Arizona tax law aims to let its residents take advantage of that state's sunny clime . Grand Canyon State homeowners who install a solar energy device in their homes may claim a solar energy credit . The state tax credit for buying and installing a solar energy device is 25 25 percent of the c ... Read more

Job openings hit new lows in November, down to 2.415 million from 2.571 million in October and 3.311 million in November 2008 according to the BLS. There were 6.35 unemployed people for every open job in November, a record high. The figures show the intractability of the unemployment problem. ... Read more

It looks like the legislature will respond to the negligent management of Iowa's corporate welfare tax credits by changing them as little as possible. Mike Glover reports : Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said it's not clear that lawmakers will scale back ... Read the ... Read more

So much for transparency and tax credits. The Des Moines Register reports: Gov. Chet Culver's office does not intend to release reports expected this week on tax credit programs that affect thousands of Iowa workers and businesses before holding public hearings next week that will help decide the i ... Read more

The stats are out for October and the closed transactions for the month were strong.  I’ve asked around about the impact of the First Time home buyer tax credit, but no one tracks this data.  Not the MLS and not our brokerage.  From our experience we know of no one using this tax credit w ... Read more

With Halloween just a day away, it's time to find out what scares you the most. When it comes to taxes, we have a terrifying tale from the Midwest. Iowa lawmakers created a tax credit to lure movie crews (and revenue) to the state. But it has played out as a much more horrifying scenario than any f ... Read more

The first-time homebuyer tax credit is changing yet again, this time to allow some buyers to get their hands on the tax money as a down payment. When it was created last year, it was a $7,500 (or 10 percent of the home's purchase price, whichever was less) tax break that basically oper ... Re ... Read more