Tag: Taxes

Stormy and the Fixer

TWS Podcast · April 17, 2018 5:22 pm

The tax deadline does typically fall on April 15 but thatâs a Sunday this year and Monday is Emancipation Day, a Washington D.C. holiday. That means that taxpayers nationwide get a little breathing room and have until Tuesday, April 17, to get the job done.

Beltway Confidential

This Tax Day, you’re paying more taxes than you think

Adam Brandon · April 17, 2018 3:06 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan noted that he has been working his entire adult life toward tax reform and emphasized the need to not waste the opportunity provided by a unified GOP government. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Paul Ryan promises House will vote to make individual tax cuts permanent

Susan Ferrechio · April 17, 2018 2:39 pm

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks during a meeting between President Trump and governors and lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House.

Larry Kudlow: ‘Never believe the CBO’

Pete Kasperowicz · April 17, 2018 1:00 pm

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS website to make payments went down on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The IRS did not have an immediate explanation for the failure. But it said on its website that its online payment system became unavailable at 2:50 A.M. ET on Tuesday.

IRS website fails on tax filing day

Joseph Lawler · April 17, 2018 12:39 pm

The Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014, following various court decisions. The court ruled on birth control, union fees and other cases.

Supreme Court confronts complexity of broadening online sales taxes

Joseph Lawler · April 17, 2018 12:13 pm

Rep. Markwayne Mullin: It’s the end of the tax code as we know it (and I feel fine)

Rep. Markwayne Mullin · April 17, 2018 4:00 am

"We should not be banning guns from law-abiding citizens," Paul Ryan said after a closed-door meeting with Republicans Tuesday. "We should be focusing on making sure citizens who should not be getting guns in the first place don't get those guns."

Beltway Confidential

Republicans’ behind-the-scenes fight to replace Paul Ryan

Susan Ferrechio · April 17, 2018 4:00 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by House Republicans, speaks to the media following a vote on tax reform, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A popular deduction targeted in the GOPâs overhaul of the tax code is used by more than a quarter of all filers in a majority of states, including many led by Republicans where some residents eventually could see their federal tax bills rise.

Tax Day, and a light at the end of the tunnel

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2018 4:00 am

Cuts to the corporate tax rate were paired with small business tax cuts in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, ensuring that businesses of all sizes receive a tax cut under the tax reform bill. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Poll shows tax reform’s popularity with voters is shrinking

Diana Stancy Correll · April 17, 2018 12:10 am

Will An Upcoming Supreme Court Decision Hurt the Economy?

Ike Brannon · April 16, 2018 9:00 am

Grover Norquist: GOP to vote on tax cuts, guns this summer to pressure Democrats

Susan Ferrechio · April 16, 2018 12:01 am