Taxes

The Internal Revenue Service announced a voluntary program Thursday to certify paid tax preparers who complete annual training and pass a test.

New York City lawmakers have approved a $75 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

North Carolina House members and film industry leaders argue anything short of a one-year extension on current tax credits for movie and TV production expenses will mean lost jobs in the state.

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Defiant before skeptical Republicans, the head of the IRS refused to apologize Friday for lost emails that might shed light on the tax agency's targeting of tea party and other groups before the...

Defiant before skeptical Republicans, the head of the IRS refused to apologize Friday for lost emails that might shed light on the tax agency's targeting of tea party and other groups before the...

The Arizona Legislature wants to help Apple Inc. by extending renewable energy tax credits and exemptions to cover the 1.3-million-square-foot data center it plans to open in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa.

SolarCity will begin offering loans to homeowners for solar systems, a move that industry analysts say could reshape the market for rooftop solar and propel its rapid adoption.

Hillary Clinton will unveil plans Wednesday to crack down on companies that seek to dodge U.S. taxes by moving their headquarters overseas.

In America, those who pay more than eight out of every ten dollars collected in federal income taxes are criticized by those who don’t pay their “fair share” at all.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush unveiled his simplified tax plan Wednesday.

A bipartisan group of Congressmen on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demanding the government return money to small businesses that the IRS had wrongfully seized under federal asset forfeiture laws.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pledged to defend working families through policies such as lower taxes if Republican voters choose him as the GOP nominee.

A House Oversight subcommittee hearing set for Thursday should provide more pushback to President Barack Obama’s claim on the 'Daily Show' that there was no IRS targeting of conservative nonprofits.

Judicial Watch Wednesday announced that IRS scrutiny of conservative groups went beyond tea party organizations and included higher profile groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Crossroads GPS, associated with former George W. Bush advisor Karl Rove.

The Internal Revenue Service is ignoring a court-imposed deadline to turn over newly found Lois Lerner email documents essential to investigations of the IRS tax-exempt scandal.

The Lois Lerner scandal keeps getting bigger.

Quietly and with no comment from the public, the Internal Revenue Service has amended tax rules to penalize small businesses that set up Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) to use pretax dollars to help workers afford health insurance.