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The bill would expand eligibility for the “pass-through” deduction to lawyers, accountants or doctors making above certain income thresholds.
July 20 -
A 25% tax credit is the latest carrot being proposed on Capitol Hill to encourage semiconductor companies to bolster U.S. production.
June 18 -
Republican and Democratic senators said they’re open to considering the first change in the national gasoline tax since 1993 to help fund a bipartisan infrastructure spending package.
June 10 -
Sen. Ron Wyden has questions about why the company consistently loses money in the U.S. and doesn’t pay more in taxes.
June 3 -
The legislation would overhaul the current menu of energy tax breaks, consolidating credits for renewable energy sources and offering incentives to any energy source that has no carbon emissions.
May 27 -
Sen. Ron Wyden proposes ending existing tax breaks for fossil fuels and creating new incentives for low-and-no carbon energy sources.
April 21 -
The legislation aims to reduce inequality by giving more entrepreneurs access to capital through tax incentives.
April 20 -
Three top Senate Democrats released a proposal to overhaul the U.S. international tax system that could shape the outcome of the global tax revamp that the White House is pursuing to fund infrastructure spending.
April 5 -
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, who is chairing the Senate Finance Committee now that Democrats have won control of the Senate, described some of his policy priorities, including the tax area where his committee has oversight.
January 14 -
The latest round of coronavirus stimulus legislation includes some major tax provisions and changes for accountants to watch out for in the New Year.
December 21 -
The leaders of the Finance Committee sent a letter asking for a briefing on whether taxpayer files were breached in the cyber attacks.
December 17 -
The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee said the Treasury Department “missed the mark” in new guidance that limits tax breaks for businesses that get their Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven.
November 20 -
Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden have asked internal watchdogs to investigate whether there’s been political interference in audits of the president's returns.
October 8 -
A group of Senate Democrats introduced legislation to offer tax relief to individuals, businesses and states affected by catastrophic wildfires and other presidentially declared disasters.
September 17 -
Democrats on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill to overturn President Trump’s executive action to defer payroll tax contributions, along with a resolution of disapproval that’s being coordinated with Democrats in the Senate.
September 8 -
The Internal Revenue Service has completed its first settlement order with the operator of a syndicated conservation easement scheme as part of a broader crackdown on what the IRS views as abusive tax scams.
August 31 -
The Internal Revenue Service is sending $500 payments to the children of some stimulus relief recipients who hadn’t gotten that part of the aid package after lawmakers complained that the agency wasn’t moving fast enough.
August 6 -
The group wrote to legislators supporting ‘The Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act.’
July 31 -
In a letter to leading legislators, the group also urged them to make businesses expenses paid with PPP money deductible.
July 29 -
Democrats in Congress are criticizing how millions of economic impact payments authorized under the CARES Act are being handled.
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