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If You Live In The City Of Albany, Your Taxes Are Going Up. Have A Nice Day

Richie Phillips — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:57:27 +0000

It’s happening everywhere. No slam on Albany Mayor Jennings or anyone else. But just letting everyone know what I read in this morning’s Times Union. It’s good news, bad news for city dwellers Accoring to the article, there is a proposed $170 million dollar spending plan being proposed. The good news? Very few if any [...]

New Bill Would Force Online Retailers to Collect Sales Tax — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:22:22 +0000

Online shoppers often cite the convenience of purchasing items from web retailers like Amazon, but another perk to cyber shopping is that buyers often don’t have to pay sales tax. Thanks to a congressional bill, though, that could soon change. Between “showrooming” — in which consumers check out items at physical stores before buying them [...]

Texas Strip Clubs Now Have a $5 'Pole Tax'

Mike Adams — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:19:05 +0000

Strip club patrons in Houston, Texas are getting the shaft – or the pole. At any rate, they are going to have to pay because the city council just passed a $5-per-customer fee on strip clubs. Unfortunately, we are unclear if this extra fee is to be paid at the door, or just randomly tucked [...]

Woman Receives 2.1 Million Through Tax Fraud

Levack — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:25:26 +0000

Earlier this year, a 25 year old woman who works for TurboTax lied by claiming 3 million in income on her state taxes. This gave her a 2.1 million dollar refund. Amazingly, no one in the government caught this slip until she decided to lie AGAIN and say that her pre-paid debit card was stolen and [...]

New York Sales Tax Eliminated On Clothing And Footwear Under $110 Dollars

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:09:35 +0000

It might be a good time to do some clothes chopping. Starting on Sunday, April 1, we all get a break if we purchase new clothing and footwear, if each item costs less than $110 dollars in New York State. I n a story from News 10 ABC, this also applies to most fabric used [...]

IRS Extends Tax Filing Deadline

GNA — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:45:20 +0000

No need to fear the date of April 15th this year. The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers two extra days to file your return. The IRS made the announcement Wednesday. The deadline is being pushed back to Tuesday, April 17th. The main for the extension is because the 15th falls on a Sunday which obviously makes it [...]

Be Careful of Email Hoax & More of What You Need to Know Near Albany

GNA — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:06:44 +0000

New York – Be careful if you received an email with the subject line stating, “Uniform Traffic Ticket.” The State Police says the email is a hoax and appears to be from the New York State Police or the Los Angeles Department of Motor Vehicles. The email instructs the person to click on a link to open [...]

Governor Cuomo Changing State Tax System

GNA — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:41:42 +0000

Governor Cuomo plans to revamp the state tax system by creating more income brackets. The new brackets would better spread the burden between the state’s poorest and richest residents. The governor said right now a person who earns $20,000 and another who earns $20 million pays the same permanent income tax rate of 6.85 percent. Cuomo released a [...]

Potholes And Bad Roads Are Driving Me Crazy- Daily Dilemma [AUDIO]

Sean McMaster — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:41:39 +0000

This dilemma clearly cam to being when somebody was driving to work while listening to "The Sean and Richie Show". We were probably talking about someone problem when this guy was screaming about almost losing his tires in a cavernous rut. I get that, and I certainly understand the frustrations when it comes to tax dollars and how well or not well they are being spent. It isn't quite the "dilemma" we are used to dealing with but I thought that this person was frustrated and clearly needed to be heard.

Thanksgiving Travel Could Be Backed Up & More of What You Need to Know Near Albany

GNA — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:35:10 +0000

Albany – Make sure you plan on hitting the road early for the Thanksgiving holiday. The New York State Thruway Authority says there’s going to be heavy traffic. Traffic will be considerably more congested the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after since those are two of the busiest travel days of the year for [...]

Where is The Change? How to cut Spending.

Sean McMaster — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:01:51 +0000

Today on the show we talked quite a bit with the listeners about the financial trouble we are in. In our Homes, our State and in our Country. Now I will leave your homes up to you. But as far as our Government goes, we are all in this together. Every time an election comes [...]

Snow Plows, Where Are You?

Jake Thomas — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:40:28 +0000

Where the hell are the plows today? I’m so mad I could spit nails. If I could spit salt and sand I would have at least put some on the roads unlike the non-existent plow drivers today. I stopped in at Cumberland Farms on High Bridge Road in Schenectady for gas and smokes at noon [...]

Online Tax Season Kicks Off

GNA — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:20:17 +0000

The online tax season officially opens today. Last year, 70-percent of taxpayers filed online which translated into almost 99-million online tax returns of the 142-million filed.I personally like the online filing because it saves me a trip to the post office, the money is either taken out or put directly in to my bank account directly, [...]