tax credits
Hochul wants to gift billions to Hollywood in subsidies that rip off NY taxpayers: watchdog
A state program that delivers little for taxpayers but doles out hefty subsidies to the entertainment industry to film shows like “Billions” and “Blue Bloods” in New York would be...
NY pols eye ending obscene Hollywood subsidies — but NOT to cut the taxpayers a break
State Senate Democrats are at long last questioning New York's tax subsidies for Hollywood — but only to burn the money somewhere else.
Time to prepare my tax returns — a monumental waste of time and money
My income tax is due in a few weeks as I'm pretty good at math, but I no longer prepare my own taxes.
Opportunism or an awakening, Americans want neither Joe nor Don and other commentary
“Billionaires are trying to heal San Francisco by returning it to the old normality” before it turned into a “West-Coast Detroit,” observes Victor Davis Hanson at American Greatness.
Fetuses would qualify for child tax credit under new GOP bill
GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson of Ohio last week introduced the Providing For Life Act to expand the federal benefit, including to cover parents during pregnancy.
Hochul's wrongheaded plan to replace a vital affordable-housing tool
With the Legislature refusing to replace the expired 421-a tax break, Gov. Hochul has announced a constitutionally dubious end-run — an executive order — to push her own tax break...
A blatantly rancid bit of Hochul 'economic development'
In a bit of "economic development" that reeks of something rotten, Gov. Kathy Hochul's arranged for New York taxpayers to cover $2.2 million of the $3 million cost of expanding...
When ‘disinfo’ specialists lie, Gray Lady’s DeSantis frustration and other commentary
Reason’s Robby Soave just caught The Global Disinformation Index, a British nonprofit that gets US taxpayer funds, pushing disinfo itself.
Ex-West Virginia residents offered $25K to move back as population declines
West Virginia is poised to offer former residents $25,000 in tax credits if they move back to the Mountain State for work.
Time to douse NY's horse- racing 'burn pit'
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget would sink nearly a half billion dollars in public money into the state’s long-declining horse-racing industry to finance renovations at Belmont Park race track on...
Out-of-touch lefty lawmakers are turning NY's housing crisis into an outright emergency
Legislators love to whine about the Big Apple’s housing crisis, yet they're stonewalling Gov. Hochul’s bid to restore the tax credit behind 70% of the affordable units added in New...
Hochul pressured to provide film tax break to Sherri Shepherd show
Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged by black leaders to sign a bill into law to provide a controversial film tax break to the Sherri Shepherd TV morning talk show,...
'Affordable housing' wins will vanish if NY Legislature doesn't replace 421a
All the cheers as the $2 billion Innovation QNS proposal clears hurdles in the City Council will fade if the plan falters because state lawmakers refuse to replace the expired 421a...
Hochul's most insulting bid to buy your vote with your own money
Gov. Kathy Hochul's biggest insult to New Yorkers is the nearly $2 million in taxpayer-funded income-tax “rebate” checks (about $270 apiece) set to arrive in voters’ mailboxes just ahead of...
Most electric vehicles won’t qualify for federal tax credit
A tax credit of up to $7,500 could be used to defray the cost of an electric vehicle under the Inflation Reduction Act now moving toward final approval in Congress.
'Come on Bernie': Hot mic catches Dem senator snap at Sanders' child tax credit bid
Sen. Sherrod Brown was caught on a hot mic as tensions flared on the Senate floor.
Nancy Pelosi’s husband buys millions in computer-chip stocks before big subsidy vote
Paul Pelosi purchased 20,000 shares of Nvidia, a top semiconductor company, worth between $1 million and $5 million, on June 17, the Daily Caller reported.
What about the Times' misinformation and other commentary
Libertarian: What About the Times’ Misinfo? The left is enraged by the supposed deluge of “misinformation” on Facebook — but, asks Reason’s Robby Soave, “how many of them are worried...
Check your bank account: Another child tax credit payment went out today
The second payment of the 2021 advance child tax credit hit bank accounts Friday.The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service said that more than $15.4 billion was...
Helping poor kids takes more than money — they also need stable homes
President Joe Biden's new Child Tax Credit law is not the ultimate solution to solving child poverty — there lies much more domestic issues in American families torn by divorce...