Tag: Taxes

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

In this Jan. 14, 2017, file photo, tax preparation firm owner Alicia Utley reaches for hard copies of tax forms in her offices at Infinite Tax Solutions, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Beltway Confidential

How the GOP tax reform framework will help them in 2020

Justin Haskins · October 3, 2017 5:13 pm

Republicans from high-tax states such as New York, California, and New Jersey have threatened to vote down the GOP tax reform plan unless the state and local tax deduction is put back in. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

GOP will revise plan to end state, local tax deductions that split the party

Susan Ferrechio · October 3, 2017 4:58 pm

Beltway Confidential

A federal subsidy for high-tax states and cities is standing in the way of tax reform

Jared Walczak · October 2, 2017 11:00 pm

Brady said that he was "disappointed" in the outside think tank's report, which he said "drew conclusions with absolutely no facts." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin Brady guarantees GOP tax plan will ‘improve the lives of every American’

Joseph Lawler · October 2, 2017 8:58 pm

Republican lawmakers talk about their proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations. President Trump and congressional Republicans are writing a far-reaching, $5-trillion plan they say would simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ending the state and local tax deduction hurts the middle class in red states, not just blue ones

Scott Pattison · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

Republicans, who failed again in the Senate to replace Obamacare last week, said Democrats won't admit that the law is failing while Democrats say Republicans want to take away healthcare from millions of people. But beyond Obamacare as a whole, the two parties do agree on many healthcare issues and have forged bipartisan consensus. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Where Republicans and Democrats agree on healthcare

Robert King, Kimberly Leonard · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

Doling out tax cuts is the pleasant part. The problem is the other side of the equation: Offsetting the cuts by eliminating tax breaks and loopholes. (Illustration by Al Goodwyn for the Washington Examiner)

Republicans take the plunge on tax reform

Joseph Lawler · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., says President Trump's tax plan is "really bad policy" that Democrats should oppose wholeheartedly. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Bernie Sanders: Trump’s tax plan is ‘really bad policy’

John Siciliano · October 1, 2017 3:00 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration plans to engage in full transparency as it develops the rules for implementing the tax reform that will ensure "that rich people can't take advantage of it." (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Steven Mnuchin: It’s ‘not fair’ to talk about Trump benefitting from his own tax plan

John Siciliano · October 1, 2017 2:18 pm

"American taxpayers care about what they take home. They care about what they have to spend," said Cohn, the director of Trump's National Economic Council. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration struggles with claim that tax plan won’t cut taxes for the rich

Joseph Lawler · September 29, 2017 10:52 pm