Taxes

East Manatee's Project Cure ranks as No. 15 worst U.S. charity

Visitors to Project Cure's headquarters on Lena Road in Bradenton can see through the window that the charity's space is nothing more than a storage unit. CHARLES SCHELLE/Bradenton Herald

East Manatee-based Project Cure is ranked No. 15 on a list of America's Worst Charities by the Center for Investigative Reporting and Tampa Bay Times.

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TOURISM

Manatee tourism on pace to surpass 2012's strong season

Tourism revenue in April surpasses 2012's strong performance.
BUSINESS

Hollywood losing blockbusters as 'Iron Man' seeks tax subsidies

Hollywood is struggling to hang on to its blockbuster movies as states such as North Carolina and countries like Canada offer subsidies for producers to shoot films far from the traditional studios of Los Angeles.
TAXES

Rick Scott rejects Amazon deal

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has made job creation his top priority since coming into office, has rejected a proposed deal to bring major Internet retailer Amazon to the state.
TAXES

Grover Norquist joins banks opposing tax on Internet sales

A loose coalition of anti-tax activists, direct marketers and financial industry trade groups has a tough task this week in overcoming bipartisan support for letting states impose sales taxes on out-of-state sellers.
POLITICS

President's budget has more new taxes than he talked about

President Obama's budget plan proposes to raise $1.1 trillion over 10 years in new revenue.
TAXES

Federal lawmakers push for online sales tax

Federal lawmakers in both chambers are showing signs of warming to legislation that would require out-of-state Internet businesses to collect taxes at the rates levied in the communities where purchasers live.
TAXES

More taxpayers are waiting to file, and experts say now is the time

The mad dash for April 15 is especially crowded with procrastinating taxpayers this year.
TAXES

Tax-shelter penalty gets High Court review in McCombs Case

Supreme Court will use a case involving billionaire Billy Joe "Red" McCombs to decide whether the federal government can impose hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties for the use of abusive tax shelters.
TAXES

Unclaimed tax refunds from 2009 to expire April 15

The Internal Revenue Service says it has $917 million in unclaimed tax refunds owed to nearly 1 million people who failed to file returns for 2009.
TAXES

Manatee nonprofit seeks to empower lower income families

Suncoast Community Capital works to educate working people about the Earned Income Tax Credit.