tax breaks

Companies that were granted stock options after the 2008 stock market collapse are benefiting from those awards too — in the form of tax savings.

The president's $447 billion jobs bill, which was sent to Congress this week, would end a slew of tax breaks for corporations and those households with annual incomes of more than $250,000.

Republicans say there's little chance of Congress accepting the proposal.

The legendary investor, with a personal wealth of $50bn, says the 'mega-rich get extraordinary tax breaks' and must pay more to help America tackle its debts

As the economy recovers, companies’ capital spending is growing faster than their spending on employees, encouraged by tax breaks and falling prices for equipment.

Democrats and Republicans are hoping to capitalize on growing public ire when Congress returns next week to a flaring brawl over oil profits and tax breaks.

Toymaker Hasbro Inc. will receive up to $1.6 million in sales tax breaks for its plans to add nearly 300 jobs to its Rhode Island payroll.

Senate Democrats surmounted opposition by Republicans to pass the multibillion-dollar package of tax breaks and loans for small businesses.

For more than two years, President Obama and the vast majority of Democrats have argued for extending and enlarging Bush’s middle class tax cuts while allowing rates to rise for those making more than $250,000 a year.

With companies hiring few workers in the prolonged recession, economic developers are trying to create jobs by offering tax breaks and other incentives they might not have a few years ago.

President Barack Obama has signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the nation a jobs boost.