Taxes

Robert Samuelson: Why Trump’s Tax Reform Won’t Work

By Jacqueline Leo

It’s hard to imagine that tax reform is No. 1 on the Republicans’ to-do list when they still don’t have a 2018 budget. Worse, they still haven’t agreed to raise the debt ceiling, as the federal...
Gary Cohn: Here's What We Want From Tax Reform

By Michael Rainey

Gary Cohn, President Trump’s top economic adviser, told the Financial Times Friday that the White House will begin a sustained push on tax reform starting next week. The president will hit the road...
Wild About Tax Cuts, Wall Street Forgets Its Deficit Worries

By Yuval Rosenberg

Max Abelson at Bloomberg Businessweek details how the titans of Wall Street and others in finance — think Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, Bank of America’s Brian...
Where’s Trump on Tax Reform Push?

By Yuval Rosenberg

The push to promote tax reform to the public is on in force: House Speaker Paul Ryan talked about it at a visit to Intel yesterday and again today at Boeing in Everett, Washington. House Republicans...
Corporate America Is Putting Its Muscle Behind Tax Reform Push

By Michael Rainey

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is visiting Intel Corp. in Oregon today, and it’s not just to discuss the latest computer chips. Ryan’s trip is part of a larger effort by Republicans — and...

Tax Reform Consensus Taking Shape — but Can It Last?

By Yuval Rosenberg

The “Big Six” members of Congress and the Trump administration negotiating a tax reform package are making progress. The group has reached a “broad consensus” on the key question of how to pay for...
When Politicians Start Talking ‘Tax Reform,’ Check Your Wallet

By Rob Garver

If Congress ever actually gets around to pursuing tax reform, voters should expect to hear lots of talk about the benefits that would derive from an overhaul of the nation’s barnacle-encrusted tax...
Here’s How Trump Could Get Democrats’ Help on Tax Reform

By Rob Garver

The Trump administration has been reaching out to ‘Blue Dog’ Democrats to talk about possible areas of agreement on tax reform.
Are You Rich? Tax Reform May Answer That Question for You

By YLAN Q. MUI, CNBC

Whether to raise taxes on the rich is one of the thorniest issues in tax reform. Underlying that debate is an even more fundamental question: Who exactly qualifies as wealthy? Everyone can agree that...
Meet the Man Who Could Determine Your Tax Bill Next Year

By Rob Garver

All the promises coming from the Trump administration and the Republican leadership in Congress about plans to enact a massive rewrite of the federal tax code have been greeted with caution by much...

Behind the Campaign to Kill the Trillion-Dollar Border-Adjustment Tax

By Ciro Scotti

If you think the fight over the Republican plan to replace Obamacare was ugly, here’s a small sign of the nastiness to come in the battle for tax reform. On Tuesday, the conservative Club for Growth...
The Tax Credit Both Parties Support – Except It’s Rife With Fraud

By Eric Pianin

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a conservative Republican who briefly sought his party’s presidential nomination in 2016, proposed on Tuesday boosting his state’s version of the Earned Income Tax Credit...
No Health Insurance? Didn’t Check the Box on Your 1040 Tax Form? So What?

By Eric Pianin

This was once white-knuckle time for millions of taxpayers as they faced the final hours for filing their federal income tax returns while debating whether to check a box on the form showing that...
Real Tax Reform Is Eluding Trump—Will He Go for the ‘Candy Option’?

By Rob Garver

The prospects for comprehensive tax reform seem to be slipping further into an uncertain future, a top Trump administration official concedes in an interview published today, even as other reports...
Four Reasons Trump’s Promise of Tax Reform Is Fading Fast

By Liz Peek

Investors beware: there are four reasons (at least) why tax reform may not happen this year. 1) Democrats have been told it’s “us vs. them” and to obstruct any and all Republican initiatives. 2)...

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