Budget Battles
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Harris Tries to Flip Trump’s Biggest Advantages
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US Economy Stronger Than Previously Thought
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Harris Slams Trump’s Economic Plans, Pledges to Grow the Middle Class
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Trump’s Tax Cut Wish List Tops $11 Trillion
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Harris Prepares a New Economic Pitch
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Republicans Defy Trump on Shutdown Threat
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Speaker Johnson Scrambles for Plan B to Avoid a Shutdown
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How Wall Street ‘Innovations’ Cost Taxpayers Millions
By Marc JoffeWhat do the City of Chicago and Jefferson County, Alabama, have in common with Riverside, California, and a school district north of San Diego? These local governments have lost millions of dollars...
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Where’s Your Tax Refund? Here’s How to Check
If you haven’t received your return, check out the Where’s My Refund tool, which will give you the status of your refund within 24 hours of receiving an e-filed return or four weeks after receiving a...
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Why You Could Be Scammed by Fake Tax Collectors More than Ever This Year
By Eric PianinSince the fall of 2013, more than 10,300 Americans have been victimized by a telephone scam in which the caller presents himself as an IRS or Treasury Department employee and demands immediate...
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Why You Might Not Get Your Tax Refund on Time This Year
By Rob GarverEvery year, millions of Americans anxiously await the annual infusion of cash from the Internal Revenue Service when it pays back excess withholding from the previous year. However, according to the...
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Four Reasons Trump’s Promise of Tax Reform Is Fading Fast
By Liz PeekInvestors beware: there are four reasons (at least) why tax reform may not happen this year. 1) Democrats have been told it’s “us vs. them” and to obstruct any and all Republican initiatives. 2)...
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The Worst States for Property Taxes – and the Best
Americans collectively paid $277.7 billion in property taxes on single-family homes last year.
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Here’s How to Get Your Taxes Done for Free
Just over half of Americans get professional help when filing their taxes, the IRS says. That can be a smart move, especially if your taxes are complicated or you’re not confident in your ability to...
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GOP Health Care Plan Would Cost the States Billions in Lost Medicaid Funds
By Rob GarverThe fiscal impact of the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act may not be clear at the federal level until the Congressional Budget Office completes its review of the proposed legislation...
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The IRS Just Invited More Tax Cheating by the Public
By Eric PianinNew data from the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service shows that the agency audited barely more than one million individual tax returns in 2016, the lowest number since 2004, according to an...
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Why the IRS Is Catching Fewer Tax Cheats
By Janna HerronLast June, nine Florida residents were sentenced to prison after being convicted of stealing almost $2.7 million from the federal government by claiming $11.1 million in false tax refunds. The...
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Most Investors Aren’t Paying Taxes on Their Stock Market Gains
By Robert Frank, CNBCOnly about a quarter of U.S. stocks are owned by people who pay taxes on their gains, down from more than 80 percent in the 1960s, according to new analysis. That shift, outlined in a paper by the...
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Clinton’s Plan: New Taxes, New Investment, Same Challenges
By Eric Pianin and Rob GarverWhile Republican Donald Trump and others in the presidential sweepstakes went big and bold with their tax and spending plans this year, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton...
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IRS Now Pegs Tax Cheating by Americans at $458 Billion Annually
By Eric PianinIn the latest indication of the breadth of U.S. tax cheating and duplicity, the Internal Revenue Service reported Thursday a staggering $458 billion average annual difference between taxes that are...
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Tax Day Freebies: 14 Restaurants Offering Food Deals
By Rebecca Lehmann, Brad's DealsStating the obvious here: Taxes kind of suck. But if you’re going to procrastinate and stress eat your way through your last minute tax prep, we found 14 restaurants that have got you covered. Below...
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Here’s How Elizabeth Warren Wants to Save You Money on Tax Day
By Janna HerronSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is promoting a new plan she says will save Americans time and money on doing their taxes. A bill she introduced Wednesday would require the Internal Revenue Service to...