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The Internal Revenue Service is prepared to handle three popular provisions that had expired for 2017 but were recently given new life by Congress.

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that taxpayers can continue to deduct the interest they pay on home equity loans “in many cases,” despite the new tax law's limitations on the mortgage interest deduction.

There’s a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that is just now beginning to garner awareness among state governments and investors.

Employment and wage growth at small businesses grew this month, according to payroll giant Paychex.

Top officials at the Internal Revenue Service met with mortgage industry groups this week to discuss possible fixes to the agency’s verification system, which lenders rely on to process mortgage loans.

Mortgage lenders are bracing for big delays in the processing of mortgage applications, citing a problem with the income verification system at the Internal Revenue Service.

Private sector employers added 190,000 jobs in November, according to payroll giant ADP, as the economy continues to strengthen.

Paychex reported the ninth consecutive month of declines in small business job growth for November, with wages also falling slightly.

The last-minute Republican additions to the Senate tax bill include one apparently designed to appease mortgage lenders who worried that the legislation could cost them billions of dollars and drive some small firms out of the business.

The mortgage industry is panicking over a provision in the Senate tax bill that some analysts and trade groups say may drive small lenders out of the business.

President Donald Trump’s planned tax overhaul is likely to boost U.S. economic growth by about a quarter percentage point in 2018, yet it will also dent demand for housing and fail to lower the chances of a recession, according to a Bloomberg News survey.

The employment market improved despite lingering problems from the recent hurricanes and wildfires still affecting parts of the U.S.

Private sector employers added a robust 237,000 jobs in August, according to payroll giant ADP, with strong gains in professional and business services.

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Private sector employers created 178,000 jobs last month, according to payroll giant ADP, with gains seen in all sizes of businesses and most industries, except manufacturing.

Workiva earns a big California customer, and Bestborn joins Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle.

The unemployment rate inched up one-tenth of a point to 4.4 percent, as employers added 222,000 jobs in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, although accounting and bookkeeping services lost 300 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Private sector employment increased by 158,000 last month, according to payroll giant ADP, in another sign of the job market moving toward what economists consider “full employment.”

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has taken pains to stress that the Trump administration isn’t out to kill Americans’ beloved mortgage-interest tax deduction—but a side effect of the plan could turn it into a perk for only the wealthy.

Job growth slackened at small businesses last month, although wages were up compared to a year ago, according to a new report from payroll giant Paychex.