The bill was originally filed by Sommer to modernize the property tax collection process, but expanded during the legislative process to include the business taxation provision.
The bill was originally filed by Sommer to modernize the property tax collection process, but expanded during the legislative process to include the business taxation provision.
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Welcome to Ask the Patch Pro, where each week we tackle a different topic and open up the comment section for questions. Our team of experts stop in to help you out and answer your questions. It's time to file your taxes and Patch wants to help you find the answers to your questions, but we needed some help. We've compiled a team of experts to help us out. Meet the experts:
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It's time to file your taxes, and Patch wants to help find the answers to some of your questions, but we need a little help. In the latest edition of "Ask the Patch Pro" we need local experts who can answer readers' questions and offer advice. If you are a local tax professional and can answer reader questions in our comment section this week, let us know two ways. One: You can leave a comment on this post along with your email address. Two: You can send an email to jordan.lanham@patch.com. We need experts to answer questions on Thursday, Feb. 14. Curious as to what we are looking for? Take a look at some of our previous Patch Pro posts: So what do you say, who wants to be our expert?
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4:33 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
Thanks Sylvianne! I will add you to our expert list and then email you a link to the article on Thursday morning. more ›
One item on your April 2013 ballot might be a plan to raise sales taxes across St. Louis to pay for improvements in area parks and at the Gateway Arch.
When the April 2013 election arrives, you might be asked to vote on a potential hike to sales taxes in the city of St. Louis and both St. Louis and St. Charles counties. Keep this in mind. The increase would be 3/16 of one cent, and would help pay for improvements in area parks and at the Gateway Arch, among other things, reports the St. Louis Beacon. In a Dec. 13 article, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the money collected from the tax increase would be split in the following ways: The Missouri General Assembly approved the tax over the summer, but it still requires regional support across St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch reported. If lawmakers in St. Louis and both counties approve the issue, then it is expected to appear before …
2:45 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013
We're not afraid of her. We're find it incredulous that she has plural followers. more ›
The IRS has extended the tax filing deadline to April 17.
Once again this year, the Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers extra time to file their tax returns, thanks to Emancipation Day. Last year, it was an extra weekend, this year, the IRS is extending the filing deadline to Tuesday, April 17. The IRS made the announcement Wednesday on its website. According to the press release, the deadline to file 2011 tax returns and pay any tax due is extended from April 15 to April 17 because April 15 falls on a Sunday, and Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls on Monday, April 16. The IRS stated in the release that federal law requires District of Columbia holidays to impact tax deadlines the same as federal holidays do so taxpayers get the two-day extension. The…
Council likely to consider tax increase for 2012 budget to compensate for flat sales taxes; some council members are don't like idea of a hike.
St. Charles County Councilman John White took a look at how much taxpayers pay in property taxes to St. Charles County. It was peanuts. During the last St. Charles County Council meeting, White showed his tax bill, which totaled $3,000. Most of that money went to school, fire protection and other taxing districts. But St. Charles County received 72 cents from his property tax, just enough to buy a bag of peanuts from grocery store. In fact, White pulled out a bag of peanuts to demonstrate that fact at the last St. Charles County Council meeting Sept. 26. The average St. Charles County taxpayer will pay 69 cents to county government at a rate of 16 cents per $100 assessed valuation on their 2011 property taxes, he said. White said the …
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11:35 am on Sunday, October 9, 2011
Paul Wynn finds it easy to vote no on any issue that will help for a better life for the residents of St. Charles County. He brags about turning down any government grants for job training. Yet, he happily accepts a Government Paid Contractor Job in Iraq and now in Afghanistan. Our tax dollars are paying 100% of the salary to Councilman Wynn for his current "keep the war going job" in Afghanistan… more ›
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5:50 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Again, no thanks. Try PaulRevere, mike k, etc etc, they may take you up on the offer. more ›