Taxes

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who will oversee an effort to reform the tax code as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said the proposal would hinder economic expansion and job growth and would shrink savings. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Politics

No GOP praise for Obama’s tax proposal

January 18, 2015 8:59 pm

The death tax could surge nearly 50 percent under President Obama's plan. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Norquist: Obama’s plan imposes ‘a second death tax’

Paul Bedard -

January 18, 2015 3:29 pm

President Obama delivers a speech at the Federal Trade Commissions offices, January 12, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty images)

Politics

Obama’s State of the Union will call for hundreds of billions in new taxes

Joseph Lawler, Justin Green -

January 18, 2015 1:28 am

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah., have launched bipartisan working groups to build support for tax reform amid dim expectations for a compromise on overhauling the outdated U.S. tax code. (AP Photo)

Economy

Hatch, Wyden form tax working groups

Joseph Lawler -

January 15, 2015 4:31 pm

Spending cuts tend to increase economic growth much more than tax increases. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

‘Austerity’ spending cuts stimulate growth more than ‘austerity’ tax increases

Michael Barone -

January 15, 2015 12:59 am

Federal tax credits for college tuition have no effect on attendance and other educational indicators. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Study: College tuition tax credits have ‘negligible’ effects

Jason Russell -

January 14, 2015 10:00 am

Senate lawmakers have introduced legislation to repeal Obamacare's medical device tax, one of the most hotly contested provisions in the healthcare law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Healthcare

Medical device tax repeal comes to Senate, supported by five Democrats

Susan Ferrechio -

January 13, 2015 9:01 pm

Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a news conference March 20, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Economy

Top House Democrat lays out $1.2 trillion progressive tax plan

Joseph Lawler -

January 12, 2015 8:55 pm

The current chief of staff for the committee, Thomas Barthold, will remain in place in the 114th Congress. (AP Photo)

Economy

Republicans retain Democrats’ tax scorekeeper

Joseph Lawler -

January 12, 2015 8:45 pm

The NFL was tarnished by one ugly stain after another in 2014. (AP Photo/Tom Puskar)

Magazine

Will Congress sack the NFL?

Elliot Smilowitz -

January 12, 2015 10:00 am

1...626627628...765 Page 627 of 765

Tag: Taxes

No GOP praise for Obama’s tax proposal

Norquist: Obama’s plan imposes ‘a second death tax’

Obama’s State of the Union will call for hundreds of billions in new taxes

Hatch, Wyden form tax working groups

‘Austerity’ spending cuts stimulate growth more than ‘austerity’ tax increases

Study: College tuition tax credits have ‘negligible’ effects

Medical device tax repeal comes to Senate, supported by five Democrats

Top House Democrat lays out $1.2 trillion progressive tax plan

Republicans retain Democrats’ tax scorekeeper

Will Congress sack the NFL?

NEWS

POLICY

COMMENTARY

RESTORING AMERICA