Will Donald Trump bring Barack Obama’s birth certificate to the Royal wedding? I have no idea, but now that I’ve made our Web optimization folks...

“The Path to Prosperity,” Congressman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) solution to federal budget deficits, called for keeping “overall revenue as a share of the economy at...

The other day, I blogged on the necessity of increasing the debt limit. And I got a remarkable response: The tea party and others on...

Individuals who just filed their taxes this year might be wondering why they face high tax rates when big corporations apparently manage to escape the...

George Orwell once wrote: “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” I am reminded of Orwell and his deep concern with the misuse...

So it has come to this: The biggest short-term risk of the U.S. defaulting on its sovereign debt is not that big spenders will have...

Marriage—or non-marriage—can affect how much tax you pay to Uncle Sam. Ever since Congress created the joint filing status for married couples in 1948, many...

On Monday, Standard and Poor’s pinned a “negative” rating on the United States fiscal outlook. US stock markets reacted poorly. The Dow fell 140 points...

Now that you’re done filling out your 1040, the White House wants you to know where your tax dollars are going. Its Federal Taxpayer Receipt...

An interesting blog from my Urban Institute colleague Brett Theodos on the use of refund anticipation loans and refund anticipation checks among low-income tax filers:...