Taxes

Replacing the Income Tax With a National Sales Tax

It’s a compelling idea, replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax. The strongest case here is that the IRS has become too intrusive, too invasive and threatening, and it is immoral for the government to know so much about our personal income.

Fake IRS Agents Target More Than 366,000 in Huge Tax Scam

Fake IRS agents have targeted more than 366,000 people with harassing phone calls demanding payments and threatening jail in the largest scam of its kind in the history of the agency, a federal investigator said Thursday.

10 Year-End Tax Strategies

Congress’s habit of waiting until the last minute to vote on important tax legislation leaves very little wiggle room for tax planning.