A society does not collapse only when guns are louder than laws. It also weakens when citizens begin to suspect that the text ...

Historically, the tax system has operated as a bulwark against concentrations of wealth. And in this way, it has served to ...

Three incredible what-ifs, one right after the other, underscore the direction of America’s tax code over the last several ...

That is the message Deloitte has delivered to the nation as we navigate a tumultuous economic period. The firm’s latest Budget Monitor report has made a number of striking recommendations for the ...

A major tax package signed on July 4 is set to deliver new deductions to millions of Americans, but residents in several states and Washington, D.C., won’t see the same savings on their state returns.

Legal scholar Ray Madoff discusses her new book, "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy." ...

Taxes make civilization possible. When the ancient Greeks introduced democracy roughly 2,500 years ago, they implemented a progressive taxation prototype so that those who benefited most bore the ...

In her book The Second Estate, Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax system lets the ultra-rich grow their wealth tax-free while working Americans bear the burden. Officially, at least, the United ...

When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos claimed a child tax credit, he wasn’t cheating. He was following the rules. So was Warren Buffett when he limited his salary to $100,000, and Mark Zuckerberg when he ...

TALLAHASSEE — A more than decadelong push by business groups will pay off next week with the end of a state sales tax on commercial leases. The tax, widely known as the business rent tax, will go away ...

Tax code changes in jurisdictions across the world including the U.S., Switzerland, Italy, and the U.K. are leading many family offices and UHNW individuals to relocate in an effort to reduce tax ...

An heir to the fallen Barneys luxury empire got served with an explosive tax-fraud lawsuit from his estranged brother — while he was in the middle of promoting his gossipy new memoir last week at a ...