Finance, investment and tax-related legislation

The legislation is in reaction to U.S. regulators being unable to review the companies' financial audits.

An excise tax cut for brewers, wine makers and distillers has bipartisan support.

Regardless of who wins the White House, the scope for tax legislation in the near term will be limited.

The top Democrat and Republican on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee introduced bipartisan legislation to encourage more Americans to save for retirement.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, and 16 other Senate Democrats introduced legislation Friday to make President Trump’s payroll tax deferral optional for federal employees and military service members.

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.

Rep. Pete Olson, a Republican from Texas, has introduced a bill that would offer tax incentives to employers who train workers about best practices for reducing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace.

Senate leaders will be trying to hold their parties together for a vote Thursday to advance a slimmed-down stimulus bill that Democrats have already rejected, with both sides jockeying for advantage in public perceptions two months before the election.

Opportunity zones may just be the perfect vehicle to deliver economic relief to the areas hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic — both short term and long term.

There’s little chance of agreement on a new federal coronavirus relief plan without a compromise on the roughly $1 trillion in aid to beleaguered state and local governments that Democrats demand and the White House opposes.