Tag: Tax Reform

On business taxation, "the United States has fallen so out of step with the rest of the world," Obama economic adviser Jason Furman said. (AP File Photo)

Few options for the biggest obstacle to tax reform

Joseph Lawler · April 24, 2015 9:00 am

President Obama wants Fast Track passed before he submits the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-Pacific-Rim-nation trade deal, to Congress for approval. (AP Photo)Â

Tax reform hits roadblock: Small businesses

Joseph Lawler · April 17, 2015 9:00 am

The Clintons may be stupid-rich, but they aren't stupid -- they know how to avoid paying the estate tax. (AP)

The biggest defenders of the death tax are the experts at getting around it

Timothy P. Carney · April 16, 2015 10:00 pm

"This is an historic day," House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said. "Today we end business as usual in Congress and we take an important first step in pro-growth tax reform. This bill provides tax relief families and businesses can count on." (AP file photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Obama, GOP moving further apart on tax rhetoric

Joseph Lawler · April 16, 2015 9:00 am

Rubio Defends Tax Plan’s Child Credits

Michael Warren · April 15, 2015 7:04 pm

On Tax Day, Sen. Mike Lee writees about his latest version of the tax reform proposal. (AP Photo)

Taxes destroy, entrap and squeeze Americans — let’s fix them

Senator Mike Lee · April 15, 2015 3:14 pm

Washington Secrets

Next in? Va.’s Gilmore says Bush ‘buying’ election

Paul Bedard · April 13, 2015 3:42 pm

President Barack Obama tours Indatus in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, April 2, 2015, before speaking about his concerns about $300 billion cost of eliminating a tax that the White House says would affect relatively few people. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obamas earned $477,383 in 2014, paid 19.6 percent in taxes

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2015 8:45 pm

Pfizer is one of the companies keeping its profits out of the U.S. (AP)

U.S. companies avoiding taxes on $2.1 trillion in overseas profits

Joseph Lawler · April 1, 2015 8:05 pm

Beltway Confidential

Harry Reid’s fiscal legacy

Jason Russell · March 27, 2015 6:32 pm

"I think we're showing we're a majority that is working," Rep. Paul Ryan said Thursday following the Medicare vote.Â (Rod Lamkey/Getty Images)

Ryan: Medicare deal could be a ‘formula’ for tax reform

Joseph Lawler · March 26, 2015 6:04 pm

Beltway Confidential

Progressive Caucus budget raises taxes to record highs

Jason Russell · March 24, 2015 5:24 pm