Debt burden a worry for many AmericansBy Andy UhlerJanuary 12, 2018POSTED IN: Economy Credit Cards credit card debt consumer debt ListenreadDownloadDownload
Credit card companies make it easier to return unwanted goodsBy Erika BerasJanuary 10, 2018POSTED IN: business Credit Cards returns Retail wallethub holiday season holiday gifts ListenreadDownloadDownload
Born in the year of tax reformBy Kai RyssdalDecember 22, 2017Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesTwo 31-year-olds discuss the changes to a tax code that hasn't seen major reform since they were born. POSTED IN: Economy gop tax bill tax overhaul tax reform budget deficit tax brackets child tax credit ListenreadDownloadDownload
Taxes shape our behavior. Here's what to look for in the new billBy Kai Ryssdal and Sabri Ben-AchourDecember 21, 2017BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Republican tax bill moves away from using the tax code as social engineering, though some behaviors are still incentivized. POSTED IN: Economy gop tax bill tax reform Taxes social engineering 529 college savings plan Earned Income Tax Credit home mortgage interest deduction ListenreadDownloadDownload
Commuters would lose an employee perk under the tax planBy Erika BerasDecember 19, 2017POSTED IN: Economy Taxes tax reform transportation credit tax incentives private employers ListenreadDownloadDownload
Despite high interest rates, people still sign up for department credit cardsBy Erika BerasDecember 11, 2017DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty ImagesDepartment store credit cards, which tend to have high interest rates, have fallen out of fashion. But for some with bad credit, they are the only option. POSTED IN: business Credit Cards department stores Retail retail industry holiday shopping ListenreadDownloadDownload
How the child tax credit would change under the House and Senate proposalsBy Mitchell HartmanDecember 04, 2017POSTED IN: Economy gop tax bill gop tax reform tax reform Taxes child tax credit ListenreadDownloadDownload
Congressional tax proposals wouldn't do much to help low-income families with children, study saysBy Nancy Marshall-GenzerNovember 30, 2017POSTED IN: econony Taxes GOP gop tax bill GOP tax plan tax reform Congress tax policy center child tax credit ListenreadDownloadDownload
Senate makes sunset revisions to tax plan that may not see the light of dayBy Amy ScottNovember 15, 2017Latest version would allow individual cuts to expire after 2025. POSTED IN: Economy Taxes gop tax bill GOP tax plan child tax credit tax rates senate finance committee ListenreadDownloadDownload
