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Jobless tax businesses pay will rise
Unemployment compensation taxes paid by Florida businesses will skyrocket next year because of the state's high jobless rate that hit 11 percent in September, revenue officials said Wednesday. ...more
November 19, 2009
Car dealer closings cut deep
Major golf tournaments such as the Transitions Championship at Innisbrook usually provide its 100-plus PGA golfers with a free vehicle for a week. The cars are split among local car dealerships after the tournament ends. ...more
November 15, 2009
Tampa restaurant owner charged with failing to pay state taxes
The owner of a South Tampa restaurant has been charged with failing to pay state taxes. ...more
September 23, 2009
Plummeting Permits
In fiscal year 2007-08, the county issued just 397 single-family home permits, an 835 percent drop from the boom years of 2004-05. ...more
December 18, 2008
How Much Is Your Home Worth?
Two weeks ago, real estate agent Steve Fruit was examining the value of a Lake Placid house for the owners, who are thinking of selling. For tax purposes, the Highlands County Property Appraiser had valued the property at $254,769. ...more
October 19, 2008
Turner, Ayers Focus On Tax Rates
Property Appraiser Rob Turner likes to remind residents: He doesn't set taxes. Still, it doesn't keep critics like Democratic challenger Ken Ayers from accusing the three-term Republican incumbent of taxing people out of their homes. ...more
October 19, 2008
Taxes Should Be Paid On Transaction Price In State's Short Sales
The confusion over state tax law that threatened to bottleneck home sales throughout the state has been resolved. ...more
September 24, 2008
Manatee Bookkeeper Charged With Embezzling $250,000
A Myakka City woman faces several charges after her employer accused her of stealing more than $250,000 from his company. ...more
September 18, 2008
Tax 'Mess' Muddles Short Sales Of Homes
As Florida's coffers shrink in the face of a dour economy, confusion over a tax statute threatens to choke the flow of home sales at a time when the state is struggling under the burden of millions of unsold properties. ...more
August 13, 2008
Alabama Man Charged With Stalking Ex-Wife
AVON PARK – An Alabama man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $40,000 bond after sheriff's investigators say he threatened and stalked his ex-wife as well as threatened to hurt or kill a Department of Children and Families investigator. ...more
June 27, 2008
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