DES MOINES, IOWA (October 17, 2019) — The Iowa Department of Revenue (IDR) has finalized the 2020 interest rate, individual income-tax brackets, and individual income-tax standard-deduction amounts for the 2020 tax-year (applicable for taxes due in 2021).

Interest Rates

Starting January 1, 2020, the interest rate for tax-payers with overdue payments will be:

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 16, 2019) — October is National Cyber Security month and State Treasurer Michael L Fitzgerald is urging Iowans to be vigilant with their personal information online. "Over the years, we have seen many unclaimed-property scams," Fitzgerald warned. "As cyber-criminals become more sophisticated, unclaimed-property solicitations have also become more sophisticated.

LENEXA, KANSAS (October 8, 2019) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored six Iowa top performers in the freight industry with its annual SmartWay Excellence Awards today at the 2019 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, California. Awardees are shippers, carriers, and logistics-providers that excel at saving fuel and shrinking their emissions footprints.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 7, 2019) — Heart of America Group’s newest hotel and restaurant will open in the historic Fifth Avenue building in downtown Moline, Illinois. The Fifth Avenue Syndicate Bistro and Bar will open on Tuesday, October 15, and the Axis Hotel will open on Thursday, October 17. The Axis Hotel is part of the Tapestry Col