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More than half a billion dollars in tax relief is expected to win Senate approval Thursday, and that's not the only action on the tax front due this week.

BOSTON — Lawmakers intend to schedule this year’s mandatory sales tax holiday for the weekend of Aug. 12-13, Senate President Karen Spilka said Monday. With a Thursday deadline to set the dates approaching, Spilka told reporters the Legislature...

More than half a billion dollars in tax relief is expected to win Senate approval Thursday, and that's not the only action on the tax front due this week.

A federal judge who ordered American Airlines and JetBlue Airways to spike their Northeast partnership is giving the airlines more time to unwind the deal.

The state Legislature intends to select the second weekend in August to suspend the states 6.25 percent sales tax on most retail sales of less than $2,500, Senate President Karen

The state wrongly used federal funds for jobless benefits during the pandemic, and now it needs to repay them.

A pivotal question is whether employers, who pay into the state unemployment trust fund to cover jobless benefits, will have to bear some of the cost of the mistake.

Restaurateurs and other small business owners are wary of a looming "threat" of a 2024 ballot question that could raise the state's minimum wage beyond the $15 hourly rate that took effect in January.

BOSTON — Restaurateurs and other small business owners are wary of a looming “threat” of a 2024 ballot question that could raise the state’s minimum wage beyond the $15 hourly rate that took effect in January.Profitability for restaurants is down in...

Restaurateurs and other small business owners are wary of a looming "threat" of a 2024 ballot question that could raise the state's minimum wage beyond the $15 hourly rate that took effect in January.