Tag: Taxes

Mnuchin explained that the administration's plan was to assess the tax plan using "dynamic analysis," meaning that it will count on new revenues generated by faster economic growth resulting from the lower rates. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mnuchin: Trump wants tax reform, not just tax cuts

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 9:23 pm

"Our tax bill is moving along in Congress, and I believe it's doing very well," Trump said Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump says his ‘tax bill,’ yet to be written, is going ‘very well’ in Congress

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 8:16 pm

Johnson, who chairs the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said the IRS is making overpayments to illegal immigrants who apply for the Additional Child Tax Credit, the refundable part of the child tax credit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ron Johnson demands IRS review of illegal immigrant tax credits

Al Weaver · June 1, 2017 4:00 pm

"Should America embrace and accelerate the use of advanced energy sources, it can open new markets for a wide range of goods and services, promote prosperity in emerging economies, and establish new energy tethers and political influence," the retired admirals and generals wrote to the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Mick Mulvaney: OK if tax reform increases deficit

Tom Rogan · June 1, 2017 12:51 am

Planned Parenthood added an entirely new subcategory under "Other Women's Health Services" called "Miscarriage Care." (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Beltway Confidential

The Orwellian term Planned Parenthood will use to describe abortion after it’s illegal

Kristan Hawkins · May 30, 2017 7:28 pm

President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his call for the Senate to end the legislative filibuster so he could pass his tax reform and healthcare initiatives. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump: Time to go nuclear in the Senate for tax cuts, healthcare

Kyle Feldscher · May 30, 2017 2:15 pm

Over the last thirty years, the tax code has grown into one tangled mess that is being strangled in its own complexity. (AP)

Our tax code is killing us — let’s fix it

Demian Brady · May 27, 2017 4:01 am

House leaders insist that their proposal for a destination-based corporate tax is undergoing a revamp. (Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News via AP)

Bad week for the import tax

Joseph Lawler · May 26, 2017 6:43 pm

Hubris in the U.K.

Andrew Stuttaford · May 26, 2017 6:30 am

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump tax plan won’t cut revenue, Mulvaney says

Joseph Lawler · May 25, 2017 3:46 pm

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said that the deadline to raise the federal debt ceiling may come earlier than projected because of weaker-than-expected government revenues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mnuchin asks for clean debt ceiling increase before August

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2017 5:45 pm

Muppets creator Jim Henson's company "has been paying the highest corporate tax rate in the world for the last several years," budget director says. (AP)

Mulvaney: We’re giving Big Bird a tax cut

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2017 4:12 pm