Taxes

The Internal Revenue Service is making changes to the guidelines that help workers determine how much of their paycheck is withheld by their employer as income taxes.

When it comes to the North American competition to attract Amazon's second headquarters, New Jersey has put its cards on the table: Officials have promised up to $7 billion in state and local tax credits.

Municipal bonds took investors on a roller coaster at the end of 2017, as prices swung on concerns about what Washington's overhaul of the tax system will do to the $3.8 trillion market.

Financial experts say Texas sales tax collections for the last few months of 2017 increased by double digits compared to a year earlier partly because of the surge in rebuilding and other recovery from Hurricane Harvey.

A pair of Maine suitors is trying to lure Amazon to the Pine Tree State, although one of them is using the bidding process to the make the case for the technology giant to build a smaller project and not the second headquarters itself.

Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday California will have one of the largest budget surpluses since the Great Recession but proposed spending almost none of it, sticking with his restrained approach to spending in his final budget plan.

Here are some of the bigger U.S. companies that have announced employee bonuses after the passage of the Republican tax overhaul.

U.S. stock indexes held close to their record levels on Tuesday, and the Standard & Poor's 500 edged higher as calm continues to reign over markets around the world.

President Donald Trump is promoting his administration's plans to boost economic development in rural communities — and reserving a seat at the national college football championship game.

Employees learned of the new policy in a recent memo from Visa CEO Al Kelly.

MORE TIME TO FILE HEALTH INSURANCE FORMS The IRS has extended until March 2 the deadline for employers and insurers to provide 2017 health insurance information forms to employees.

American families are putting off health care treatments until their tax refund is delivered to their bank accounts, according to a new study.

Bahrain has lifted some subsidies on gasoline, raising prices a week after introducing a tax on cigarettes and soft drinks as state revenues continue to face pressure from lower oil prices.

Most Californians with an urge to smoke a joint will enter the state's legal marijuana marketplace through a single doorway — at a retail shop.

Wall Street sure loves the tax bill, even if polls show most Americans don't.

Louisiana's House Speaker said Friday that lawmakers need more details about Gov. John Bel Edwards' tax proposals for closing a $1 billion budget gap, raising questions about whether the two sides can strike a deal by the ever-nearing deadline Edwards set.

Millions of working Americans should start seeing fatter paychecks as early as next month, Republican leaders say, as a result of the recently passed tax law.

Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Airways are the latest airlines to pay bonuses to employees after passage of a new tax law that figures to help the carriers.