UN chief asks wealthy nations to impose windfall taxes on fossil fuel industry

Enlarge United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres had just returned from a visit to flooded Pakistan when he stepped before the UN General Assembly to give a speech on Tuesday. Poverty-stricken regions experiencing the most severe climate change impacts like Pakistan were front-of-mind when he declared, “Today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax […]

How many of your state’s taxes leave the state (and don’t come back)

Joe Raedle/Getty Images People and businesses in every state pay taxes to the federal government to help fund vital services. Not every state contributes equally, however. Some pay more than they get back while many states receive more than they put in. In 2017, New Jersey paid $ 24.75 billion more to the federal government […]

Ohio will soon be the first state to accept Bitcoin for taxes

Thomson Reuters Ohio is becoming the first US state to accept the Bitcoin cryptocurrency for business tax payments. Ohio politicians have been open about their desire to be on the forefront of blockchain technology adoption. It’s good news for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency among a stream of recent negative news. The state of Ohio will accept […]

A tale of Tesla, taxes and tequila

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Earnings/Financials,Government/Legal,Green,Weird Car News,Tesla,Electric Teslaquila started as a joke, but a patent filing says it may now be real. Continue reading A tale of Tesla, taxes and tequila A tale of Tesla, taxes and tequila originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 13 Oct 2018 12:20:00 EDT. Please see our […]

How to design carbon taxes

ECONOMISTS view pricing greenhouse-gas emissions as an elegant way to reduce them. There are more than 70 national and regional schemes, covering perhaps a fifth of global emissions, which charge polluters for the carbon dioxide they belch out. But that leaves an awful lot of the world to be convinced of the merits of such […]

AMD calls out NVIDIA’s partner program, G-Sync ‘gamer taxes’

A promotional push by NVIDIA has apparently tied up PC builders, and raised the ire of its competitor AMD. The current leader in the graphics card market, NVIDIA has apparently developed a GeForce Partner Program (GPP) that it claims exists to “ensure that gamers have full transparency into the GPU platform and software they’re being […]

Taxpayers get an extra couple of days before filing their taxes this year — here’s when tax day is in 2018

Tim Boyle/Getty Images The 2018 tax day you need to know is Tuesday, April 17 — two days later than usual. That’s the day when individual tax returns are due to the IRS for tax year 2017. It’s also the last day to make a 2017 IRA contribution. April 15 is usually Tax Day. But […]

We compared H&R Block and TurboTax for filing your taxes this year — here’s the verdict

WAYHOME studio/Shutterstock • This year, Americans need to file their taxes by April 17, 2018. • Both H&R Block and TurboTax provide free tax preparation services.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Here’s what Trump’s tax plan means for people at every income level from $ 20,000 to $ 269,000 a […]

How to use TurboTax to file your taxes for free in 2018

Strelka Institute/Flickr TurboTax offers a free online tax filing service for eligible taxpayers. Tax season officially kicked off January 29, with a final deadline of April 17 this year. The IRS recommends e-filing your taxes and requesting your refund via direct deposit. Business Insider decided to try the free version of TurboTax’s service. Tax season […]