The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) helps reduce poverty for working American families by providing a tax credit for ...

Texas does not require companies to offer paid maternity or paternity leave to their employees. The issue is expected to come ...

Representatives from Fairmont State University are visiting the West Virginia State Capitol this week to highlight the ...

Spousal Social Security benefits can be complex, but understanding them can help maximize your retirement income.

It dictates how much is deducted from your gross income for taxes. Your gross pay is the total amount you've earned for the pay period before ... This can be critical if you're a single parent because ...

The federal earned income tax credit celebrates 50th anniversary. Yet, IRS estimates one in five eligible taxpayers miss out ...

The IRS estimates one in five eligible taxpayers don’t claim the earned income tax credit on their tax returns, missing out on thousands of dollars.

Yet rich parents often want to give more. Here are the (sometimes barely legal) ways they get it done. A trust distributes parents’ assets to a child according to conditions they set, and it can give ...

Nonrefundable tax credits can only be used against taxes that you owe -- once your tax bill hits $0, you don't get the ...

“The most common mistake that you’ll see is that a taxpayer will go to an accountant or go to do their taxes through a ...

If you think you need to file a return this year, maybe for the first time, you're likely wondering where to start.