Tax fraud related to identity theft is a rapidly growing problem. It involves thieves using your personal identifying information to file false tax returns in order to receive big refunds. Thieves can get ahold of your information in any number of ways, such ...

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  As if tax season isn’t difficult enough, taxpayers must now be on alert for suspicious activity that could indicate that they are victims of tax-related identity theft.   During last year’s tax season, the Internal Revenue Service ...

Young Americans take on more credit card debt than previous generations did and are slower to repay it, according to research released last week.   New evidence suggests that those in their late 20s and 30s will continue a lifelong borrowing trend, ...

The economy and President Barack Obama received some good news Friday, as the unemployment rate dipped below the 8 percent mark for the first time during Obama’s presidency. According to the latest jobs report released by the Labor Department on Friday, ...