Taxes December 9, 2025
Chicago Mayor Tweaks Head Tax Plan to Target Bigger Companies
Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a new version of his head tax Tuesday, now pushing a $33-per-employee monthly tax on companies with over 500 Chicago employees.
Taxes August 12, 2024
Harris Backs Trump Proposal on Ending Taxes on Tips
The vice president made the pledge during a rally Aug. 10 in Las Vegas, two months after her rival made his pitch at a rally in that city.
Payroll August 11, 2024
Job Market For Gen Z College Graduates Actually Isn’t Too Bad
When you compare the labor markets faced by Zoomers with previous generations, recent college grads are better off.
Payroll August 8, 2024
Pandemic Caused Many Jobs to Move from Big Cities to Smaller Metros
The pandemic changed where Americans are likely to live and work, with a growing portion of job openings moving away from the biggest cities and into smaller metro areas, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York analysis.
Payroll August 7, 2024
Mortgage Rates Drop to 6.55 Percent; Biggest Drop in 2 Years
U.S. 30-year mortgage rates plunged last week by the most in two years, reaching their lowest level since May 2023 and sparking a surge in refinancing applications.
Taxes August 6, 2024
New York to Send Child Tax Credit to Recipients by Mail
The checks will be delivered to families who received the Empire State Child Credit in the 2023 tax year. Filers are eligible for the credits if they have children under age 17 and qualify for the federal child tax credit.
Taxes August 2, 2024
Bipartisan Tax Bill with Child Tax Credit and Business Provisions Fails in Senate
The measure wouldn’t affect separate R&D credits, but it would restore companies’ ability to claim full deductions for research expenses in the first year, something a broad coalition of industries has been angling for since that tax break got less generous at the start of 2022.
Taxes August 2, 2024
Report Says Undocumented Immigrants in U.S. Pay Nearly $100 Billion in Taxes
About one third of the total dollars collected from undocumented immigrants funded programs they’re mostly barred from using, including $26 billion to Social Security and $6 billion to Medicare, the report said.
Taxes August 1, 2024
Pennsylvania High Court to Consider Case on Pittsburgh’s ‘Jock Tax’
The case will go before the state's Supreme Court after a lower court ruled earlier this year that the tax is unconstitutional.
SEC July 29, 2024
Trump Pledges to Fire SEC Chief Gensler and Hire People Who Love Crypto
The crowd at a bitcoin conference in Nashville cheered loudly July 27 as Trump said her would fire Gary Gensler, whose term is up in 2026.
Taxes July 26, 2024
‘Unpredictable’ Election Clouds Tax and Economic Policy View
The immediate unknown is whether Vice President Kamala Harris would recalibrate Democrats' economic agenda.
Taxes July 26, 2024
Sanders May Bring His Populist Brand to Powerful Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Bernie Sanders said he has "some interest" in the Finance panel opening, due to the resignation of Sen. Bob Menendez next month.
Accounting July 26, 2024
Accountant Gets Jail Time For Charging $3 Million on New Jersey Employer’s Credit Card
Jennifer Vandever was sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion.