Tag: Taxes

One of the virtues of President Trump's plan to reform the personal income tax code is that it starts to do away with the mortgage deduction. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s tax outline is a great start

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2017 4:01 am

White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a member of the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2017. Spicer discussed former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Trump's tax overhaul plan and other topics. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Spicer, the press confuse each other on 401(k)s

Becket Adams · April 27, 2017 8:40 pm

When IRS criminal probes are launched they generally consider tax evasion and fraud against the government, according to special agents. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman)

IRS raids televangelist Benny Hinn’s Texas offices

Sean Langille · April 27, 2017 6:44 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House guarantees middle class tax cut under Trump’s plan

Kyle Feldscher · April 27, 2017 6:28 pm

Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, chairman of the tax-writing committee, said that Republicans are closer to tax reform now than they have been in 30 years. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House Republican tax writers to meet Sunday to talk tax reform

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2017 5:53 pm

Both Republicans and Democrats are going to make extreme claims about the tax reform outline released by President Trump and the White House on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

Here are the lies both sides are telling you on Trump’s tax reform

Jason Russell · April 27, 2017 4:14 pm

Asked how he would prevent the plan from driving up the debt, Mnuchin answered that it would be a combination of ending tax breaks and accelerating economic growth to 3 percent annually on a sustained basis. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mnuchin: Regulatory, trade reform will help pay for tax plan

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2017 1:42 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin insisted that President Trump's plan to cut individual and corporate taxes is not to reduce his own tax burden, but to put the country in a better position to create jobs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Steve Mnuchin: ‘This is not about the president’s taxes’

Pete Kasperowicz · April 27, 2017 12:16 pm

The appeal of a temporary tax cut is that it could be accomplished with only a simple majority in the Senate through the budget process known as reconciliation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House leaders want tax reform to be permanent, while Trump is flexible

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2017 4:01 am

The plan is expected to hit turbulence on Capitol Hill as projections that it could explode the federal deficit emerge. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s tax plan faces hurdles on Capitol Hill, even from Republicans

David M. Drucker · April 27, 2017 4:01 am

Frustration with the Freedom Caucus has been building inside other Republican factions. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Majority of US adults want Trump to ditch healthcare

Anna Giaritelli · April 26, 2017 11:15 pm

Doubling the standard deduction would reduce the value of the mortgage interest deduction, groups say. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Housing industry pans Trump tax plan

Joseph Lawler · April 26, 2017 10:16 pm