Tax

How to Talk to Your Kids about Taxes

No, really, it can be fun

By Carey Wallace April 15, 2016

Obama Calls For Oil Tax To Fund Green Transportation

It shows how important fighting climate change is to the President

By Katie Fehrenbacher / Fortune February 5, 2016

Why the Flat Tax Is More Popular Than Ever

The simple levy hasn’t been this talked about since 1996

By Amity Shlaes November 10, 2015

Coca-Cola May Owe $3.3 Billion in Taxes

Coca-Cola argues that IRS is trying to "increase substantially the amount of tax"

By Benjamin Snyder / Fortune September 18, 2015

Congress Could Strip Samuel Adams Of Its Craft Beer Crown

Congress is ready to get into the craft beer business, which could mean bad news for big batch craft brewers like Sam Adams. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, proposed the new Craft Beverage...

By Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune June 25, 2015

Burning Man Is Getting Taxed for the First Time Ever

Nevada lawmakers shut down a loophole

By Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune June 3, 2015

Watch John Oliver Get Michael Bolton to Sing an Ode to the IRS

Spare the IRS your ire

By Melissa Locker April 13, 2015

This Part of the U.S. Just Imposed a Tax on Junk Food

It also eliminated a 5% sales tax on healthy produce

By Sabrina Toppa March 30, 2015

These Are the States With the Worst Taxes for Average Americans

In these states, higher income leads to decrease in effective tax rate

By Thomas C. Frohlich February 27, 2015

Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 4

1. Reimagine your school library as a makerspace. By Susan Bearden in EdSurge 2. New materials could radically change air conditioning. By The Economist 3. Ambassadorships are too important to hand out to political donors....

By The Aspen Institute December 4, 2014

Senate Dismayed by House Tax Extension Bill

Proposal would retroactively extend dozens of tax breaks through the end of 2014

By Alex Rogers December 2, 2014

Scotland to Be Handed 'Biggest Transfer of Powers'

Commission set up after the independence referendum urges the biggest transfer of power in Scotland's history

By Naina Bajekal November 27, 2014

Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 6

1. How do you frighten political strongmen? Teach journalism. By Thomas Fiedler in the Conversation 2. Far from policing free will, taxes on sugary drinks make sense in the context of subsidies for corn syrup...

By The Aspen Institute November 6, 2014

Obama's Wrong About Our Go-It-Alone, Imperialistic, America-First Tax Code

Our "territorial” tax system is just Yankee imperialism

By Andrés Martinez September 25, 2014

Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 17

1. Islamic State’s sexual violence is a war crime and U.S. leaders should call it out, seek ways to track it, and hold the terrorists to account. Instead, policymakers are ignoring it. By Aki Peritz...

By The Aspen Institute September 17, 2014

The Artful Dodgers

Companies that flee the U.S. to avoid taxes have forgotten how they got so big in the first place

By Rana Foroohar September 11, 2014

Burger King Might Become a Canadian Company

The burger behemoth could reincorporate in Canada, and thereby lower its tax liabilities, if it buys donut chain Tim Hortons

By Alexis Hauk August 24, 2014

Lionel Messi Faces Messy Tax-Fraud Allegations

The soccer star and his father allegedly owe $5.3 million in unpaid taxes to Spain

By TIME Video July 29, 2014

Modi (Barely) Passes His First Big Test on Economic Reform

The new Prime Minister indicated change will come in steps, not all at once

By Michael Schuman July 10, 2014

80 Years of Federal Revenue in One Chart

What’s the federal government’s largest source of income? Individual American citizens.

By FindTheBest/Kiran Dhillon May 1, 2014

Here's How Shady Tax Preparers Plan to Fleece You

Fraud among fly-by-night, seasonal tax preparers who open up shop in vacant storefronts and trailers costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. It has prompted the IRS to seek to regulate tax preparers by requiring education courses and examinations

By Sam Frizell April 12, 2014

Pot of Gold: Colorado Marijuana Makes $2M

The state of Colorado's collected $2 million in taxes on the approximately $14 million in recreational marijuana sales since the drug was legalized and regulated. Officials will use the windfall to build new schools and possibly for advertisements against driving while high

By Maya Rhodan March 10, 2014

Poll: Fewer Uninsured Americans Thanks to Obamacare

The federal and state health care marketplaces built into the Affordable Care Act may explain the drop in the rate of Americans who aren't covered, a new poll suggests, down from 17.1% in late 2013 to 15.9% so far this year

By Maya Rhodan March 10, 2014

Soda Wars Bubble Up Across the Country

Following Bloomberg's failed ban on big sodas, will a host of initiatives popping up in other cities pass muster?

By Katy Steinmetz February 20, 2014

Colo. Getting Weed Windfall

Colorado is expecting to rake in $133 million from taxes on weed-related sales in the next fiscal year, far above previous estimates

By Katy Steinmetz February 19, 2014

Tom Perkins Says the Rich Should Get More Votes in Elections

Famed investor Tom Perkins also said he believes only taxpayers should be able to vote

By Sam Gustin February 14, 2014

Here Are the Biggest Tax Law Changes to Look Out for This Year

A 'Billionaire Bonanza' Is Driving Global Inequality

Apple's $14.5 Billion Tax Spat Signals a World of Uncertainty for Big Corporations

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says E.U. Tax Ruling Is 'Total Political Crap'