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  • Legality of proposed California tax plan in question

    01/06/2009 9:37:11 AM PST · by SmithL · 4 replies · 373+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 1/6/9 | Phillip Reese
    Any budget agreement between Democrats and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that skirts the state's two-thirds vote requirement for new taxes will almost certainly be challenged in the courts – and there's a significant chance the state would lose, some legal experts said Monday. It's not a slam-dunk case for either side, though, law professors say, because the Legislature is largely moving into uncharted territory with its plans to break the budget stalemate by effectively replacing a tax that is tough to increase with a fee that is much simpler to boost. "The question is, 'What is a tax?' " said Jesse...
  • County sells woman's farm over $572 tax bill

    11/07/2003 5:39:57 PM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 86 replies · 337+ views
    Patriot News ^ | 11/7/03 | Diana Stricker
    An 89-year-old woman could be evicted from her home of more than 50 years for missing one tax payment of $572 on her South Hanover Twp. property. Helene Shue's red farmhouse and 41 acres of land along Route 39 -- about two miles from Hersheypark -- were appraised at $800,000, said her nephew, Jeff Arndt. The property was sold in September at a sheriff's sale for $15,000. Arndt said he and his aunt were not aware that the county was seeking to recoup a portion of the 2001 taxes until an anonymous caller tipped him off Monday night. "He told...