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Prospects for an even more dire U.S. fiscal trajectory threaten to stoke concerns about the bill among GOP fiscal hawks.

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One of the biggest issuers in the municipal-bond market warns it may need to scale back its borrowing plans if federal lawmakers eliminate the tax-exemption.

A Republican sweep in November's election threatens a niche tax break that helps American colleges upgrade dorms and academic buildings on campus cheaply.

U.S. taxes are likely to rise as lawmakers look to narrow the federal deficit, Warren Buffett said, as Washington prepares for major tax negotiations next year.

The Council of Economic Advisers said a reduction in revenues from capital gains taxes has played a notable role in the widening deficit.

The trend toward digitization of government data has been affirmed as a priority by the passage of recent legislation.

The Treasury Department, based on fresh tax revenue data, is set to release an updated estimate of the "X date" when the U.S. can no longer meet its obligations.

A growing shortage of accountants has plagued dozens of cities and counties across the U.S.

A marked increase in staffing shortages at auditing firms has resulted in significant setbacks to complete issuers' financial disclosures, S&P said in a report.

The movement to convert documents to machine-readable data that computer applications like spreadsheets can use is not new.

There's an easy way to hide from high taxes that doesn't involve packing up a moving van to Florida or Texas.

Scholars in the vanguard of finance, accounting, history and geography are seeing the impact of racial bias and property tax disparities in the $4 trillion U.S. municipal bond market.

The bill contains a 25% tax credit for semiconductor manufacturing — the source of the revenue loss.

The federal government’s deficit has shrunk by some $1.57 trillion, driven by record receipts from a strong economy and a slowdown in spending.

Biden’s 10-year outlook still would rack up $14.4 trillion in deficits — most of it on autopilot — even after accounting for that $1 trillion in net deficit cuts from new policies like tax increases on the wealthy and corporations.

A new bill would end the tax-exempt status for new sales of municipal bonds that finance professional sports stadiums.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing to boost affordable housing by 2 million units over the next decade by expanding a key tax credit.

Add in the complexities of this year’s presidential race, and we have a recipe for uncertainty and fear.

Even before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government was facing dire financial conditions, with its overall financial condition worsening by $8.16 trillion in 2019, according to a new analysis.