When I was in law school, my dad advised me to take as many tax courses as possible, because every aspect of the law involves tax. So, in the spring of 1997, I took Income Taxation at 8 a.m. I drank a ...

As tax season kicks off, millions of Americans are poised to receive significantly larger tax refunds thanks to President ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joseph J. Thorndike writes about tax history. The state and local tax deduction has been a part of the federal income tax from the ...

When California took its first breath of statehood in 1850, the fledgling state had to quickly find a way to support itself, and myriad new taxes were instituted. In 1850, there was no federal income ...