Tax breaks

The country hopes to reverse swelling outflows to international tax havens.

The e-commerce giant does not plan to pay the IRS anything this tax season. Yet that’s not largely because of President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul.

Amazon.com Inc. walked away from billions of dollars of public subsidies when it announced Thursday it was abandoning plans for an office complex in New York. But it can still qualify for federal tax breaks intended to help distressed communities by building a new Virginia data center in America’s wealthiest county.

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer was quick to jump on Twitter Thursday, after Amazon.com Inc. scrapped its plan for a headquarters in New York City, reminding the company about the state’s tax policies and good weather.

Women with at least four children will be exempt from paying personal-income tax.

City Council members thrashed the retailer for its resistance to unions, working conditions at warehouses and its founder’s wealth.

There’s no lack of optimism among officials who hope to jump-start local economies, thanks to a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

One of the biggest opportunities created by last year’s tax law sits in a hurricane-ravaged island desperate for a recovery.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch questioned President Donald Trump’s call to end a tax break for electric cars made by General Motors Co. and others following the company’s announcement that it would lay off workers and close plants.

For some hedge fund investors, President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul adds insult to the injury from poor investment performance.

A ballot measure approved by state voters this week provides a break on property taxes for residences in flood-prone areas.

While the guidelines for opportunity zones are generous to investors, buried in the rules is a clause that could deter venture capitalists.

President Donald Trump said he’s considering a capital gains tax break by issuing a regulation that would index gains to inflation.

Thanks to the new TCJA, the bank's deals could become a lot more lucrative.

A group of Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee is asking the IRS and the Treasury to issue guidance to clarify the congressional intent behind several provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

There’s one area where the traditional pension plan is getting new life — as a tax dodge for wealthy business owners.

Private-prison companies keep winning, and they have U.S. taxpayers to thank.

Motion picture and TV production tax incentives should be incorporated in the tax planning process to lower the cost of production.

The bill would allow taxpayers to treat the amounts paid for membership at a fitness facility as medical expenses.

An obscure tax provision from the 1960s that was left untouched by President Donald Trump’s overhaul could let wealthy individual investors seize for themselves the largest corporate tax cut in U.S. history.