Tom Davis: The Right Way To Fix Act 388

LAWMAKERS MUST REFORM CODE, RETURN REVENUE TO TAXPAYERS 
By Tom Davis || In 2006 the South Carolina General Assembly responded to outcry from over-taxed homeowners with a law that eliminated school funding from their property tax. Unfortunately, that’s only half the story. When lawmakers passed Act 388, they didn’t cut our overall tax burden, but expanded [...]

Amazing … Nikki Haley Paid Her Taxes On Time

Give S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley a gold star … or something.
The “accountant” who “knows the value of a dollar” managed to pay her taxes on time this year … for a change.
According to Saturday’s editions of The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper, Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey (who was responding to a media inquiry for a change) [...]

Senator Failed To Pay Taxes

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) failed to pay nearly $290,000 in property taxes over the last four years on an aircraft that she and her millionaire husband partially owned.
McCaskill – a top target of Republicans heading into the 2012 elections – made the acknowledgment during a conference call with reporters on Monday. She also acknowledged [...]

Haley Tax Laxness Continues?

After being busted on multiple occasions for slack ass accounting during the 2010 campaign, you would think that S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley would be Johnny-on-the-spot when it came to paying her taxes these days …
Apparently not. According to Lexington County property tax records, Haley and her husband have already missed the initial deadline to pay [...]

Another Haley Tax Problem

Chalk up another “adventure in accounting” for S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley …
South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial nominee says she’s “the right person” to become governor because she’s “an accountant who knows what it means to stretch a dollar,” but public records continue to show Haley’s claims as stretching something else – the truth.
On top of the [...]