tax credits

A federal tax credit of $2,500 to $7,500 can significantly reduce the premium for plug-in vehicles.

Taxpayers can get up to $1,500 back this year or next from replacing windows, doors, appliances and furnaces. The break on green cars is bigger.

The home buyers' and homeowners' tax credits are just two of a number of nonautomatic tax credits and deductions you should be aware of as you start preparing for 2009 taxes.

Robert D. Dietz, assistant vice president for tax and policy issues at the National Association of Home Builders, is taking reader questions.

Robert D. Dietz, assistant vice president for tax and policy issues at the National Association of Home Builders, is taking reader questions.

Child-rearing bills don't end for 18 years or more, but neither do the tax credits and deductions that can save you $60,000 on raising your little one.

Hundreds of thousands of first-time homebuyers across the country have begun to claim their tax credits, according to new government data released on Friday, but experts say many more have yet to cash in.