Tag: Taxes

President Trump wants the Supreme Court to review the petition immediately. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s budget draws comparisons to Reagan

W. James Antle III · May 24, 2017 4:01 am

"If we don't get these additional sanctions at the UN, as I mentioned over the weekend, I have an executive order prepared, that's ready to go to the president that will authorize to stop doing trade and put sanctions on anybody that does trade with North Korea," Mnuchin said Wednesday to reporters. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Watchdog says IRS needs more money than Trump proposes

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 9:47 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says it's "clear now we're not going to get that done by August," but hopes an overhaul of the tax code happens this year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mnuchin confirms: No tax reform by August

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 3:14 pm

A combination of a lower rate for repatriated earnings abroad with immediate expensing of business investment in equipment and operations, and with lower overall rates for businesses large and small, would send a powerful and encouraging message to multinationals and to the small and medium-sized American businesses that are part of their supply chains. (iStock by Getty Images)

How tax reform can bring back US manufacturing jobs

David Melcher · May 23, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump may use Twitter to respond to former FBI Director James Comey's testimony in real time, according to some reports. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Trump calls to cut off tax breaks for illegal immigrants

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 1:00 am

While business success is attractive to Republican voters and is considered a sign of organizational ability, overseeing tax reform takes other skills.

Shahira Knight: Washington insider pushing Trump’s tax plan

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2017 4:01 am

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said that big businesses would be excluded from President Trump's planned low special business tax rate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mnuchin may have made a big commitment on tax reform

Joseph Lawler · May 18, 2017 11:20 pm

Republicans are pushing for the permanent overhaul to tax code, rather than a temporary tax cut as the White House has suggested is a possibility. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House GOP begins reform effort as Pence promises ‘most consequential tax cut’

Joseph Lawler · May 18, 2017 6:29 pm

Investments act as market signals, growing the products and companies that are meeting demands and forcing out those that do not. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Carried interest deduction is one campaign promise Trump shouldn’t keep

Brian McNicoll · May 18, 2017 4:01 am

Top Trump economic officials made the rounds on Capitol Hill before the first House hearing on tax reform. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cohn, Mnuchin to meet with GOP leaders in push for tax reform

Joseph Lawler · May 17, 2017 6:51 pm

President Trump's election has at least placed new attention on economically stressed families and discouraged workers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

How Trump and Congress can help Rust Belt and low-income families through tax reform

April Ponnuru · May 17, 2017 2:58 pm

Kevin Brady, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, told reporters Tuesday that he planned to continue advocating for border adjustment in negotiations with the White House and Senate. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP’s controversial import tax plan gets a hearing

Joseph Lawler · May 16, 2017 8:58 pm