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Democrats may control the House Ways and Means Committee, but neither party is likely to get their way on tax policy.
November 7 -
President Donald Trump said he’s open to raising some tax rates to help pay for a bigger tax break for middle-class Americans.
November 7 -
President Trump and the GOP leader of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee issued a joint statement committing to future legislation.
October 31 -
The chairman of the House tax-writing committee said if Republicans retain the House and the Senate they’ll advance a 10 percent tax cut aimed at middle-income earners.
October 23 -
President Donald Trump said Congress will vote on a new tax cut for middle-class Americans after the midterm elections, even though Republican lawmakers say they have no such legislation in the works.
October 23 -
U.S. corporations have largely abandoned the contentious deals that allowed them to shift their addresses abroad for a lower tax rate. Yet a key part of the transactions is continuing quietly even after President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul.
October 15 -
The tax law gave a last-minute windfall to commercial property owners such as President Donald Trump. But regulations proposed by the Internal Revenue Service could diminish the benefit.
October 11 -
Firms’ winter policies; SALT county by county; new forms and a potentially delayed season; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
October 10
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Tax advantages for bonds funding private hospitals and sports stadiums survived last year’s tax overhaul thanks to an eleventh hour compromise. The securities may be headed for a decline anyway.
October 9 -
Charles Rettig was barely 24 hours into his new job as President Trump’s hand-picked chief tax official when a bombshell news report hit.
October 4 -
New York City will seek any taxes that President Donald Trump should have paid for money he received from his late father, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, following a New York Times report on the transactions.
October 3 -
New York state tax authorities have opened an investigation into allegations reported in the New York Times that President Donald Trump and his family created their real estate empire through “instances of outright fraud,” evading taxes on hundreds of millions of dollars.
October 3 -
President Donald Trump dismissed allegations in a New York Times story that he had received vastly more money from his father than previously admitted — in possible violation of tax laws — as “very old” and “boring.”
October 3 -
The legislation would make permanent the 2017 tax breaks for individuals and pass-through businesses which otherwise would expire at the end of 2025.
September 28 -
Profs. Miller and Bahnson reprise an old column to take down an old proposal that's gained some new adherents.
September 14
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Economists question how much the change would juice the economy, especially if the president tries to do it without Congress.
September 4 -
President Donald Trump said he’s considering a capital gains tax break by issuing a regulation that would index gains to inflation.
August 30 -
President Trump’s recent tweet suggesting the SEC rethink the requirement for public companies to report their results quarterly has ignited a debate about this topic.
August 29
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Michael Cohen’s guilty plea is opening a door to a long-closed world — the business of Donald Trump.
August 27 -
Allen Weisselberg is an unassuming, soft-spoken guy who has spent decades avoiding the limelight, first in the 1970s as an accountant for President Donald Trump’s father, Fred, and then as the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer. Those days are over.
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