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In response to Christine Van Horn’s Readers' Turn to Write commentary in the March 22 edition of the Times Herald ( "The sky is falling indeed — on fr...

NEW YORK (TNS) Tens of millions of Americans have already received tax refunds from the federal government, with the average return totaling more than...

Tax filing season is upon us, and state and federal tax bodies are offering tips to ensure complete, accurate and timely filing. The Internal Revenue ...

OLEAN — The United Way of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties is pleased to announce the availability of free basic tax preparation services through the...

The Internal Revenue Service and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance will begin processing income tax returns today, which marks the off...

TheIRSwields immense power over the financial lives of Americans, yet recent revelations highlight it would be wise to question an expansion of that a...

DEAR RUSTY: Please explain the Medicare premium increase based on income reported to Social Security. For those of us who waited to draw Social Securi...

Progressives who argue that “the rich” should pay their “fair share” of income taxes are inadvertently arguing they should get a tax cut. The IRS rece...

DEAR RUSTY: I am past my Social Security full retirement age, and I am still working. I am married and we file our income tax jointly. My husband is 6...

ALBANY — New York’s Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul received a failing grade on fiscal restraint from a libertarian think-tank, which criticized her for ...

DEAR RUSTY: I just turned 69 years old in August and am still working full-time. I signed up for Medicare Part A but, it is my secondary insurance bec...

The Biden-Harris administration is set to eclipse the $1 trillion mark in improper payments, a new record for wasted money in a four-year term, accord...

An annual report from the Government Accountability Office has saved taxpayers $667.5 billion over the last 14 years, but Congress and federal agencie...

OLEAN — Applications for the next cycle of grant funding from the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation’s Community Fund are due Oct. 15. The Commun...

Nearly 6,000 Internal Revenue Service employees and contractors owe $50 million in overdue taxes, according to a federal audit published in July. The ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — What does it take to be counted among the top 1% earners nationwide? According to a new study, an American family needs to earn an an...

ALBANY — The outflow of New York taxpayers to the rest of the country subsided from the previous year’s record high during the second tax-filing perio...

The IRS has appointed a new “taxpayer experience officer,” whose salary is paid by — who else? — taxpayers themselves. The agency hasn’t publicly anno...