Tag: Treasury Department

"Do we stand with the working people of Puerto Rico, or do we stand with Wall Street and the Tea Party?" Bernie Sanders wrote. (AP Photo)

Sanders attempts to rally Senate Dems against Puerto Rican debt deal

Ariel Cohen · May 23, 2016 4:50 pm

Treasury Pretends Not to Know What a ‘Bailout’ Is

Ike Brannon · May 20, 2016 10:15 pm

The rate on federal loans will fall from 4.29 percent to 3.76 percent next school year. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)

Student loan rates to drop

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2016 10:14 pm

The federal government is on pace to run a $616 billion deficit for 2016, the Treasury projected. (Ken Cedeno/Bloomberg News, File)

Deficit up $72 billion so far in 2016

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2016 7:13 pm

CBO: Federal tax receipts hit record $1.9 trillion, but spending still tops

CBO: Federal tax receipts hit record $1.9 trillion, but spending still tops

Rudy Takala · May 9, 2016 1:05 am

President Obama called out Sen. Rand Paul on Friday for blocking ratification of pending international tax treaties. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Obama dings Rand Paul for opposing tax treaties

Nicole Duran · May 6, 2016 6:01 pm

Chief among the new measures is the finalization of a Treasury rule on "Customer Due Diligence," requiring financial firms to know the identities of people who control companies that open accounts with them. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Feds seek tighter rules on money laundering, tax evasion

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2016 1:00 am

Robert Stack cited an "urgent" need to create a more stable international tax system. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Treasury official warns of ‘race to the bottom’ on tax rates

Joseph Lawler · May 3, 2016 9:16 pm

Tubman was a gun-toting black female Republican replacing the recognized founder of the Democratic Party. (H.B. Lindsley/Library of Congress via AP)

The real significance of Harriett Tubman’s image on the $20 bill

allen-west · April 29, 2016 4:03 am

It isn’t easy for companies to relocate to tax havens. Congress has passed laws making it impossible for a business to simply set up a mailbox in the Bahamas and claim that as their headquarter.

The tax trick that Treasury is targeting

Joseph Lawler · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Will Harriet Tubman's presence on currency end even a single injustice toward women or blacks in this country? No. That's not to say she doesn't deserve to be honored. (AP Photo)

I don’t care if there’s a woman on our money

Ashe Schow · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Jeff Flake said they suspected that the foot-dragging was the result of a lack of cooperation by agencies involved in the solar tax programs. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Energy and Environment

Treasury misses deadline to issue report on solar fraud

John Siciliano · April 22, 2016 9:45 pm