By TAYLOR VANCE and MICHAEL GOLDBERG/Mississippi Today Updated 9:53 AM CDT, March 18, 2025 Mississippi House and Senate leaders on Monday evening unveiled new plans to eliminate the state income tax and raise gasoline taxes — charting a path to more negotiations over…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG/Mississippi Today Updated 11:12 AM CST, February 21, 2025 The Senate Finance Committee voted Thursday to advance legislation to reduce the state income tax and the sales tax on groceries while raising the gasoline tax. Republican senators voted to…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers could consider a comprehensive proposal next year to make the state’s tax system fairer and more efficient, a state House leader said Wednesday. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Trey Lamar said…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 5:40 PM CDT, September 4, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers could consider a comprehensive proposal next year to make the state’s tax system fairer and more efficient, a state House leader said Wednesday. Ways…
A proposed 2 percent hotel tax that Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich wanted to add to the existing 12 percent tax in the city was removed from Tuesday’s city…
If taxpayers are filing a tax return for the first time, IRS Free File can help. This program provides free tax preparation, free electronic filing and free direct deposit for eligible taxpayers. The IRS Free File adjusted gross income (AGI) limit for tax…
As the calendar turns, so does the impending arrival of tax season. It's that time of the year when individuals and businesses alike are…
A Gulfport man pleaded guilty Thursday to preparing false federal tax returns for clients. Orland Reed is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 22 and faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison as well as supervised release, restitution and…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the nation with perpetually underfunded schools and struggling rural hospitals, had its largest-ever tax cut passed by lawmakers Sunday. The Republican-controlled state House and Senate…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi would phase out its income tax, reduce the sales tax on groceries and set a higher sales tax rate on many other items, under a bill that advanced Wednesday through the…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Some members of the Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature are renewing an effort to eliminate the state income tax — a proposal that failed earlier this year amid concerns it would drain budgets for…
WASHINGTON (WXXV) — A Moss Point woman was arrested today on a federal grand jury indictment charging her with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and filing false personal tax returns. According to the indictment, Talvesha…
The Jackson County Civic Action Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is open and ready to do your taxes. The VITA program offers free tax preparation services for individuals and families who make up to $56,000 per year. The service…
Bay St. Louis residents will be heading to the polls today to vote on a proposed 2% food and beverage sales tax increase. It will take 60% of the vote to pass. City officials proposed the increase to help raise…
A pack of cigarettes at a convenience store near the Mississippi capital costs about $4.99 including tax. If the legislature chooses one possible option for a cigarette tax increase the same pack could run $5.31. The pressure for a state…
Mississippi’s tax collector is looking at taxing properties rented through popular online rental services. Popular sites such as Vacation Rentals by Owner and Air BNB feature homeowners putting their homes or apartments up for rent for vacationers. The new tax…
Tuesday is the day many Americans dread....the deadline to file your taxes. This year's deadline is a little later than usual. April 15th fell on a Saturday and today is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia…
News 25's Bryan Kennedy interviews Olivia Munn, about doing your Tax's and how to receive help at Knight Nonprofit Center March 16th at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is continuing to warn of a tax scam targeting employers. This second warning comes after Hood's office received a number of calls last week from organizations whose employees have fallen for the scam. Scammers pretend…
Some tax experts and conservative groups are questioning a proposed Mississippi regulation that would require large sellers to collect taxes on internet sales. Revenue Commissioner Herb Frierson agrees the rule, which is not yet enacted, challenges U.S. Supreme Court precedent…
After the Mississippi house voted on Wednesday to pass a bill organizing efforts to collect taxes from amazon and others that sell goods to Mississippians from outside the state...it has been held on a motion to reconsider. That means the…
News 25's Toni Miles interviews Sam Evans about the United Way Of South MS Free Tax Preps for people with low incomes.
Those purchasing prepared food in Pascagoula will soon see a two percent tax on their purchases after voters approved a referendum on Tuesday. Nearly 2,200 voters came out and the tax passed with 61 percent of the vote. The first…
Soon the people of Pascagoula will be heading to the polls again to vote for or against a two percent restaurant tax which is meant to generate funds for recreational programs in the city. News 25’s Hank Davis has more…