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The proposal positions the Democratic presidential candidate between rivals Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden on a contentious issue.
July 29 -
The legislation would remove language like “husband” and “wife” from the tax code to accommodate same-sex couples and let them claim pre-2013 tax refunds.
July 25 -
The House voted overwhelmingly to repeal a tax Wednesday intended to fund the Affordable Care Act, preserving tax breaks for employer-sponsored insurance plans favored by large corporations.
July 18 -
Senator Bernie Sanders says most people in America will have to pay more in taxes to pay for his Medicare-for-All plan. But he insists that’s a good deal — and will save people money overall by lowering health costs.
July 2 -
Democratic presidential front-runners largely agree on their first tax priority: Scrap the TCJA and institute new levies to pay for social programs.
June 28 -
Senator Elizabeth Warren and other lawmakers asked the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether tax preparation companies are hiding their free services by manipulating search engines.
May 3 -
As more presidential candidates release their tax returns, a picture of Democrats’ charitable giving is beginning to emerge. For the most part, they’re not as generous as most Americans.
April 26 -
The Democratic presidential candidate is seeking to show young voters she would ease one of their biggest economic burdens.
April 22 -
The senator really hates it when corporations that report billions of dollars in profit pay little or no tax to Uncle Sam.
April 17 -
Low-income and minority taxpayers were more likely to use extra-fee tax preparation offerings like refund advances and refund transfers, according to a new report Friday from the Government Accountability Office, and tax preparers often didn’t present them with information about the fees ahead of time.
April 12 -
The Democratic socialist who promotes policies to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires plans to make public his federal tax returns by April 15.
April 12 -
The Democratic presidential candidate rolled out a proposal to levy a 7 percent tax to raise an estimated $1 trillion from the wealthiest businesses.
April 11 -
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and her husband reported an adjusted gross income of $846,394 on their 2018 federal tax return, with $324,687 of that total coming from her work as an author.
April 10 -
Democrats are busy finding new ways to tax the rich. The most straightforward way to do that — an annual tax on household wealth — is an idea with deep roots in Europe that several 2020 hopefuls are hoping to import to the U.S.
March 28 -
Bill Gates, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders all want the rich to pay more taxes, but Gates is saying what the Democratic candidates appear to be thinking: Go for the capital gains rate.
March 12 -
Before Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax, there was Donald Trump’s wealth tax.
March 1 -
The Vermont senator and presidential candidate plans to disclose a decade of returns “soon,” he said at a town hall forum on Monday night.
February 26 -
Some of the top Democratic presidential candidates are trying to make a name for themselves by calling for higher taxes on the wealthy.
February 21 -
The Democratic presidential candidate would limit American families’ expenses to 7 percent of income regardless of how many children they have in care.
February 19 -
Higher rates tend to be a good thing for the state and local government bond market, a haven for investors looking for income that’s exempt from federal taxes.
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