In December of 2024, the City Council placed the sales tax proposal, Measure A, on the ballot in an effort to help tackle Oakland's on-going budget shortfall, which is estimated at $280 million over ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Beginning April 1, many residents across the Bay Area can expect to pay more at the mall and restaurants thanks to sales tax increases taking effect in 21 cities. In Sonoma ...

North Bay city council has approved the city's 2025 operating and capital budgets, with a tax increase set for three per cent. The budget was passed at a meeting on Monday night. "This budget ...

Council tax has risen for millions of people from today as 90 per cent of households will see their bill increase by the maximum amount this month. From 1 April, the average annual band D bill, the ...

Suzanne Blake is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on consumer and social trends, spanning from retail to restaurants and beyond. She is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill ...

MILAN : Italy has handed tax demands to Meta, X and LinkedIn in an unprecedented VAT claim against the U.S. tech giants that could have repercussions across the European Union, four sources with ...

For fashion designer Tu Ly, the Hudson’s Bay Company isn’t just a store ... with only $142 million pledged in cash, loans and tax relief by three levels of government. It’s amusing to ...

Last year the new Labour government confirmed plans to introduce the 20 per cent tax on fees at private schools from January 2025. The government claimed this would fund 6,500 extra teachers for state ...

In her defense of the proposed new Income Tax Bill 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman remarked that social media and messaging apps, including WhatsApp and Instagram, along with Google Maps, ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman defended the new Income Tax Bill, 2025, highlighting digital surveillance in curbing financial fraud. Revealing that WhatsApp messages and Google Maps ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday defended the provisions of the new Income Tax Bill, 2025, in Parliament, citing how WhatsApp messages helped unearth Rs 200 crore unaccounted money ...

“There are people that are just flying,” said Cano, 37, who moved to the Bay Area from Los Angeles County five years ago for the job. “You’ll be really careful, especially at ...