Tag: Taxes

House Republicans are pressing ahead with a slashing plan to try to balance the budget within 10 years, relying on big decreases in health care programs for the middle class and the poor, as well as tax hikes and Medicare cuts engineered by President Barack Obama. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

House GOP plan seeks health cuts to balance budget

Andrew Taylor · April 2, 2014 4:00 am

In this March 27, 2014 photo, a customer looks at a product at a bargain sale prior to the tax hike at a supermarket in Shin-Urayasu. Japanese retailers are luring customers with promises of steep discounts ahead of a sales tax hike Tuesday, April 1, that economists expect to slow but not derail the recovery of the world's third-largest economy. Japan's sales tax will rise from 5 percent to 8 percent. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan raises sales tax, balancing debt, growth

Elaine Kurtenbach · April 1, 2014 8:18 am

The Republican budget released Tuesday morning by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan includes projections that count on added revenue from faster economic growth -- a method often referred to as "dynamic" scoring. (AP/Eric Gay)

Paul Ryan-authored budget counts on faster economic growth to achieve balance

Joseph Lawler · April 1, 2014 4:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Paul Ryan doesn’t rock the boat with 2015 budget

Philip Klein · April 1, 2014 4:00 am

In this June 4, 2013, file photo, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Executives from manufacturing giant Caterpillar Inc. are heading to Capitol Hill to explain what Levin calls an aggressive strategy to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Carl Levin says Caterpillar avoided billions in taxes

Associated Press · April 1, 2014 4:00 am

Santa Fe sues contractor over tax refund

Washington Examiner · March 31, 2014 12:00 am

Former president George H.W. Bush is introduced at the Duke vs. North Carolina State men's basketball game. (Gerry Broome, AP)

Washington Secrets

Snap: George H.W. Bush’s tax flip-flop wins JFK Library Foundation ‘courage’ award

Paul Bedard · March 28, 2014 4:00 am

Clarification: Oil Drilling Taxes story

Clarification: Oil Drilling Taxes story

Washington Examiner · March 27, 2014 7:52 pm

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, NC DOT secretary worried about road money

Associated Press · March 27, 2014 12:00 am

Time to scrap the mortgage interest deduction

Philip Klein · March 27, 2014 12:00 am

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn: Extending income tax hike is ‘tough choice’

Sophia Tareen · March 27, 2014 12:00 am

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn ready to present state budget proposal

Sophia Tareen · March 26, 2014 12:00 am