Taxes

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig was asked about refund amounts during testimony on Capitol Hill this week.

New legislation could prevent the IRS from creating its own free filing software in the future.

Wednesday has come and gone without the Treasury Department delivering President Donald Trump's tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee chairman.

President Donald Trump is facing an imminent congressional deadline for his administration to provide his tax returns but he says he "won't do it" while he's under audit by the IRS.

The head of the IRS, overseeing the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax codes in three decades, says the average refund in this year's tax-filing season, $2,833, worked out to be close to last year's.

The Latest on President Donald Trump's tax returns (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (mih-NOO'-shin) says his department is unable to provide President Donald Trump's tax returns to Congress by Wednesday's deadline.

The Massachusetts senator followed in the steps of other Democratic candidates.

The government overpays tens of billions of dollars to people claiming the earned income tax credit.

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has released her tax return for 2018, reporting that she and her husband paid more than $200,000 in taxes on a joint income of about $900,000 last year.

You are more likely to meet your spouse on a blind date, according to one tax betting pro.

Hawaii lawmakers are considering legislation that would require websites like Airbnb to collect and pay taxes on behalf of short-term rental hosts.

___ Capitol Hill hearing on online hate sees it firsthand WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional hearing on online hate turned into a vivid demonstration of the problem when a YouTube livestream of the proceedings was bombarded with racist and anti-Semitic comments.

The Latest on vacation rental tax bills before the Hawaii Legislature (all times local): 11:30 a.m.

The defendants have agreed to cooperate with the tax agency regarding tax breaks they may have improperly claimed through bribery the scheme.

Living conditions are deteriorating in taxpayer-funded apartments for the poor, but landlords can still count on payments from the federal government.

The United States is considering putting tariffs on $11 billion in EU goods per year to offset what it says are unfair European subsidies for planemaker Airbus.