Tax rates

The White House is holding informal talks about a second round of tax cuts to announce during the 2020 presidential campaign.

Not as many companies are planning to increase employee wages as a result, according to a new survey by BDO USA. Instead more companies are planning to do stock buybacks, increase corporate dividends and pursue mergers and acquisitions.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., introduced legislation Friday modeled after the estate tax bill sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

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.