News 03.10.17
10 March 2017 News
A Campbellsport man is charged in federal court with tax fraud. Sixty nine year old Robert Spoerl is charged with 10 counts of assisting in the filing of false federal income tax returns, 16 counts of theft and two counts of identity theft. The 28-count indictment accuses Spoerl of committing $150,000 worth of tax fraud while he ran a tax preparation service. Spoerl is alleged to have used clients’ personal information without their knowledge to file false tax returns with the IRS while he operated under the name J & R Tax Service in Kewaskum. Spoerl allegedly kept the fraudulent portion of the refund for himself and paid the legitimate portion to his clients. Spoerl will be arraigned in federal court in Milwaukee on March 15th.
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Flu cases have spiked in Wisconsin and cases in Fond du Lac County are also up sharply. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says she doesn’t believe the flu season has peaked yet. Mueller says the bottom line is the vaccine is still the best defense against the flu and there is still plenty of vaccine available. In addition to getting a flu shot, she says there are other steps that can help avoid spreading viruses including washing your hands frequently, covering your mouth when you sneeze and staying home if you do get sick to prevent spreading the virus.
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A new analysis shows most Wisconsin taxpayers would see a $44 reduction in their income taxes under Gov. Scott Walker’s budget. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a report Wednesday analyzing the new tax brackets in Walker’s budget. It concludes that for tax year 2017 an estimated 2.2 million taxpayers, or 70.3 percent of all tax filers, would see an average decrease of $44. Those making between $100,000 and $1 million would see the largest average decrease at $67. Those making between $30,000 and $40,000 would see an average $32 increase. Those making between $40,000 and $50,000 would see an average $45 decrease. The total tax decrease would ring in at $95 million for the year. Those making more than $100,000 would receive 31 percent of that $95 million reduction.
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The Milwaukee Public Museum plans to move to a new downtown location within the next decade rather than renovate its current county-owned building. Museum president and CEO Dennis Kois says the decision to find a new home follows a two-year study that found each of the two options would cost more than $100 million. The 400,000-square-foot museum has spent 53 years at its Wells Street home. The museum’s popular dome theater and planetarium will be included in any new building. The museum’s current lease with the county runs through Dec. 31, 2022. Kois also says he is cutting 15 jobs this month as part of a larger restructuring of the museum’s staff of 141 employees.
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