retroactive
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Although those tax cuts were retroactive to the start of 2025, tax withholding tables were only adjusted at the start of this year.
It attempts to fill a $1.2 billion budget hole by legalizing gambling terminals for bars and restaurants and borrowing for the likes of retroactive pay raises for firefighters.
They also aim to avoid Johnson’s idea to borrow money for police settlements and a retroactive pay hike for firefighters, which they say could harm the city’s credit rating.
House overwhelmingly voted to extend the program through 2027 and to provide retroactive payments to districts that lost funding while it was lapsed.
From Los Angeles Times
That’s because refunds may not be fully retroactive unless a suit has already been filed, based on past rulings in other cases.
From Barron's
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