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  • Scammers are preying on tax filers -- stealing their identities and refunds. Last year alone, the IRS stopped more than $20-billion dollars in fraudulent refunds.
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taxes, scams, consumer, amanda venegas
  • The IRS is stepping up its efforts to protect tax payers against identity theft during the busy tax season.
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taxes, scams, consumer, gaby rodriguez
  • H&R Block
  • A tax refund glitch is causing headaches for customers of a popular tax preparer.
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taxes, business
  • A new California field poll is giving hope to supporters of a soda tax. And the biggest backing is coming from right here in the Central Valley.
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taxes, health care, local, linda mumma
  • Thousands of local families now have a chance to get their taxes done for free.
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taxes, fresno, fresno county, local
  • Fresno County's stray and abandoned dogs have been housed in this temporary shelter on the grounds of the old county morgue for three months. The county wants to build a permanent home.
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taxes, animal, fresno county, politics, gene haagenson
  • Families across the Valley will see a smaller paycheck starting this year. The shrink in salaries is because of a change that took place in Washington.
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taxes, economy, local, mariana jacob
  • The so-called fiscal cliff is behind us for now, but there is still uncertainty about the upcoming tax season.
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taxes, national/world, amanda perez
  • Shopping on the internet is not only convenient, but in some cases you can avoid paying sales tax.
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amazon, taxes, budget cuts, economy, business, linda mumma
  • California homeowners may be paying more in property taxes now that the housing market is rebounding.
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taxes, state, carlos saucedo
  • Supporting higher taxes: a Valley sheriff is one of many faces behind the governor's tax plan in a new ad.
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merced county, taxes, jerry brown, politics, shannon handy
  • A judge denied a request from a competing tax campaign that allows the governor's tax initiative to get top billing on the November ballot.
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taxes, budget cuts, jerry brown, politics, nannette miranda
  • California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday proposed more than $8 billion in cuts to close a widening California budget deficit.
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budget cuts, jerry brown, taxes, politics, nannette miranda
  • Fresno County voters appear to favor library tax
  • The results of a new poll seem to show overwhelming support for continuing Fresno County's library tax.
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taxes, fresno county, fresno, clovis, kingsburg, selma, sanger, orange cove, politics, gene haagenson
  • Tuesday is the last day to file your taxes without penalty and many in the Valley are rushing to finish the paperwork. But, not everyone is filling out tax forms.
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taxes, fresno, fresno county, politics, mariana jacob
  • Governor Brown's tax initiative faces competition from teachers and parents who want more funding for public schools.
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taxes, jerry brown, politics, nannette miranda
  • State labor unions are threatening to withhold support of a tax initiative unless a pension-reform proposal changes.
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jerry brown, taxes, politics, nannette miranda
  • A state task force gets to work putting a lid on the underground economy paying people under the table.
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california budget, taxes, economy, politics, nannette miranda
  • With the end of the year just a few days away, it's time to consider making some moves to cut your tax bill.
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taxes, consumer, linda mumma
  • Lawmakers gaveled themselves into their winter session with huge budget issues already hanging over their heads.
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sacramento, jerry brown, budget cuts, california budget, taxes, politics, nannette miranda
  • Gov. Jerry Brown says he is filing a ballot initiative to ask California voters to increase taxes on themselves to generate more money for schools and public safety.
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taxes, jerry brown, politics
  • This year, the Sanger City Council voted to waive the city's roughly 2% sales tax to coincide with the annual parade.
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taxes, fresno county, sanger, local, mariana jacob
  • Jerry Brown delivers his first State of the State Address
  • Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday to make Amazon and other Internet companies charge sales tax in California.
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amazon, jerry brown, sacramento, taxes, politics, nannette miranda
  • Wal-Mart website isn't always collecting the sales tax from California residents, despite criticizing Amazon.
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tax, politics, nannette miranda
  • Small business owners in the South Valley rallied against online retailers, like Amazon.com. Last month, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation requiring Amazon, to start collecting sales tax for California customers.
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tax, tulare county, visalia, business, jessica peres
  • The process of collecting state sales taxes from online retailers is underway, but some question if it is a waste of time.
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tax, sacramento, politics, nannette miranda
  • California lawmakers are firing back at Amazon.com for trying to put sales tax issue on the ballot.
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tax, politics, nannette miranda
  • Amazon gets approval from the state to start gathering signatures to overturn California's new online sales tax law.
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tax, politics, nannette miranda
  • The temporary 1 percent sales tax increase enacted two years ago is scheduled to expire at the end of the month.
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california budget, tax, politics, nannette miranda
  • Taxes remains to be the main sticking point as the California budget deadline is only five days away.
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tax, sacramento, california budget, politics, nannette miranda
  • While millions of Californians every year send the Franchise Tax Board the taxes they owe, some do not.
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tax, state, nannette miranda
  • How far will California's tax windfall go toward ending the biggest budget crisis in state history?
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sacramento, jerry brown, california budget, tax, politics, nannette miranda
  • The three day tax deadline extension is about to run out. To be considered on time, all tax filings have to be sent in or post marked by the end of the day Monday.
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tax, fresno county, fresno downtown, local, rick montanez
  • Dozens of people protested in front of a Northeast Fresno Bank of America Saturday demanding that corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
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fresno county, fresno northeast, tax, protest, local
  • Procrastinators can breathe easier. You get an extra three days to file your federal tax returns this year.
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tax, business
  • If you haven't filed your income tax paperwork yet, the deadline is one week away.
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tax, fresno county, local
  • As billions is slashed of the state budget, the next question is whether the GOP will go along with Gov. Brown's tax extension.
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jerry brown, sacramento, tax, california budget, politics, nannette miranda
  • Jerry Brown is pushing hard to get the needed votes for a tax extension. But it's not just Republicans he needs to convince.
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sacramento, jerry brown, california budget, tax, politics, nannette miranda
  • Gov. Jerry Brown made an unprecedented appearance before a legislative committee to sell his budget deficit plan.
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tax, jerry brown, sacramento, california budget, politics, nannette miranda
  • California Republicans reveal the one condition they have before putting a tax initiative on the ballot.
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tax, sacramento, jerry brown, politics, nannette miranda
  • Some health experts and lawmakers are calling the obesity problem an epidemic and targeting one type of food to stop it.
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tax, state, nannette miranda