Pennsylvania’s veteran population ranks fourth in the U.S. with nearly 800,000 veterans as of 2020. Since 2009, Pennsylvania’s Veterans Treatment Courts have been assisting veterans who are charged with crimes and are struggling with addiction, mental illness or other co-occurring disorders

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), jointly with other government agencies, announced a return to enforcement of critical protections for families and homeowners. Those protections, put in place in the wake of the Great Recession to prevent another foreclosure crisis, give

The American Rescue Act implemented a significant change in the Child Tax Credit that allow you to receive it in monthly installments. But if you don't file a tax return, you have to sign up for the monthly payments by NOVEMBER 15.

The Internal Revenue Service today updated frequently-asked-questions (FAQs) for the 2021 Child Tax Credit and Advance Child Tax Credit Payments to describe how taxpayers can now provide the IRS an estimate of your 2021 income using the Child Tax Credit Update Portal (CTC UP) . These FAQs update the

Governor Tom Wolf today reminded survivors of the remnants of Hurricane Ida to apply for federal aid and learn about local resources available to help their recovery by visiting a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in their area. “People are still suffering from this terrible storm, and we want to make

Governor Tom Wolf today announced that the federal government has granted his request for a one-month extension for county and local governments, as well as eligible non-profits, to file their Request for Public Assistance (RPA), which is the first step in the process of applying for Public

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued an advisory opinion affirming that consumer reporting companies, including tenant and employment screening companies, are violating the law if they engage in shoddy name-matching procedures. Regulators are concerned about the significant

The Internal Revenue Service recently sent approximately 430,000 refunds totaling more than $510 million to taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation excluded from income for tax year 2020. The IRS efforts to correct unemployment compensation overpayments will help most of the affected