Earned Income Tax Credit

Personal finance experts agree that you should minimize your tax refund each year. They say that if you don't, you're basically giving the government a free loan. For some individuals who claim large tax credits, this isn't always possible. If you’re a low-income earner, may...

First, to be clear, the goal of any savvy taxpayer is not to get a large refund. It is to get no refund – while also owing nothing. In other words, the best outcome is to accurately predict your taxes and have that exact amount withheld over the course of the year, thereby avoiding providing...

Each year, U.S. taxpayers pay out $1.2 billion in public assistance to workers at McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), according to a study released Tuesday by the National Employment Law Project. The NELP study used data from another one conducted by economists at the University of California-Berkeley and...