State taxes

Money manager Brian Heywood has already spent nearly $7 million of his own money to get six ballot initiatives in front of Washington State voters this November, half of them tied directly to taxes.

Companies and state tax authorities are embroiled in court cases that could have a major impact on how states handle taxes on digital advertising, online sales and transfer pricing.

Lawmakers are trying to drum up support to allow a debate on raising the state and local tax deduction cap as bipartisan tax package negotiations leave out those proposals.

Fifteen states are reducing either individual or corporate income taxes this year, with some states trimming both individual and corporate taxes, among 34 states starting the year with significant tax changes.

The five states with the highest real-estate taxes have an average rate of 2.17%.

Cooling economic growth, tax cuts and weak stock-market performance are big contributors to the drop.

A new proposal would create new definitions of digital goods for state taxation.

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The classification of marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance has put cannabis businesses in a bind as far as federal taxes go, even as more states move to legalize the plant.

The Golden State is poised to fall well short of its budget forecasts as the recent stock market slump erodes the state's tax takings.