Companies can stop collecting employees’ payroll taxes starting Tuesday, September 1, after an executive order in early August gave workers a tax holiday. The deferral of payroll taxes applies to ...

After weeks of political brinkmanship, a temporary extension of the payroll tax cut has finally been passed by Congress and signed by President Obama -- just in time for the holidays. Without ...

House Republican leaders said on Monday they may bring their own 10-month payroll tax holiday extension for a vote this week. “If Democrats continue to refuse to negotiate in good faith, Republicans ...

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Congress may have forged a deal to stave off the fiscal cliff to start 2013, but the effects of that agreement are only now starting to filter down to average Americans. The expiration of the payroll ...

Now that Congress appears finally to have reached a compromise on what must be one of the worst pieces of legislation in years — the temporary payroll tax holiday extension — let's survey the damage.

House Republicans plan to introduce legislation extending the payroll tax cut, but that bill will be separate from a solution of the Medicare sustainable growth rate, according to a New York Times ...

The marketing people at St. Paul-based Securian Financial Group have a suggestion: Take advantage of the reduced Social Security payroll tax that will be in place through 2011 to boost your retirement ...

The "payroll tax holiday” enacted two years ago to stimulate the economy expired on January 1. Retailers, restaurants and other businesses say that reduced take-home pay for consumers is taking a bite ...