Income taxes

A new study predicts the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will reduce federal taxes on average for individual taxpayers in every state, but the impact will differ.

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The Treasury Department is reportedly mulling plans for the IRS to eliminate its multilingual services, such as tax forms and assistance in languages other than English.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is betting the upfront rewards from President Donald Trump's tax law will carry his party in the 2026 midterm elections.

Smith + Howard, an Atlanta-based Top 100 Firm, has opened two new tax practices: site selection + incentives and state and local income tax consulting.

House Republicans passed the wide-ranging Trump tax legislation dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, overcoming resistance from a group of GOP holdouts and united opposition from Democrats.

The Senate made adjustments to preserve the state and local tax deduction for pass-through entities such as accounting firms.

The $4.5 trillion tax cut bill prevailed in a crucial Senate test vote after hours of negotiations between Vice President JD Vance, GOP leaders and Republican holdouts.

Senate Republicans appear to be making progress in resolving differences with House Republicans in the state and local tax deduction and other matters.

The agreement involved raising the limit on the state and local tax deduction to $40,000 a year for five years.

The remarks give Republican negotiators additional breathing room as lawmakers remain at loggerheads over several issues in the massive economic package.

The administration expects Senate leaders to bring the massive legislation to the floor on Thursday.

Senate Republicans are coming around to the $40,000 cap on state and local tax deduction key House lawmakers demand in President Trump's massive tax package.

President Trump's tax-and-spending agenda is nearing a climactic vote in the Senate this week.

Republican leaders are pressing to begin voting on the tax bill in the Senate at the end of next week.

President Trump expressed optimism that lawmakers could reach a compromise on the state and local tax deduction, a sticking point in his "One Big Beautiful Bill."

The prospect of prolonged talks with holdouts threatens Senate Majority Leader John Thune's goal of passing President Trump's tax-cut legislation by July 4.

The bill text will represent a major breakthrough for the GOP as it seeks to continue to advance the centerpiece of Trump's economic agenda.

A $30,000 cap on the state and local tax deduction would be a compromise between current law and the more generous limit in the House's version of the bill.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he's pressuring Senate Republicans to refrain from changing a deal to increase the state and local tax deduction cap to $40,000.