"Councilmember Barry Continuing to Irradiate Federal Tax Liability." So stated a press release from Councilmember Marion Barry today in the wake of a filed in September by the Internal Revenue Service. more ›

Remember last week, when the Washington Post reported that Pepco had received several million dollars more in federal tax credits over the past few years than it had paid in taxes? more ›

It sure has been a rough couple of years for Pepco. Or has it? more ›

Can we call it the Junior Mint tax? Mayor Vince Gray will reportedly propose a five percent sales tax on concessions sold at movie theaters around the city. more ›

One time, a friend of mine told me a story about this time he lost his keys. more ›

One councilmember tore up the bill. Another called the whole idea a "vendetta." A third compared the debate to Alice in Wonderland. Tempers flared. Parliamentary procedure seemed non-existent at times. The term "class warfare" was bandied about. And Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) somehow ended up on the same side of a tax debate as his colleague from Ward 2, Jack Evans. more ›

As I type this, the D.C. Council has officially been back to work for about an hour and a half. And already, it appears as if the summer recess didn't do anything to cool the fiery relationships between many of the members. more ›

As the D.C. Council prepares to meet in its first session since it came back from summer recess and the last session before the beginning of the 2012 fiscal year, its members appear ready to raise taxes on some of the city's highest earners. more ›

With a mere two weeks left in the District's 2011 fiscal year, D.C. CFO Natwar Gandhi told Mayor Vince Gray that he stumbled across an additional $89 million in cash today. more ›

In belt-tightening times, local jurisdictions look to suck as much extra money out of residents as possible. But what type of tax will bring in additional revenue without driving people away from that activity? Alcohol. more ›

The municipal soap opera involving a possible tax increase on the District's highest-earners took on new life this week with a report from the Post that D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown, who has staunchly opposed any tax hikes, may be softening his stance. more ›

It's difficult to make tax collection management interesting, but D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan sure is trying. more ›

The District pulled in $8.7 million during its annual auction of properties with delinquent tax bills, reports Michael Neibauer, including a $4 million surplus because there were several properties up for sale which drew extra interest from investors. more ›

Just like any normal resident, the District government has a checking account from which it pays for daily operations. But according to Mayor Vince Gray, the balance on the city's checking account is a little low these days. more ›

If Mayor Vince Gray was looking for a way to put a little distance between himself and the D.C. Council, well, it appears he found it. After pocket vetoing a bill last night which would have delayed a retroactive tax on municipal bond interest, Gray was called out by Councilmember Mary Cheh -- and since, he's been chastized by the legislative body's Chair, Kwame Brown. more ›

Is the honeymoon between Ward 3 D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh and Mayor Vince Gray finally coming to an end? It appears possible after Cheh sharply criticized Gray for not signing a bill she authored that would have delayed a tax on municipal bonds. more ›

Here's a New York Times report about the failure of the Congress to extend the bill to keep the Federal Aviation Administration afloat, which, in turn, is hitting air travelers hard in the pocket. But one particular line in the story caught my eye. more ›

Most people would say that fiscal policy isn't made overnight, but the D.C. Council seems to think otherwise. more ›

The District's bag tax has often been hailed as a massive success -- so much so that our neighbors in Montgomery County citing it when installing their own version of a similar five-cent fee on disposable bags. But that doesn't mean there aren't scofflaws out there. more ›

The District's budget battle is going down to the wire. Of course, this means that the organizations fighting to convince the city to maintain its spending levels on social services are pulling out all the stops. more ›

The District's spending plan for the coming year faces a first vote this week, and it looks like D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown has maneuvered to put his own stamp on the budget submitted by Mayor Vince Gray to the D.C. Council in early April. more ›

As the Post's Tim Craig reported this morning, it's looking like the majority of the D.C. Council is lining up against a proposal by Mayor Vince Gray to raise taxes on residents making more than $200,000 a year. More importantly, as the Examiner's Freeman Klopott wrote over the weekend, D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown has already made clear that Gray's tax hike won't make it past him. The District's residents, though, seem to be going in a different direction. more ›

The Post reports that the Montgomery County Council has voted 8-1 in favor of instituting a five-cent bag tax in the county. more ›

President Barack Obama, fresh off fielding the questions of Northern Virginians, will hold a Facebook town hall event this afternoon from California -- and he wants your questions! The theme of the event is “Shared Responsibility and Shared Prosperity” -- hmm, shared prosperity, eh? Sounds like the perfect opportunity to ask him why he felt the need to sell out the District on abortion funding, even though more income taxes go to our city than to his home/office. more ›

With Tax Day having come and gone, we found this infographic from GOOD of particular interest. Of the money that has been collected in taxes by the federal government on income earned in 2010, the District will be appropriated about 0.1 percent (when you round up!), right there alongside other relatively unimportant things like "arts and culture" and the U.S. Post Office. more ›

Like many Washingtonians, former D.C. Councilmember Carol Schwartz isn't happy with the way the federal government is giving the ol' one-two to the District. But is Schwartz going to be satisfied with simply repeating the several hours in holding and misdeameanor charges cropped up by Mayor Vince Gray, a few current members of the Council and several others last Monday? No way! more ›

Might you soon be paying a ten percent tax on your truck-procured pile of poutine? It sounds like a compromise between food trucks and restaurant owners including such a tax might be in the works. more ›

In case it's slipped your mind, tomorrow marks the observation of Emancipation Day in the District -- which means that most of the city's workers will be taking the day off. more ›

This morning, the D.C. Council got their first chance to comment publicly about Mayor Vince Gray's 2012 budget, and a large majority of the comments were supportive. more ›

Budget cuts, higher taxes, April 15: taxes have been on the brain for area residents. However, who actually pays the most in taxes in the D.C. metro region? You might think it's the District with that painful 8.5 percent income tax - but you'd be wrong. Residents of Prince George's County pay, on average, the most taxes in the area. more ›