Tax cuts

The president said he’s not looking to cut taxes by indexing capital gains as it would benefit the wealthy.

The White House has been considering a move that would largely benefit the wealthy.

As President Trump’s advisers cast about for ways to juice the economy, temporarily trimming payroll taxes has fallen out of favor, and with good reason: Voters might not even notice it.

Economic indicators increasingly point to a potential downturn.

The Trump administration is mulling the possibility of temporarily cutting Social Security and Medicare taxes as a way to spur the economy.

A group of 42 Senate Democrats has sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, urging him to refrain from unilaterally cutting capital gains taxes without congressional approval.

The Trump administration’s tax cuts have had little direct impact on business investment decisions, according to an analysis by the International Monetary Fund.

Senator Ted Cruz is pressuring Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to quickly deliver a tax cut to investors by indexing capital gains to inflation.

A Democratic senator is pushing back against the Trump administration’s plans to cut taxes by indexing capital gains to inflation, a move that he says would only help the wealthy and be illegal.

Extending tax breaks that are intended to benefit families and small businesses come with a steep cost, according to Congress’s nonpartisan scorekeeper.