February 1, 2023
Tax breaks for struggling local newspapers might sound reasonable, even righteous. But legislative efforts nationally and at the state level have yet to succeed. Why?
January 30, 2023
New mothers , families with low incomes , and immigrant parents often miss out on tax benefits by failing to file returns. But with tax...
January 27, 2023
The news is filled with stories about conflicts between taxpayers and tax collectors. Just a few weeks ago a New York jury convicted the Trump...
January 20, 2023
As of 2021, about 16 percent of Americans had earned money through an online gig work platform . While contract labor is not new, the...
January 19, 2023
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s $10,000 cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction managed to survive attempts to reform or scrap...
January 17, 2023
House Republicans say they want to balance the federal budget in 10 years by cutting spending only, and seem to have received a promise from...
January 12, 2023
The idea of replacing all major federal taxes with a national sales tax – and using the opportunity to “abolish” the IRS – has been...
January 11, 2023
Third-party payment platforms such as Airbnb, eBay, and PayPal found a surprise gift from the Biden Administration in their Christmas stockings last month—one that likely...
January 11, 2023
It is easy to write off as mere symbolism the House vote to rescind nearly all the $80 billion IRS funding increase Congress approved last...
January 4, 2023
Should dogs be licensed and taxed?