WASHINGTON – More than 15 million taxpayers may owe the government $250 or more because of how the IRS last spring set up President Barack Obama...
Sen. Arlen Specter | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Recent signs of recovery and those who say the recession is over are cold comfort for the millions who are still searching for work or have stopped looking. Their world is bound by paying the bills and raising families.
Wall Street Journal | JOHN D. MCKINNON | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service is examining more than 100,000 suspicious claims for the first-time home-buyer tax break, another sign of p...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/business/07tax.html | Catherine Rampell | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
The idea of a tax credit for companies that create new jobs, something the federal government has not tried since the 1970s, is gaining support among ...
David M. Abromowitz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business
Four out of five buyers were handed $8,000 by other taxpayers for a purchase they would have made anyway. The Obama administration could do better by targeting the credit to people who need it.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics
An ongoing lobby effort to get the White House to fund health care reform by ending the tax breaks for employers who provide coverage to their workers...
Jim Wallis | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
The stars have now aligned in the midst of this economic crisis, and it is precisely the time to address the urgent issues of poverty in America.
New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday voted to expand the economic stimulus package with a tax credit for homebuyers of up to $15,000, a provision cha...
Jack Hidary | Posted 02.04.2009 | Green
In terms of "shovel-ready" projects, solar is able to deliver jobs and clean energy quickly at a great return on investment.
Paul Abrams | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
If Joe the Plumber ever returns to plumbing, his business will do much better under Obama's plan. And if he decides to sell his business, Obama's elimination of capital gains taxes would save him $120k for his retirement.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
Like many Republicans, McCain has made it clear that he feels about unions the way an Alaskan aerial hunter does about wolves -- best when dead.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
McCain intends to tax workers for the value of health insurance that they receive from their employers. Really. It's not included in the description of his plan on his web site.
AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business