Politics

Senator Kamala Harris condemned the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic as the worst failure in U.S. government history, but evaded answers on the Democrats’ positions on the environment and the Supreme Court.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released his 2019 tax returns hours before the first debate with President Donald Trump, showing that he paid $299,346 in income taxes in 2019.

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Democratic candidates made many proposals for changes to the Tax Code, ranging from changes to the tax rates to the imposition of a new 5 percent excise tax and a national sales tax.

Deductions for haircuts, consulting fee write-offs, a family estate that is treated as a business property and an aggressive refund claim could open President Donald Trump to legal risks once he’s out of office.

At least 39 states did not have enough money to pay all of their bills at the end of 2019, leaving them ill-prepared to shoulder the costs of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.

No matter whether Trump or Biden wins in November, a new survey from PwC indicates taxes may be rising.

The U.S. House of Representatives won’t implement President Donald Trump’s order allowing employers to defer payroll taxes owed by workers, joining major companies in rejecting the option.

Levies on most households below the top income brackets would stay about the same as under Trump.

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.

The Democratic presidential nominee is proposing a 10 percent tax penalty on companies that move operations overseas and a 10 percent tax credit for companies that create jobs in the U.S.

The Trump administration’s signature tax break to help poor communities may or may not be working.

The Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden expressed optimism and hope about overcoming the economic crisis and other challenges during his acceptance speech at the virtual Democratic National Convention.

President Donald Trump said he’ll punish American companies that move jobs abroad and reward firms with tax breaks for shifting work from China to the U.S., proposals aimed at hastening the decoupling of the world’s largest economies.

Democrats are demanding more Republican concessions to meet an end-of-the-week deadline for a deal on pandemic relief, and one of the chief White House negotiators warned there is little time left for negotiations.

Talks to break an impasse over a new virus relief package become increasingly urgent this week with millions of jobless Americans left without additional aid, and the Senate scheduled to leave for an extended break on Friday.

With Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump in the polls, some investors are concerned the age of corporate tax cuts and deregulation may soon end, replaced by a Democratic administration eager to soak the rich.

The economic stimulus plan released by Senate Republicans offers no new money for states and cities to cope with swelling budget shortfalls, leaving them to contend with a grave financial crisis that’s already forcing them to slash spending, furlough workers and delay projects as tax revenue disappears.

Joe Biden is threatening to eliminate a tax benefit worth billions of dollars to the real estate industry in an attack on President Donald Trump, a property developer who has boasted about using the tax code to his advantage.

Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a plan to bolster childcare and care for the elderly that would be financed by taxes on real-estate investors, as well as increased tax compliance by high-income earners.

As state finances across America are upended by the coronavirus, almost all of them face the same, self-imposed, problem: how to balance their budgets.