Taxes

"It's hard to get excited about billionaires lighting their money on fire when the planet is headed toward extinction," tweeted writer Molly Knight.

A Virginia woman has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison for failing to pay her taxes.

"This will help tremendously," Maui County Council Chair Alice Lee said.

Bezos stepped down as CEO of online retail giant Amazon on Monday after 27 years leading the business.

You have until 11:59 p.m. on Monday to opt out of monthly payments.

There's no need here to spin a morality tale about the evils of great wealth. The case for raising taxes on those who could most easily pay them is good.

Some taxpayers may benefit from opting out of the monthly direct payments.

"Hey Jeff," said one of the hecklers. "Do you feel bad when your Amazon workers die in the warehouse sometimes?"

A number of issues can prevent people from receiving stimulus checks. Here's how to check and resolve any issues around non-payment.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the Biden administration took the recent inflation very seriously and assured the Treasury Department was investigating how information about the taxes of America's billionaires was obtained by ProPublica.

Monthly payments worth $250 or $300 per child are set to begin going out on July 15. However, some families will need to use a tool on the Internal Revenue Service's website to ensure they receive the money.

"Why not put a surtax on billionaires?" Cramer asked. "I think that Lincoln would be aghast that these people are paying nothing."

The expanded Child Tax Credits could put thousands of dollars in people's pockets by the end of the year.

"The game is rigged," the former Trump administration official said.

The FBI and tax authorities are both investigating the leak, which a White House spokesperson described as "illegal". The list also includes George Soros, Michael Bloomberg and more.

"I continue to believe that the tax code should be changed substantially," Warren Buffett said after it was reported that he paid only 0.1 percent in taxes between 2014 and 2018. "And additionally believe that huge dynastic wealth is not desirable for our society."

The Democratic senator tweeted on Tuesday: "Our tax system is rigged for billionaires who don't make their fortunes through income, like working families do."

While low-wage employees lost hours, jobs and lives, their CEOs got raises. It's time to tax huge CEO-worker pay gaps.

"Doesn't that frighten you at all?" 'Cavuto' stand-in host David Asman asked.

Parents are set to receive an additional $1,000 or $1,600 per child this year.

The deadline for filing individual tax returns in the U.S. was pushed back from the usual date of April 15 to May 17 this year.

Faulconer said he wants to eliminate California's state income tax for individuals making up to $50,000 a year and households making up to $100,000, in an effort to make the state more affordable for the middle class.

President Joe Biden wants to increase taxes on the wealthy and corporations to help pay for his $4 trillion infrastructure plan.

Lamenting about raising the taxes on the rich is going to do nothing but further divide us.

Biden has frequently derided an old term that's been used to describe conservatives' approach to economics.

This new law could help many people, especially those who lost their jobs, claim bigger refunds on their 2020 taxes.

The Vermont senator said repealing the cap on the tax deduction would send a "terrible message" to voters.

Last month, Biden proposed nearly doubling the current capital gains tax rate of 20 percent to 39.6 percent for those earning more than $1 million.

At least 19 people were killed in Monday night's protests against the rising levels of poverty in Colombia.

Every American is going to pay higher taxes thanks to the Biden administration's policies.