I appreciate it when our letter writers drill down into specifics and cite data to back up their opinions. But math can be tricky, and sometimes the numbers don’t add up. We do our best to double ...

Millions of Americans are getting letters from the IRS telling them their math is bad. Taxpayers are actually getting two letters — the first says there was an ...

The IRS uses several programs to check the accuracy of a tax return, and one of these programs is the math error program (Sec. 6213(b)). In this program, the IRS uses ...

All my middle school students will tell you that 30% of $100 is $30. An item costing $100 will cost $130 if taxed at 30%. If taxed at 23% it will cost $123. Yet Republicans are saying a 30% sales tax ...