Topic: Pete Sepp

How to Appeal Your Property-Tax Bill

A well-researched appeal can slash your property tax bill.A well-researched appeal can slash your property tax bill.Chances are pretty good that you're paying more in property taxes than you should be. According to the National Taxpayers Union, as many ...

Boehner doesn't agree to House paycuts

Taxpayer groups are urging future speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to lead by example and cut House salaries as a symbolic gesture of cutting spending. "There has to be a visible gesture that people can immediately relate to," said Pete Sepp, the executive ...

Fighting City Hall

Though appealing a home assessment might seem daunting, in most towns at least 20 percent of homeowners who go through the process end up with a reduction. It's also worth a phone call to the assessor's office to make sure ...
For at least seven years, a handful of politicians in Washington, D.C., have been unsuccessfully trying to make it more difficult for countries such as China or Iran to censor and monitor the Internet. Now Smith and his political allies, pointing ...
House Republicans criticized energy legislation passed late Wednesday, saying that it would raise taxes on the oil industry but give tax breaks to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the state-run oil company CITGO.. "Middle-class families and small businesses are feeling the squeeze ...

Reassessing Property Taxes

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, where the sun shines on a cooling housing market, homeowners who bought at the peak can look on the bright side: Like other areas of the country, San Diego has seen demand for its coastline real estate stumble ...
Democratic politicians in state capitols are more likely than Republicans to permit what critics are calling the "iTunes tax"--taxes on digital purchases of songs and movies. com analysis of the states that tax digital downloads, such as those from the iTunes ...

Dem. states favor iTunes tax

Democratic politicians in state capitols are more likely than Republicans to permit what critics are calling the "iTunes tax"--taxes on digital purchases of songs and movies. com analysis of the states that tax digital downloads, such as those from the iTunes ...