School districts tuck money in reserve accounts to justify need for tax increases, audit finds
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Pennlive ^
| 25 January A.D. 2023 | Jan Murphy
Audits of 12 school districts has state Auditor General Timothy DeFoor believing school boards are playing a “shell game” with taxpayer funds by moving money into reserve accounts to allow them to make a case for raising property tax rates. State
laws limit how much school districts can raise property taxes and sets limits on those increases but allows for exceptions to be granted in one of two ways: ask voters’ permission through a referendum or ask the state Department of Education for a referendum exception. “These 12 districts collectively raised taxes 37 times during the four years we reviewed...
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The fake news about Federal Reserve Board appointee Stephen Moore’s tax audit
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Washington Examiner ^
| 03/29/2019 | Ryan Ellis
From the moment Heritage Foundation economist Stephen Moore’s imminent appointment to the Federal Reserve Board was announced by President Trump, Washington has been in full pearl-clutching mode. This
week, the anti-Trump media found what they think is the smoking gun that will bring him down: a $75,000 tax lien. The only problem is that it’s the IRS that is wrong, not Steve Moore. First reported on Twitter by Heather Long of the Washington Post, Moore has an IRS tax lien filed against him totaling just over $75,000. The problem stems from a mistake Moore made on his taxes several years...
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Donald Trump Bashes Ted Cruz for Missed Vote: 'So Important to Audit the Federal Reserve'
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Breitbart.com ^
| 22 Feb 2016 | ALEX SWOYER
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump went after GOP rival Sen. Ted Cruz for missing a Senate vote on a bill that would have audited the Federal Reserve. "It is so important to audit The Federal Reserve, and yet Ted Cruz missed the vote on the bill that would allow this to be done,"
Trump posted on Twitter on Monday afternoon. Cruz missed a vote on legislation in the Senate that reportedly would have audited the Federal Reserve, as the Guardian noted, as did former Rep. Ron Paul to campaign for his son Sen. Rand Paul. Paul referenced Cruz's missed vote, previously...
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