Tag: Taxes

Trump promises taxes on AC company moving 1,400 jobs to Mexico

Trump promises taxes on AC company moving 1,400 jobs to Mexico

Joseph Lawler · February 14, 2016 3:59 am

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, helped push through a portion of legislation early Thursday morning aimed at repealing and replacing Obamacare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmaker warns up to 30 corporations might flee U.S taxes

Joseph Lawler · February 12, 2016 2:19 pm

Small businesses have a new potential tax hike to worry about, thanks to President Obama's budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama budget sets worrying tax precedent for small businesses

Joseph Lawler · February 12, 2016 5:01 am

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, unveils his proposals for balancing Louisiana's budget, including a list of tax increases for legislative consideration, during a news conference, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Beltway Confidential

Louisiana Gov: No college football if there’s no tax hike

Jason Russell · February 12, 2016 3:02 am

"Americans should not have to worry about something as vital as [Internet] being taxed," Speaker Paul Ryan said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Congress sends permanent Internet tax ban to Obama

Joseph Lawler · February 11, 2016 8:34 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday, the measure would relieve people of "the worry that their Internet access is being taxed." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate advances customs bill that bans Internet tax

Susan Ferrechio · February 11, 2016 4:06 pm

This crude oil tax in President Obama's budget suffers from that same flaw as the immigration proposal: It has no chance and is therefore fiction. (AP Photo)

Test Obama’s budget with an oil tax vote

Washington Examiner · February 11, 2016 5:01 am

The federal government will collect more tax dollars in 2016 than it has ever before: $3.3 trillion. Under Obama's budget, that would rise to a new record high: $4.6 trillion. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s last budget, in six graphs

Jason Russell · February 10, 2016 6:47 pm

Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Md., proposed a resolution Tuesday that says President Obama's proposed oil tax would only end up being passed back to consumers (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Lawmaker: Obama’s oil tax defies ‘basic economics’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 10, 2016 1:41 pm

Poll after poll demonstrates clearly that Americans oppose Internet taxes.

A tale of two Internet tax bills

Andrew Moylan · February 10, 2016 5:03 am

The White House said immigration reform would drive down the government's budget deficit. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Critics hit Obama’s claim that legalizing immigrants would lower taxes

Anna Giaritelli · February 10, 2016 1:32 am

An administration official said it's unfair to characterize the $955 billion in new tax revenue as a tax hike. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WH budget: $955 billion in closed tax ‘loopholes’ not a tax hike

Pete Kasperowicz · February 9, 2016 11:41 pm