan that will let virtually every American who pays taxes keep more of their hard-earned money,

The problem with energy taxes is that the poor and middle class subsidize the wealthy, and environmentalists tend to forget that.

The problem we're having is that people are saying, 'It's not my problem,' ... That is exactly what they said in New Orleans. ... But go ask anybody in New Orleans, 'Would you have paid an extra hundred bucks in taxes last year to replace that levee?' Do you think you'd get any less than 99 percent saying yes?

Those are real estate taxes you are talking about.

We are committed to reducing the tax gap in 2006. The shortfall is blatantly unfair to those of us who pay nearly 20 percent more in state taxes per year while suffering the consequences of reduced state services.

we'll look at every department in this government in terms of efficiency, and there will be changes. We have to do that in order to do our first job, which is to keep taxes where they are.

The point that we're making is, if we're trying to raise the price of cigarettes to discourage smoking cigarettes that's one thing, but if we're raising taxes for tens of billions of dollars for spending, then why not give part of it back?

To me, this is blatant class warfare. It's a blatant class attack, especially in light of the continuing tax cuts, and you are going to pay for the taxes by reducing health care for the poor and elderly.

We are glad to see Democrats recognize the need for tax relief. However, with a surplus on hand, we can eliminate the marriage penalty without raising taxes on anyone else." ()

We are living in the Clinton years in economic stagnation. Your incomes are not growing, but your taxes are,

Want to cut property taxes by 40 percent? Have 40 kids in each class.

wants to cut taxes and spend the surplus.

The (property tax) rate stays the same, but the taxes go up all the time.

This state taxes too much, spends unwisely, lacks accountability and is simply not focused on enhancing economic opportunities for all its citizens. Eliot is speaking to these and other issues with passion and vigor. That's why people across the state have been eager to express their support for his campaign.

You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.

Today's campaign rhetoric will do nothing to help him bridge his growing credibility gap on the economy. His speech failed to address the mystery of his own budget gap: Which taxes will he raise and which federal spending programs will he cut?

We believe all gas taxes should go back to the users directly or indirectly through highway investments or infrastructure investments,

We've been working hard to get on the city's good side. We have our state business license, our taxes done, the vendor registration is done and the insurance is covered.

The facts are clear. More funding goes to health care than any other part of the state's budget, and it is sad that the special interests would either ask taxpayers to pay higher taxes or that they would ask our education system or transportation system to receive less.

A Bet is a Tax on Bullshit

Rappers shouldn't have to file taxes because they itemize everything they own in songs.

[The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news

We are looking for a Wealth Tax that will bring in sufficient revenue to justify having a wealth tax.

Religions take donations and don't pay taxes.

Of course, we all have to be taxed, but once you start to earn more than £150,000, and start paying 45 per cent tax, you are penalised. It is like a witch hunt.

You're not getting this back you know. Consider it an asshole tax.

Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.

Today is tax day. A lot of people are hoping they get refunds. And that's just the folks here in the audience.

Have you seen a copy of Tax Tips for Billionaires?

It's two days until tax time. I know it's late, but there is still time to deduct this show as a loss.

Taxes should be lower, flatter, and simpler, in that order.

We should not be cutting taxes by borrowing, ... We should be cutting taxes by reducing the level of spending and that's an issue that I think is critically on the table.

We should not be cutting taxes by borrowing, ... We do not have the capability of having both productive tax cuts and large expenditure increases, and presume that the deficit doesn't matter.

We should not be cutting taxes by borrowing,

The real risk is the Legislature could raise taxes

There are many laws that have been important to our customers in recent years, including the increase in retirement contribution limits and the reduction in taxes on capital gains and dividends.

We pay our property taxes and buy our license plates in David City and that's about it. We do go to Bellwood occasionally for a steak, but from where we live Columbus is very convenient.

We ought to go back to Bill Clinton's taxes because most people in America would gladly pay the taxes we paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only we could have the same economy we had when Bill Clinton was president.

When (Ronald) Reagan was governor, there was always unrest. He raised taxes ... he signed one of the most progressive pro-abortion bills in the country at that time.

When people abandon shopping carts they may have intended to purchase, but they often are trying to determine if there are any hidden fees at checkout first. They want to know how much shipping and taxes are. That's why we included a shipping calculator on our shopping cart.

When one has money like this, you want to invest it the best way possible, where you can maximize the gains from it, ... If you want to get money back to people, I think cutting taxes is a good idea, especially cutting taxes that are doing the most harm to the economy, rather than just giving a blank cheque to people.

We would like to see local taxes be more balanced and not overly rely on the sales tax. On the other hand, both statewide and presumably locally, we're not only interested in fairness, but we're also interested in adequate revenue for the state and presumably the local government, too.

This whole scheme that the governor's coming up with is going to make everybody pay more taxes we're gonna save five hundred dollars on our property tax and we're going to spend two thousand dollars a year on other taxes.

This represents by far the largest private investment in a stadium in this country. And unlike all of the other recent stadium deals, there are no public dollars being spent, except for the money on the infrastructure, which is being offset by the taxes on the construction.

There has to be a way to have Medicaid relief without taxes being involved. I would love to see the General Assembly look at their budget the same way we look at ours, and live within their means.

There is a clear view that families that are here, that are working, paying taxes and contributing to society, ought to be able to get regularized status. On the other hand, there is a view about not rewarding illegal behavior.

Whenever an economy is struggling, one should not raise taxes. New taxes will probably cut growth by 0.3 percent of GDP.

Whenever an economy is struggling, one should not raise taxes, ... New taxes will probably cut growth by 0.3 percent of GDP.

We're trying to act like the development office of a private school. They can't live on tuition alone, and we can't live on taxes alone.

We're not precluded from collecting those taxes now. It's just a matter of going after them.

We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.

This year we're debating about what taxes we're going to cut, not whether we're going to have any tax cuts.