After threatening the economy in the name of deficit reduction, House Republicans push bill to cut taxes for wealthy

By Jake Johnson

Just 27 billionaires have spent $90 million to buy GOP Congress: report

By Kenny Stancil

After massive public outcry, IRS ditches plans for facial recognition

By Jessica Corbett

Federal lawmakers joined with advocacy groups that argued requiring biometric information to access records online is a “creepy and disturbing strike” at privacy and security

Sanders calls on Democrats to divide spending bills into components to force GOP accountability

By Jake Johnson

After failure of massive Build Back Better Act, Vermont senator advocates passing parts of it individually

New bill aims to crack down on corporate behemoths evading taxes

By Julia Conley

Measure promoted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would set minimum 15 percent tax rate for companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenue

House Republicans try to block new IRS rule designed to track rich tax evaders

By Josh Israel

Congressional GOP has reduced IRS funding in bid to protect wealthy from audits

America’s poorest families are finally eligible for child tax credits, but most haven’t gotten the money

By Chabeli Carrazana

The historic expansion of the child tax credit this year could slash child poverty in half, but only if the poorest families can access it

Other countries make tax filing free, Americans have to pay because of TurboTax

By Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel

Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, has spent 20 years making it more expensive to file taxes, while claiming the exact opposite

Congressional Democrats divided over state and local tax deductions

By Jake Johnson

Progressives oppose removing federal cap on state and local tax deductions, a rare progressive economic policy implemented by Donald Trump