The Internal Revenue Service and community partners nationwide today launched their annual outreach campaign aimed at helping millions of Americans who earned $49,078 or less take advantage of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). In Wisconsin last year, around 378,000 families received approximately $759 million in EITC with an average amount of $2007. This week, [...]

Thousands of seniors soon will pay higher property taxes according to a report released this week by the Wisconsin Budget Project. The Homestead Credit, which puts money back into the pockets of low-income seniors and helps them stay in their homes, will shrink this year, because state legislators voted to stop adjusting the credit for [...]

In his eighth State of the State Address, Governor Jim Doyle outlined proposals to build the economy, create jobs and provide property tax relief for homeowners, while protecting key priorities like education and health care and helping those hardest hit by the struggling national economy. “I stand before you tonight at a difficult time in [...]