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10 Fascinating Facts About Tax Preparation That Will Actually Blow Your Mind

Maura Chwastyk — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:01:03 +0000

Amount of income, number of deductions, total receipts, amount of times you banged your head on the table: April is the month of figures.

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Tax Deadline Extended by 2 Days

Jim Maurice — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:52:16 +0000

Good news for procrastinators - you have two additional days to file your income taxes this year.

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Dayton Reports Earning Over $672,000 In 2010

Jim Maurice — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:26:54 +0000

Gov. Mark Dayton has released 2010 income tax returns which show he made $671,724 last year. Dayton's office released his state and federal returns Tuesday.

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Wealthy Minnesotans Pay Smaller Share Of Taxes

Jim Maurice — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:55:39 +0000

A new report by the state Revenue Department says wealthy Minnesotans pay a smaller share of their incomes in state and local taxes. The 10 percent of Minnesotans who earn more than $130,000 annually paid an average of about 10 percent of their incomes in taxes in 2008, the latest year for which the data was available.

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Dayton Casts GOP Tax Cuts As Giveaway To Rich

Abby Faulkner — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:08:11 +0000

Minnesota House Republicans have outlined a series of income tax cuts, which Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton says would disproportionately benefit top earners.The House plan would lower two of Minnesota's three tax rates by a faction of a percent each, phasing the reductions in over three years.

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