Tax rates

Moving to a lower-tax state is more attractive than ever in light of the TCJA's $10,000 cap on state tax deductions.

Democratic representatives are working on legislation that would nearly double the top individual U.S. tax rate on the highest incomes.

The Treasury Department is planning to issue regulations restricting how hedge fund managers can claim a valuable tax break early next year.

The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual inflation adjustments for dozens of tax items and tax schedules.

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.

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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The Treasury Secretary said Wednesday that the administration has no plans to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of carried interest profits, three days after President Trump said he wanted to do just that.

Democrats are busy finding new ways to tax the rich. The most straightforward way to do that — an annual tax on household wealth — is an idea with deep roots in Europe that several 2020 hopefuls are hoping to import to the U.S.

The Democratic presidential candidate is joining in calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, an issue that’s taking hold among the contenders for the party’s nomination in 2020.