Finance, investment and tax-related legislation

The House passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to overhaul some key aspects of the way the Internal Revenue Service operates, including the appeals process.

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation to make permanent the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, a tax break that encourages companies to hire veterans, people with disabilities and other groups who face barriers to employment, before it expires at the end of the year.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Senate and House have teamed up to introduce bipartisan legislation to assist tax-exempt cooperative organizations.

The House Ways and Means Committee voted to approve legislation that would relax the rules for those saving for retirement.

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, Ron Wyden, is reviving a plan that would tax wealthy individuals annually on their investments, instead of when those assets are sold.

The far-reaching bipartisan legislation would overhaul key facets of the way the Internal Revenue Service operates, including the appeals process.

A pair of congressional representatives has introduced bipartisan legislation to discourage abuses of the conservation easement tax break.

House and Senate Republicans and Democrats teamed up to reintroduce bipartisan legislation to overhaul key aspects of the way the Internal Revenue Service operates.

Bipartisan legislation would make a technical correction in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that has kept many stores and restaurants from renovating their facilities.

A pair of Republican and Democratic senators introduced bipartisan legislation to fix one of the technical problems in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island introduced a pair of bills aimed at stopping corporations from using offshore tax havens and outsourcing jobs to other countries.

Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Tom Reed, R-N.Y., and Senators Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., have introduced bipartisan legislation to make the New Markets Tax Credit permanent, in an effort to encourage private investment in low-income rural communities and urban neighborhoods.

A pair of House Democrats has introduced a bill to extend the tax-filing deadline until May 20 to give taxpayers more time to file their taxes.

Watch out, Wall Street. Democrats, who have so far focused on plans to tax the super-rich, are turning their sights to capital markets.

A senator and a representative from Oregon aim to bring state and national cannabis laws into greater alignment.

Tax pros have some requests -- and some strong words -- for legislators.

A trio of Republican senators has reintroduced legislation to get rid of estate taxes completely.

More than 200 members of the Maryland Association of CPAs met with state legislators in Annapolis to discuss ongoing issues effecting clients and the profession.

The legislation aims to help entrepreneurs with filing deadlines, electronic signatures and the sharing economy.

Marginal rates had been that high as recently as 1981.