The second most senior Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Dick Durbin, will propose a new scheme that would force online retailers like Amazon and iTunes to collect local taxes for each and every transaction. He’s expected to make the proposal the day after Tax Day, and it’s expected to be controversial within two seconds of having been announced.

San Francisco, unlike most other cities in Silicon Valley, has a 1.5% payroll tax. And even more stunning is that they consider gains on stock options part of payroll, meaning that any San Francisco based company going public or being acquired could get hit with a massive tax bill in the tens of millions of dollars.

The state of Texas is going after Amazon over sales taxes. Amazon responds by closing distribution center in Irving and saying it will not open other distribution centers in Texas.

Is this a case of "Evasion of the Booby Enhancers" or what?

As if states did not have enough on their plates getting their shaky finances in order, a new bill is coming due — from the federal government, which will charge them $1.3 billion in interest this fall on the billions they have borrowed from Washington to pay unemployment benefits during the downtu

Guy gets a parking ticket while standing at the payment box speaking with a reporter about parking rate hikes. Cop slithers away from camera and then comes back to deliver the ticket when no one is there.

A Swiss village has found a drastic way to compel dog owners to pay their pet's annual tax: Pay the government Mafia their protection fee or your dog dies!

A well-made End the Fed cartoon. A bit corny at times, but the statism is kept to a minimum for the most part. 30 minutes long, spread it around.

Orlando Police Department shut down a 40 year Orlando tradition of a pick up Football game on Thanksgiving, demanding a $7000.00 Fee for a permit to use a public park.

"Google only pays a 2.4% tax rate using money-funneling techniques known as the 'Double Irish' and the 'Dutch Sandwich,' even though the US corporate income tax is 35%. By using Irish loopholes, money is transferred legally between subsidiaries and ends up in island sanctuaries that have no income tax, giving Google the lowest tax rate amongst its technology peers. Facebook is planning to use the same strategy."