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Tax cuts signed by an America First president are turning out to be a major boon to some of the world’s biggest automakers—except those based in the U.S.
February 7 -
President Donald Trump plans to nominate California tax attorney Charles “Chuck” Rettig to head the Internal Revenue Service as it implements the nation’s tax code revamp, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.
February 6 -
President Donald Trump’s corporate tax cuts are already having a big impact.
February 5 -
President Donald Trump will promote the economic benefits of Republican tax cuts and ask the Senate to pass his proposed immigration overhaul at the congressional GOP retreat Thursday, amplifying themes from his State of the Union address.
February 1 -
President Trump touted the benefits of the new tax cut law in his State of the Union address, although experts questioned some of his claims.
January 31 -
Donald Trump sought to connect his presidency to the nation’s prosperity in his first State of the Union address, arguing that the U.S. has arrived at a “new American moment” of wealth and opportunity.
January 30 -
President Donald Trump said Friday that U.S. economic growth promoted by his policies would help the world, seeking to square his “America First” agenda with globalism.
January 26 -
Opponents of the new corporate tax cuts were right. Many companies didn’t pay the full rate before the law passed—so they won’t see splashy reductions in 2018, according to their own estimates.
January 25 -
The influential Koch political network is urging President Donald Trump to reject a proposal made by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to increase the federal gas tax to help modernize American roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
January 24 -
President Trump reportedly plans to name Charles Rettig, a California tax attorney, as the next commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
January 24 -
In the biggest blow he’s dealt to the renewable energy industry yet, President Donald Trump decided on Monday to slap tariffs on imported solar panels.
January 22 -
The International Monetary Fund warned policymakers to be on guard for the next recession even as it predicted global growth will accelerate to the fastest pace in seven years as U.S. tax cuts spur businesses to invest.
January 22 -
The Treasury Department updated its strategy for the Internal Revenue Service in advance of the failure of negotiations to keep the government open.
January 19 -
GOP leaders in the House are testing whether rank-and-file Republicans will support a stopgap funding measure to keep the government open that also would delay some Obamacare taxes and provide money for a children’s health insurance program, lawmakers said.
January 17 -
Businesses—especially smaller firms—may scale back on treating clients to major league baseball games, golf outings and the like after Congress and President Donald Trump ended a tax break for such entertainment.
January 12 -
In liberal bastions like metro New York and California, the Trump tax overhaul has been criticized as economic warfare. But as elements of the plan come into focus, tax experts are concluding that some of the most dire predictions for high-tax blue states—particularly surrounding the treatment of state and local taxes—may not pan out as feared.
January 12 -
President Donald Trump told a group of farmers on Monday that recent tax cuts and deregulation will revitalize the U.S. rural economy.
January 9 -
New Jersey’s governor-elect joined a chorus of leaders in Democratic states who are proposing workarounds for their residents to avoid new caps on state and local tax deductions—even as a top Trump administration official suggested the federal government might act to limit such strategies.
January 8 -
Donald Trump’s Christmas present to U.S. equity investors will be a big one, if history is any guide.
January 3 -
President Trump boasted about his tax knowledge during an impromptu interview with The New York Times in which he claimed to know taxes “better than the greatest CPA.”
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