tax breaks

A national business confederation is working to bring more exposure to a tax incentive being taken off the table for some businesses in Alabama. This comes as the IRS suspends the Employee Retention Tax Credit.

Alabama lawmakers gave final approval to legislation to provide state tax breaks to businesses that help their employees afford childcare. The Alabama Senate voted 31-0 for the bill that now goes to Governor Kay Ivey for her signature.

The filing deadline for most taxpayers is today, though it has been extended for parts of California, Alabama, Georgia, New York, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Indiana that were hard hit by severe weather. The size of your refund could be another matter.

The Alabama legislature have advanced a package of economic development bills to attract jobs from incoming industries. The plan is meant to renew and expand the tax breaks and other incentives the state uses to lure businesses.

When George Wallace graduated from law school in 1942, the only job he could find was driving a dump truck for the state highway department in…