Tag: Taxes

Top Senate aides say lawmakers have tentatively agreed to delay the so-called Cadillac tax on expensive health insurance plans and suspend the medical device tax. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Obamacare taxes delayed in emerging spending deal

Susan Ferrechio · December 15, 2015 8:47 pm

"We know that the application of the Cadillac tax would have the effect of giving employers an incentive to raise wages," said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House defends Obamacare tax as a way to boost wages

Pete Kasperowicz · December 15, 2015 7:28 pm

Don’t Crash the Cadillac Tax, GOP

Jeffrey H. Anderson · December 15, 2015 12:30 pm

The researchers stressed that it's better for policymakers to tax certain ingredients rather than products, in order to reduce the risk that consumers will just substitute one unhealthy item for another. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Does taxing unhealthy foods work?

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 15, 2015 5:01 am

Hillary Clinton's name comes up is second most often among terms mentioned during the first six debates. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

What topics are discussed most at the 2016 debates?

Jason Russell · December 15, 2015 5:01 am

Under current law, the federal government imposes an excise tax of 10 percent on pistols and revolvers. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Dems push to raise taxes on guns, ammo

Pete Kasperowicz · December 11, 2015 7:28 pm

"Today online commerce is responsible for hundreds of thousands of jobs," said Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon. "In my view, when you have something that works, that has stood the test of time, you ought to make it permanent." (Jin Lee/Bloomberg)

Congress to permanently ban Internet tax

Joseph Lawler · December 9, 2015 9:46 pm

In this photo from Nov. 3, 2015, wind turbines dot the landscape near Steele City, Neb. Renewable energy advocates say they're encouraged by a new push to expand wind energy in Nebraska, which lags many of its neighboring states when it comes to tapping the resource. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Horse trading in Congress: Lifting oil ban for extending wind and solar tax credits

Joseph Lawler · December 8, 2015 9:41 pm

The Tax Policy Center, a nonprofit think tank, estimated that Jeb Bush would cut taxes for everyone, including by an average of $800,000 for the top 0.1 percent of earners, if he succeeds in his Republican presidential bid. (AP Photo)

Analysis: Bush tax plan would add 50 percent to federal debt

Joseph Lawler · December 8, 2015 6:00 pm

Tax deal could gut Obamacare revenue

Susan Ferrechio · December 8, 2015 5:20 pm

Smoke and Mirrors in Cleveland

Jim Swift · December 8, 2015 3:31 pm

Obamacare will not offer a special open enrollment period for people who are going to be hit by the law's penalty for not getting health insurance. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

No extra enrollment time for Obamacare

Robert King · December 7, 2015 8:44 pm