Tax Credits

Generosity and voluntary sacrifice on the human, local, level ought to be the primary form of helping the needy. Government ought to come in only as a backstop. (iStock by Getty Images)

Opinion

Tax deductions — the greatest of these is charity

September 3, 2017 4:01 am

Mariana Azpeitia, a farm worker from Mexico, holds the flag of Mexico and a sign in Spanish that say

Immigration

Report: Illegal immigration costs $296 billion in lost taxes

Paul Bedard -

September 1, 2017 1:25 pm

The idea wasn't part of the joint principles on tax reform that the Trump administration put out and has never had support from House or Senate GOP leadership. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Economy

Child tax credits back in Republican tax reform talks

Joseph Lawler -

September 1, 2017 4:01 am

The average U.S. farmer is just shy of retirement at 58 years old, while in Minnesota that age is 55, according to 2012 U.S. Census data. Only 4 percent of Minnesota farmers are under the age of 35. Pierson said he was concerned about the lack of prospects for replacing a generation that is retiring.

Energy and Environment

Minnesota hopes to build its farm team with tax incentives

Anna Giaritelli -

July 10, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Ted Cruz praised the new bipartisan effort as a fulfillment of former President Ronald Reagan's vision. The plan comes as Russia calls for expanding its space-based missile defense efforts.

Healthcare

Ted Cruz’s healthcare proposal faces cost concerns

Robert King -

July 9, 2017 4:01 am

All across the country, people are fed up with the bloated bureaucracy of the IRS. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Congress needs to take axes to taxes

Adam Brandon, Alfredo Ortiz -

June 28, 2017 3:11 pm

Is any deduction a tax loophole? (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Business

A principled tax reform allows expensing of all business costs

Peter Ferrara -

June 22, 2017 4:01 am

Ivanka Trump was behind the president's inclusion in his budget of a mandatory six weeks of paid leave to families after the birth or adoption of child. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Healthcare

Ivanka Trump meets with conservative lawmakers about childcare, paid family leave

Alex Pappas -

June 20, 2017 7:16 pm

Magazine

Confab: Get the Tax Cuts You Can Get

TWS Podcast -

June 17, 2017 7:30 pm

Johnson, who chairs the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said the IRS is making overpayments to illegal immigrants who apply for the Additional Child Tax Credit, the refundable part of the child tax credit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Immigration

Ron Johnson demands IRS review of illegal immigrant tax credits

Al Weaver -

June 1, 2017 4:00 pm

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