After weeks of political brinkmanship, a temporary extension of the payroll tax cut has finally been passed by Congress and signed by President Obama -- just in time for the holidays. Without ...

Now that Congress appears finally to have reached a compromise on what must be one of the worst pieces of legislation in years — the temporary payroll tax holiday extension — let's survey the damage.

House Republicans plan to introduce legislation extending the payroll tax cut, but that bill will be separate from a solution of the Medicare sustainable growth rate, according to a New York Times ...

“Because of the speed at which the law required the IRS to issue the second round of Economic Impact Payments, some payments may have been sent to an account that may be closed or, is or no longer ...

President Obama won another year of tax reductions for workers in a major tax compromise that he signed into law right before Christmas. But thanks to the intricacies of tax law, some workers will get ...

The federal government has begun preparing again for a government shutdown as stalled negotiations over a payroll tax holiday prevent a spending bill from advancing in Congress. However, President ...

Adding $100 billion to the deficit for a 10-month payroll tax holiday is a difficult pill to swallow for Republicans who've been hammering President Obama for adding to the deficit, but they're about ...