Tag: Tax Reform

Wyden's comments are trouble for the House GOP border adjustment plan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Ron Wyden: GOP pushing a ‘grocery tax’

Joseph Lawler · March 3, 2017 4:14 pm

Offering tax prep services would create a huge conflict of interest for the IRS. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Keep the IRS out of tax preparation

Andrew Quinlan · March 3, 2017 12:00 am

Trump appeared to embrace border-adjusted tax proposal, but his remarks were also applicable to trade policy. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Trump’s speech adds to confusion about border tax

Joseph Lawler · March 1, 2017 5:47 pm

The president's remarks could be read as implicit support for House Speaker Paul Ryan's border adjustment. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

Did Trump tiptoe closer to GOP tax plan?

Joseph Lawler · March 1, 2017 3:13 am

Trump pledged middle-class tax relief and a lower tax rate for corporations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump calls for middle class tax relief

Joseph Lawler · March 1, 2017 2:18 am

The spoof infomercial pitches the "BAT Tax," for "border adjustment tax," to solve the problem of consumers being under-taxed. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Retailers attack GOP import tax with new ad

Joseph Lawler · February 28, 2017 12:31 pm

American Action Network, a political nonprofit aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, shared a new public opinion poll that showed strong support among Republicans for changes to the tax code. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

GOP Poll: Republicans want tax reform and approve of Trump

David M. Drucker · February 27, 2017 7:12 pm

Enough Republican senators have raised concerns about the import tax’s effects on consumer prices that the math for passing reform in the upper chamber is daunting.

How Republicans could try to get importers to support tax reform

Joseph Lawler · February 27, 2017 5:01 am

"We haven't really talked about the hardest part of tax reform, and that is doing it in a fiscally responsible manner so we're not blowing a hole in deficits and debts in the future," says Rep. Ron Kind. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Democratic Rep. Ron Kind leads from the center

Nicole Duran · February 27, 2017 5:01 am

Soon President Trump will have to move beyond his flurry of executive actions and engage the messy legislative process on issues such as repealing and replacing Obamacare, tackling tax reform and creating jobs. With control of the White House and both houses of Congress, Republicans have a chance to enact their agenda. (Illustration by Bill Lesniewski for the Washington Examiner)

Trump addresses Congress: What lawmakers want to hear

W. James Antle III · February 27, 2017 5:01 am

"We need to create a level playing field for U.S. companies to compete in the world, and they just haven't had that opportunity," Mnuchin said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Mnuchin: Tax reform on the agenda, entitlement cuts are not

Kyle Feldscher · February 26, 2017 7:17 pm

"We want good trade. We want it to be fair and we want it to be free," Walker said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP Gov. Walker questions border tax idea

Anna Giaritelli · February 26, 2017 4:58 pm