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Skyrocketing rents and home prices have been a major part of voters' economic pain. New spending will go toward building and subsidizing more housing, and helping people avoid homelessness.

The IRS is refunding penalties it charged taxpayers for filing their 2019 and 2020 tax returns late, as a form of COVID-19 relief. The refunds don't apply to penalties for failing to pay your taxes.

In a court filing, the agency says that ads claimed TurboTax was "Free Guaranteed," but many people end up paying for the software to file their taxes. Intuit disputed the allegation.

The Biden administration hopes to help fund its agenda by cracking down on tax evasion, but its plan to require more bank information is drawing strong opposition from GOP lawmakers and banks.

Forsyth County is pivoting in the face of job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the expected loss of roughly $10 million in sales taxes this year.

Vaping products would be taxed the same as traditional cigarettes under an amendment to a state Senate bill.

President Trump may be forced to release some of his tax records to prosecutors in New York.