Tag: Taxes

"I think the concept of reciprocal is a very nice concept. If somebody is charging us 50 percent, we should charge them 50 percent." (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump floats ‘economic development’ bill to penalize companies that offshore

Joseph Lawler · October 10, 2017 2:37 pm

Members of the San Francisco 49ers kneel during the playing of the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Trump: NFL should not be getting tax breaks when players kneel during anthem

Caitlin Yilek · October 10, 2017 11:11 am

When the Internal Revenue Code was first created in 1913, the entire text of the Sixteenth Amendment and the Revenue Act totaled a mere 27 pages. Today, taxpayers are challenged by almost 75,000 pages of the code and related regulations. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

When it comes to tax reform, keep it simple, Congress

Douglas Ammerman · October 10, 2017 4:01 am

Republicans should be ashamed for ignoring math. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Bob Corker is right (about tax reform)

Tom Rogan · October 9, 2017 3:55 pm

More recently, J.D. Vance's bestselling Hillbilly Elegy -- hailed as an exposition of white working-class social crises -- revolved around the relationship between Vance and his grandparents, who raised him as his mother struggled with drug addiction.

Marc Veasey proposes tax credit for grandparents raising their grandchildren

Joel Gehrke · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

Comprehensive tax reform that benefits the taxpayer will be difficult to attain if Congress continues to get bogged down in political food fights between two sides that each are pushing for good policies. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t pit full expensing against a lower corporate rate

Andrew Wilford · October 6, 2017 8:40 pm

"If you want to be fair, let's get in from the beginning," Rep. Pascrell said. "We should be participating." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats want tax cuts, but not the Republicans’ tax cuts

Susan Ferrechio · October 5, 2017 4:01 am

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that President Trump hopes to pick a Federal Reserve chairman in the next month. Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen's term runs out at the end of January. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Treasury moves to undo Obama tax rules, including anti-inversions regulation

Joseph Lawler · October 4, 2017 5:28 pm

"Here's what I can confirm, that we are listening to lawmakers, especially those in high tax states, where those governors and those mayors are really putting the screws to hard-working taxpayers," Brady said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin Brady: GOP really will ax state and local deduction

Joseph Lawler · October 4, 2017 3:40 pm

How We Tax Employee-Ownership is One Thing our Screwed Up Tax Code Actually Gets Right

Ike Brannon · October 4, 2017 10:00 am

Equifax is facing a lawsuit from the state of West Virginia over a 2017 cyberattack that exposed personal data for nearly half the country.

IRS awards $7.25 million fraud prevention contract to Equifax as company reels from massive data breach

Joseph Lawler · October 3, 2017 8:33 pm

The National Association of Homebuilders voted to approve a new policy calling for a tax incentive for homeownership, but not specifically the mortgage interest deduction. (David Kent/Star-Telegram via AP)

Homebuilders open door to changing mortgage interest deduction

Joseph Lawler · October 3, 2017 8:29 pm