Tax rates

The Internal Revenue Service issued new rates for business travelers to use.

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax proposal is big. Senator Bernie Sanders’ is about 60 percent bigger.

The president has decided against making an end-run around Congress to cut the tax on capital gains by indexing gains to inflation.

The presidential candidate released a plan Thursday to expand Social Security benefits by $200 per month with a payroll tax increase on incomes above $250,000.

The president is scheduled to meet with economic advisers Wednesday to discuss the possibility of cutting the tax on capital gains by indexing gains to inflation.

Tax laws tend to be boring, so sometimes it is easier to understand something if you know the reasoning behind it.

Hundreds of localities and one state made 335 changes in their standard sales tax rate in the first half of 2019, a 5 percent increase from the same period last year, according to a new report.

Democratic presidential contenders divided sharply on Tuesday over whether middle-class taxes would have to increase to pay for a government-run health care system known as “Medicare for All.”

The White House is developing a plan to cut taxes by indexing capital gains to inflation, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that would largely benefit the wealthy and may be done in a way that bypasses Congress.

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