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UFT boss Michael Mulgrew threatens to blow $600 million hole in NYC finances

If United Federation of Teachers boss Michael Mulgrew and the Municipal Labor Committee back out of their Medicare Advantage deal with the city, costing it $600 million a year, their...

IRS to close 'major' tax loophole

The plan targets so-called "partnership basis shifting," a transaction that allows a business or person to operate through many different legal entities in order to take more deductions.

HHS halts grants for nonprofit that funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan

The Department of Health and Human Services suspended all federal grants Tuesday to the controversial Manhattan nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, which funded gain-of-function virus research in Wuhan, China in advance of...

Michigan lawmaker wants state to pay reporters who uncover government misuse of taxpayer dollars

A former MEDC executive committee member, Fay Beydoun, had secured a $20 million grant from the agency for a nonprofit.

US taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing idiotic college extremism

The madness needs to stop: tax dollars for pro-Hamas insanity is pure evil.

The IRS says audits are about to surge -- here's who's most at risk

The IRS said in a news release Thursday that it's aiming to nearly triple its audit rate.

Why on Earth are we AGAIN collaborating with China to manipulate viruses?

the US Department of Agriculture is collaborating with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the parent organization of the Wuhan Institute of Virology

Eric Adams unveils $111.6B NYC budget that restores $515M for schools, two NYPD classes

Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a $111.6 billion Big Apple spending plan that is $2.2 billion higher than the preliminary spending plan and restores $515 million for city schools and funds...

Here's how many millions the IRS owes New Yorkers over failed tax- return filings

If 50,000 New Yorkers don't act quickly, they will lose $61 million -- or a median potential $1,029 -- in refunds for 2020 from the Internal Revenue Service.

Krispy Kreme rolls out sweet tax break deal for customers on Tax Day

This is the second consecutive year Krispy Kreme is offering its Tax Day special.

Joe Biden's 'secret' flights of 33,000 migrants to New York pass the buck to city taxpayers

A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies finds that the Department of Homeland Security secretly has okayed the flights of some 33,000 illegal immigrants directly to the New...

Advocates again hold school arts programs hostage: Don't pay the ransom

Advocates are once again ramping up their scare tactics over school arts programs to squeeze more funding, but New York City already spends more than any other large city in...

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H&R Block sues FTC over probe into 'deceptive' tax ads promising free filings

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Sorry, City Hall: Migrant flood is zero consolation as residents flee

According to new census data, about 78,000 New Yorkers fled the city last year, shrinking the population to 8.26 million.

How much should the average American expect from their 2023 tax refund

A survey of 2,000 U.S. adults looked at how many are thinking ahead when it comes to their taxes and found the percentage of those who aren’t sure if they’ll...

IRS targets 125K Americans who earn over $400K a year but didn't file tax returns

Beginning this week, some 25,000 tax-skirting earners bringing in more than $1 million annually will receive a non-compliance letter from the US revenue service.

Why green hydrogen is a lot of hot air

One of the central tenets of the Biden administration’s energy policy is the pursuit of “green” hydrogen, defined as hydrogen manufactured with zero carbon emissions. This push has involved $7...