Taxes

Should You File Your Taxes Early?

From preventing fraud to getting your hands on your refund cash quicker, here's what you should know before deciding.

Colstrip power plant closure could come earlier than 2022

A partial closure of an aging coal-fired power plant serving customers across the Pacific Northwest could come earlier than planned depending on the actions of its co-owner and Montana lawmakers, according to documents released Tuesday by Washington state regulators.

States can offer a lesson as GOP proposes deep cut taxes

President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans who have pledged to cut federal taxes to boost the economy might consider looking first at lessons learned in GOP-controlled states that adopted similar strategies, only to see growth falter and budget gaps widen.

How to find a good tax preparer (and write off the bad ones)

Tax preparers do a big chunk of America's tax returns — more than 80 million a year, according to the IRS — but if you're nervous about handing confidential information to someone in a largely unregulated field, you're not alone.

Taxpayers Off The Hook With Trump's Infrastructure Plan

Norman Anderson, informal advisor to the Trump “Infrastructure Task Force,” says there are 68 infrastructure projects ready to go under president-elect Trump and private enterprise is “lined up” to pay for them.