EITC

Trump's budget aims to cut approximately $3.6 trillion in spending, in part from eligibility changes for the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.

The Trump administration’s budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018 would require a Social Security number for claiming either the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Child Tax Credit in an effort to deny the refundable tax credits to undocumented immigrants.

Deduction alternatives; the death of Medicare tax; a phony Social Security number; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service saw a sharp drop-off in tax returns in the first half of filing season, according to a new report.

Preparers prepare for extra steps on returns with the EITC, CTC and AOTC.

Tax pros share the issues they’re most concerned about for this year’s returns.

More than halfway through the 2017 filing season, the IRS reported receiving 5.7 million fewer individual returns than at a comparable point last year.

More than halfway through the 2017 filing season, the IRS reported receiving 5.7 million fewer individual returns than at a comparable point last year.

From a trickle to a flood, returns have started to flow in after initial delays.

The Internal Revenue Service is putting out the word on how to beat the tax-filing crowd right after Presidents Day—one of the agency’s busiest times of the year.