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State authorities are warning Massachusetts residents about a nationwide phone scam that aggressively targets taxpayers.

The state attorney's general's office says it has received several complaints about the scam

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A state senator wants to impose Massachusetts' 6.25 percent sales tax on medical marijuana purchases and assess soon-to-be opened dispensaries a 4 percent surcharge on their revenues.

Sen. Brian Joyce, a Democrat from Milton, proposes money generated from the marijuana taxes be designated to a new state fund for substance abuse treatment programs

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Republican lawmakers and business groups are ramping up pressure on the Legislature to repeal a new sales tax on computer and software services.

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More Democratic legislators are fessing up and admitting that the recent passing of the 6.25% sales tax, to a wide variety of computer and software services, was a bad idea and want it repealed.

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First she was for it, and now State Senator Karen Spilka has changed her mind about the new computer software services tax, and wants it repealed!

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Tax collections don't want to see a huge drop in revenues because of smoking cessation, so the government doesn't really want you to quit smoking.

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Congressman and Democratic senatorial candidate Stephen Lynch says the income cap on Social Security contributions should be raised at a faster pace to help keep the retirement system solvent.

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State tax collections in October were down $48 million from the same month last year, and missed official benchmarks for the fourth consecutive month.

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For a long time, pole dancers have been able to get by without having to have taxed wages hiding behind 'performance', but now New York State says it's totally taxable.

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A judge in Boston has ordered state officials to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation for a transsexual inmate.

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