Tag: Taxes

Mike Lee of Utah suggested lowering the U.S. statutory corporate tax rate to zero while hiking the tax on dividends to 39.6 percent. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mike Lee: Eliminate corporate taxes

Joseph Lawler · January 23, 2017 4:53 pm

Kellyanne Conway said Trump will not release his tax returns because it had been "litigated" during the campaign and "people don't care." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Conway walks back statement that Trump won’t release tax returns because ‘people didn’t care’

Kyle Feldscher · January 23, 2017 2:38 pm

It's now a prime opportunity for Congress to get to work on tax reform. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Challenge for GOP tax reform: Making the change

Joseph Lawler · January 23, 2017 5:01 am

Trump praised WikiLeaks through the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

WikiLeaks asks public for Trump’s tax returns

Caitlin Yilek · January 22, 2017 5:46 pm

"We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare’s demise tops GOP legislative agenda

Caitlin Yilek · January 22, 2017 4:25 pm

During his Jan. 11 press conference at Trump Tower, Trump said his plan to separate himself from his company included a provision that would require his hotels to donate foreign hotel profits to the U.S. Treasury. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House petition for Trump’s tax returns hits 100,000 signatures

Sarah Bedford · January 21, 2017 5:26 pm

The first petitions on whitehouse.gov under the new president were filed Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Petitions call for Trump to release tax return, divest businesses

Robert King · January 20, 2017 10:41 pm

The new site promises 25 million new jobs, driven by tax and regulatory reform and renegotiating trade deals. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

New Trump White House site sets goal of 4 percent growth, tax reform

Joseph Lawler · January 20, 2017 6:32 pm

High cigarette taxes aid black markets, criminals, and disproportionately punish poorer smokers. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Beltway Confidential

Cigarette smuggling surges as taxes near prohibitive levels

Guy Bentley · January 19, 2017 10:24 pm

Steven Mnuchin would aim to hire more IRS employees as treasury secretary, he said at his confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mnuchin wants more IRS employees

Joseph Lawler · January 19, 2017 4:25 pm

Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin eft properties in New York City, Southampton, N.Y., Los Angeles and Mexico out of his ethics disclosure that was initially submitted to the committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mnuchin failed to disclose $95 million in assets, Democratic memo shows

Joseph Lawler · January 19, 2017 3:23 pm

The measure, which could raise up to $1 trillion in revenue, would tax imports and exempt exports. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Beltway Confidential

Why Trump is right to oppose part of the House GOP tax plan

Veronique De · January 18, 2017 9:01 pm