taxpayers
| 12:30PM 7/15/2011
For some of us, getting a financial fresh start might begin with paying back taxes. More than 1 million taxpayers had federal tax liens filed against them in 2010, a 60% increase from 2007. On Saturday, the IRS will host open houses at 74 Taxpayer Assistance Centers around the country to provide assistance with getting liens withdrawn and answer questions about ongoing issues.
By Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool
| 2:00PM 7/08/2011
In the complicated, confusing, and confounding world of taxes, we citizens have a little-known ally within the IRS: the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate, Nina Olson. Olson welcomes your thoughts via a suggestion box on tax reform. So far, she's received roughly 1,500 submissions, and she's still asking for more.
| 11:00AM 1/14/2011
In the annals of government surveys, this may be among the silliest. The IRS queried taxpayers about whether they think cheating on your taxes is wrong. Not surprisingly, they said they do.
A mere 8% of respondents to the 2010 Taxpayer Attitude Survey said that they believe that it's OK to cheat...
| 5:30PM 12/08/2010
Insurance giant American International Group on Wednesday signed an agreement with the government that details its plan to repay its government loans. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reports that the government plans to sell much of AIG's stock in the next few months.
| 8:58AM 11/18/2010
Historians will look back on Washington's bailout of GM and Wall Street as the right move. That's because it's now clear that the costs of doing nothing would have been far higher, and it turns out that taxpayers may suffer only limited losses on this economic Hail Mary pass.
| 10:35AM 10/27/2010
In addition to state tax credits from Michigan -- and the billions of dollars already loaned it by U.S. taxpayers in the form of last year's bailout -- Chrysler may soon get approval for billions more in loans from the Department of Energy.
| 3:00AM 10/05/2010
The Federal Reserve chief warned Monday that the government must figure out how to shrink huge budget deficits, which now pose a "real and growing" threat to the U.S. economy.
| 8:47AM 9/30/2010
After months of planning, AIG announced Thursday that it had entered into an agreement with the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York about how it will repay in full its obligations to the U.S. government and regain its independence.
| 8:00PM 9/20/2010
In spite of growing discontent about the federal government in general, a surprising number of Americans say they're comfortable with the taxes they're paying, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Monday. Half of those surveyed say they're paying their fair share.
| 10:45AM 9/20/2010
The developer of the Yankees Stadium parking lots may be headed for default on the $237 million in bonds that were used to finance the construction. And the Yankees are hardly alone. Sports teams around the country are struggling to attract cash-strapped fans.