Tax question? Don't hold your breath for the IRS
"Abysmal" service: The agency's commissioner says 6 out of 10 calls aren't getting through
How to tax $2.1 trillion in offshore profits?
The massive stash has lawmakers debating the best method for getting companies to repatriate it -- or perhaps forbid the practice
Push for a $15 minimum wage goes to college
With the federal baseline pay stuck at $7.25, protests are spreading to campuses with a tax-day strike
Why the tipping point is on the rise
Thanks to mobile pay and other tech, restaurants are getting consumers to pay bigger gratuities
Can this meal energize McDonald's slumping sales?
With Americans eating more healthfully, the fast-food giant may make it easier to get some of its favorite menu items
Too bad wages aren't rising as fast as home prices
Real estate prices have outpaced wage growth -- sometimes by extraordinary amounts -- in three-quarters of the country
Is the University of Phoenix flaming out?
Enrollment at country's biggest for-profit university has plunged, but executives say it's part of a plan
Women lose ground in 48 of 50 top-paying jobs
Even as the American workforce is becoming more diverse, not everyone is seeing economic gains
The risky world of car-title loans
Cash-strapped workers are turning to these unaffordable loans, often losing their cars in the process
The rise of America's debtors' prisons
Towns around the U.S. are using for-profit probation companies, threatening to jail people who can't afford to pay fines
Not ready for April 15? A tax extension may help
Gaining an extra six months may be helpful, but there are also a few pitfalls to watch out for
The world's looming water catastrophe
U.N. report: Countries across the globe could suffer a 40 percent water deficit in only 15 years
Why Walmart is battling a church over gun sales
A historic New York parish wants its anti-gun proposal to reach the retail giant's shareholders
America's incredible shrinking middle class
During the past 15 years, every U.S. state has witnessed an eroding middle class
America's next economic crisis is already here
"There should be more outrage" says the author of an important new book exploring the class divides reshaping the U.S.