The Minnesota Department of Revenue reminds you that recreational vehicles are subject to the state's 6.5% motor vehicle sales tax, and they must be registered in Minnesota, no matter where you bought the vehicle.
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.
The Minnesota Department of Revenue is reeling back 14,000 electronic tax refunds after it discovered that they were inadvertently sent out twice. The refunds were dispersed to taxpayer bank accounts Friday and were accidentally sent out Monday as well. The state tax department learned of the error shortly after and reversed the second round of payments.