What to Know About 2024 Tax Withholding and Estimated Taxes

What do I need to know about withholding and estimated taxes? The U.S. income tax is…

What the 2024 Capital-Gains Tax Brackets Mean for Your Investments

Listen to article (1 minute) Investment income is treated differently from wages by the tax code.…

Opinion | Speaker Johnson’s Spending Deal

Can House Republicans govern in 2024—even a little—after the lost year of 2023? One modestly promising…

Opinion | A Modified, Limited Good Jobs Report

Updated Jan. 5, 2024 7:03 pm ET It’s an election year, so every economic report is…

What the 2024 Tax Brackets Mean for Your Money

Listen to article (1 minute) Your tax bill is largely determined by tax brackets. These are…

India’s Infrastructure Push Is Key to Taking on China

The coming few years will be a litmus test for India’s ambition to become a manufacturing…

Tobacco Bonds Are on Fire, Defying the Odds

Anyone who has tried to quit smoking knows that cigarettes are tough to resist—almost as hard…

Opinion | The Employee Retention Tax Credit Is the Biggest Covid Scam

It’s hard to feel sorry for the Internal Revenue Service, but cleaning up for Congress is…

Opinion | The California Budget Bust Arrives

Much like California’s climate cycle of storms and drought, the state’s progressive tax code yields revenue…

The Surprise Bill Coming to Those Who Underpay Their Taxes

Failing to keep up with tax payments now could lead to an expensive surprise come next…