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| 24.05.2025 | Rapidly expanding school voucher programs pinch state budgets | Opponents have long warned about vouchers draining resources from public education as students move from public schools to private ones. But research into several programs has shown many voucher recipients already were enrolled in private s... |
| 23.05.2025 | Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap – Week of May 19, 2025 | Here’s a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week:
Appropriations
On Tuesday, May 20, the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing called "Department of the Interior... |
| 23.05.2025 | U.S. Climate Alliance Governors Launch Affordable Clean Cars Coalition to Expand Americans’ Access to Newer and Cleaner Vehicles | WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Climate Alliance announced the launch of the Affordable Clean Cars Coalition by 11 of its member governors to sustain America’s transition to cleaner and more affordable cars, support U.S. automotive manuf... |
| 22.05.2025 | The Ripple Effect: How a 5% Remittance Tax Could Reshape Africa's Economies | A storm brews on the horizon. The U.S. government is poised to impose a 5% tax on remittances sent by non-citizens. This proposal, dubbed “The One Big Beautiful Bill,” threatens to siphon off an estimated $2.8 billion from Sub-Saharan Afric... |
| 20.05.2025 | U.S. 5% remittance tax plan to threaten $2.8 billion of Africa’s foreign inflows | A proposed U.S. bill to impose a 5% tax on all outbound remittance transfers from non-citizens could divert as much as $2.8 billion from Sub-Saharan African economies in 2025, threatening one of the region’s most stable sources of foreign e... |
| 19.05.2025 | The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Week of May 19, 2025 | Passing One Big, Beautiful Bill to Advance President Trump’s Agenda and Deliver for Americans
House Republicans began preparing for budget reconciliation more than a year ago – this week, we will deliver President Trump's America First Agen... |
| 16.05.2025 | The Tug of War Over Tax Relief: Seniors vs. Families | In the ever-shifting landscape of American tax policy, two proposals stand out like beacons in a foggy night. One aims to ease the financial burden on seniors, while the other seeks to bolster families with children. Both initiatives, howev... |
| 16.05.2025 | No tax on Social Security benefits, or $4,000 senior ‘bonus’: How they compare | House Republicans’ “one, big, beautiful” tax bill includes a new perk for older adults: a $4,000 deduction, framed as a “bonus.”
The deduction would be available to individuals ages 65 and over who meet certain income and other requirements... |
| 15.05.2025 | House Republican bill calls for bigger child tax credit. Here’s who could benefit | House Republicans have advanced a key piece of President Donald Trump’s spending package, which could include a bigger child tax credit.
If enacted, the House bill would make the $2,000 tax break permanent and raise it to $2,500 from 2025 t... |
| 14.05.2025 | Divisions emerge among House Republicans over how much to cut taxes and Medicaid in Trump’s bill | Roy said there is “a significant number of us who could not bless this product” in its current form. Related Articles
What to know about the Supreme Court arguments in the birthright citizenship case
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| 14.05.2025 | House Republicans advance Trump’s tax bill — but ‘SALT’ deduction still undecided | House Ways and Means Republicans on Wednesday advanced trillions of tax breaks as part of President Donald Trump’s economic package.
But the battle over the deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, remains in limbo.
The text rele... |
| 13.05.2025 | House Republican tax plan debate kicks off. Here are two key issues to watch | The House Republican debate over President Donald Trump’s tax agenda has kicked off.
An early version of the House Ways and Means tax bill would cost about $3.7 trillion over 10 years, according to estimates from the Joint Committee on Taxa... |
| 12.05.2025 | House GOP tax bill calls for ‘SALT’ deduction cap of $30,000 for most taxpayers. Here’s who could benefit | Currently, there’s a $10,000 limit on the federal deduction on state and local taxes, known as SALT, which will expire Dec. 31, 2025, without action from Congress.
House Republicans wants to raise that to $30,000 for those making $400,000 o... |
| 12.05.2025 | House GOP reveals Trump’s tax breaks for tips, overtime and car loans in bill, but costs run high | Trump said when he returns to Washington, “we will work together on any and all outstanding issues, but there shouldn’t be many — The Bill is GREAT. We have no alternative, WE MUST WIN!”
But one key Republican, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri,... |
| 10.05.2025 | The Trump tax cut debate is heating up. Here are the key issues and who stands to benefit | Trump’s tax cuts debate is underway, and the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday night released preliminary text for its part of the legislation.
One key priority is fully extending provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA, o... |
| 07.05.2025 | GOP: The IRS Should Never Target Organizations For Their Views… Until We’re In Power, Then Target Everyone | Remember the Lois Lerner scandal? For years, it was the Republican party’s Exhibit A of Obama administration overreach — proof that Democrats were weaponizing the IRS to target conservative groups. The outrage was endless. The GOP-led congr... |
| 25.04.2025 | Small Business Surge: A New Dawn for Entrepreneurs | The U.S. small business market is experiencing a renaissance. The first quarter of 2025 has shown a remarkable uptick in business sales, with over 2,300 transactions completed. This surge is more than just numbers; it’s a sign of optimism a... |
| 25.04.2025 | The Small Business Boom: Navigating a Complex Landscape | The U.S. small business market is experiencing a renaissance. In the first quarter of 2025, over 2,300 businesses changed hands, marking a significant uptick in transactions. This surge represents a total value of $2 billion, a 9% increase ... |
| 24.04.2025 | 'A Great Start to a Big Year': There's Been a Surge in Small Businesses Being Sold, According to a New Report More than 2,000 businesses were sold in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2025. | The U.S. business-for-sale market is booming.
According to the latest report from BizBuySell, which hosts a marketplace of businesses for sale, 2,368 businesses were sold in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2025. They represented a total va... |
| 23.04.2025 | 'Applications Are Surging': Small Business Administration Reports Significant Growth in Loan Approvals The Small Business Administration launched its Made in America Manufacturing Initiative last mont... | Small businesses are getting approved for manufacturing loans in greater numbers this year, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Its flagship program, the 7(a) business loan, offers entrepreneurs the opportun... |
| 24.03.2025 | Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of March 24, 2025 | Here’s what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week:
Agriculture
On Tuesday, March 25, the Committee on Agriculture will hold a full committee hearing called "The CFTC at 50: Examining the Past and Future of Commo... |
| 21.03.2025 | Advocates denounce Social Security Administration response to judge’s order barring DOGE access | A temporary restraining order barring Social Security Administration employees from granting Department of Government Efficiency employees access to personal information may interfere with the agency’s services, acting commissioner Lee Dude... |
| 03.03.2025 | ‘Reverse Robin Hood scam’ or windfall for middle class? Lawmakers debate Trump tax plan extensions | Republicans and Democrats are making competing claims about the impact of extending provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
The GOP sees it as a windfall for low- and middle-income households. Democrats view it as a handout for the wealthi... |
| 14.02.2025 | Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap – Week of February 10, 2025 | Here’s a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week:
Agriculture
On Tuesday, February 11, the Committee on Agriculture held a full committee hearing called “Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country.” America’... |
| 06.02.2025 | Trump's China focus increases odds its special trading status could end | Trump's China focus increases odds its special trading status could end
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| 03.02.2025 | Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of February 3, 2025 | Here’s what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week:
Education & Workforce
On Wednesday, February 5, the Committee on Education and Workforce will hold a full committee hearing called “The State of American Educati... |
| 07.12.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Kyle Pomerleau: Trump promised to raise taxes, but Biden and Congress could tie his hands | The current Congress and Biden should step in and enact legislation that ensures that Trump is unable to impose such significant trade measures without congressional approval. They could do this much the same way Congress stepped in to bloc... |
| 23.09.2024 | Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of September 23, 2024 | Here’s what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week:
Appropriations
On Thursday, September 26, the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government will hold an oversight hearing called "United States Pos... |
| 16.09.2024 | Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of September 16, 2024 | Here’s what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week:
Appropriations
On Wednesday, September 18, the Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies will hold an o... |
| 07.08.2024 | House Ways & Means Seeks Family Business Stories on Tax Impact via New Comment Portal | Communication Portal Lets Congress Hear Directly from America’s Family Businesses, Listen to Their Concerns on Business Growth, Employees, and Communities WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, August 7, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ --... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Franchising Frontier: Navigating Political Waters and Digital Growth**
** | ** In the ever-evolving landscape of American business, franchising stands as a beacon of opportunity. It’s a model that blends entrepreneurship with established brands, creating a unique ecosystem that thrives on innovation and adaptabilit... |
| 25.07.2024 | Xbox Game Pass Overhaul: A Storm in the Gaming Community**
** | ** The gaming world is buzzing. Xbox has shaken things up with its Game Pass subscription service. The changes are big. They’ve raised prices and altered tiers. Gamers are not happy. The uproar is palpable. The heart of the controversy? The... |
| 20.07.2024 | Four Takeaways for the Franchise Industry From My Time at the Republican National Convention Matt Haller, President and CEO of the IFA, says the stakes are high for franchisors and franchisees in the ... | Kicking off hours after an assassination attempt on a presidential candidate, the Republican National Convention took on heightened significance this year. In my role as President and CEO of the International Franchise Association (IFA), I ... |
| 05.06.2024 | Comer, Jordan, and Smith Refer Hunter and James Biden for Criminal Prosecution as Part of Impeachment Inquiry of President Biden | WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Committee on Ways and Means Jason Smith (R-Mo.) today sent criminal referrals to the De... |
| 04.06.2024 | First look: Kidney screening recommendation urged | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging HHS and a federal task force to recommend regular screening for people at high risk of chronic kidney disease, in a letter first shared with Axios.
Why it mat... |
| 30.05.2024 | Next year's battle royale over tax policy will shape America's fiscal future | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
When Americans go to the polls in November, they will be deciding the playing field for the biggest battle in memory over the direction of U.S. fiscal policy.
The big picture: Major provisions of form... |
| 23.05.2024 | Hospital acquisitions draw House's attention | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Lawmakers on two House committees signaled Thursday that they could use a year-end health deal to address hospital acquisitions of independent physician practices, which they contend are driving up he... |
| 16.05.2024 | Two-year telehealth bill clears another hurdle | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
An extension of Medicare telehealth flexibilities cleared another significant hurdle Thursday afternoon when the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee unanimously approved a two-year reauthori... |
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| 24.04.2024 | Biden administration sets higher staffing mandates. Most nursing homes don’t meet them | Jordan Rau | (TNS) KFF Health News
The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so.
The new rules from the Centers fo... |
| 15.04.2024 | National Politics | Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern | By JOSH BOAK and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern: The presidential candidates have conflicting ideas about how much to reveal about their own fina... |
| 15.04.2024 | Health | Congress likely to kick the can on COVID-era telehealth policies | Sarah Jane Tribble | (TNS) KFF Health News
Nearly two hours into a Capitol Hill hearing focused on rural health, Rep. Brad Wenstrup emphatically told the committee’s five witnesses: “Hang with us.”
Federal lawmakers face a year-end deadline... |
| 22.03.2024 | House Republicans want to raise the Social Security age. It could hurt those who 'work their whole lives and die sooner,' the agency's head says. | Economy House Republicans want to raise the Social Security age. It could hurt those who 'work their whole lives and die sooner,' the agency's head says.
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| 01.03.2024 | U.S. interest payments on its debt are set to exceed defense spending. Should we be worried? | Americans are familiar with the impact of higher interest rates, which are making it more expensive to carry credit card debt or buy homes and cars. But the federal government is also getting walloped: Spending on interest on U.S. debt is n... |
| 29.01.2024 | The man who leaked Trump's taxes eluded investigators for years but was finally found after leaking info on Musk and Bezos, WSJ reports | Politics The man who leaked Trump's taxes eluded investigators for years but was finally found after leaking info on Musk and Bezos, WSJ reports
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| 20.01.2024 | A 2017 law comes back to haunt startups in 2024 | The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is impacting some startups' tax bills, thanks to a provision that changes how R&D costs are deducted.
Why it matters: Profits are back in vogue for startups, but it also means some are getting hit with ... |
| 13.12.2023 | Business | Social Security clawbacks hit a million more people than agency chief told Congress | David Hilzenrath, Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group | KFF Health News (TNS)
The Social Security Administration has demanded money back from more than 2 million people a year — more than twice as many people as the head of the agency disclose... |
| 07.12.2023 | Social Security clawbacks hit a million more people than agency chief told Congress | The Social Security Administration has demanded money back from more than 2 million people a year — more than twice as many people as the head of the agency disclosed at an October congressional hearing.
That's according to a document KFF H... |
| 19.10.2023 | GOP lawmaker attacks tax-exempt status of US colleges failing to condemn Hamas' 'barbaric' attacks | Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Jason Smith at a news conference at the House Longworth Office Building on Capitol Hill, September 27, 2023, in Washington, DC. Alex Wong
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| 08.08.2023 | Senators push IRS to launch nonprofit hospital probe | WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators wants federal tax regulators to probe nonprofit hospitals’ compliance with community benefit requirements, ratcheting up a longtime campaign to hold the tax-exempt providers accountable.
Nonprofit... |
| 01.07.2023 | Scoop: Hunter Biden's lawyer roasts IRS whistleblowers in message to GOP chair | Hunter Biden's lawyer sent a blistering letter Friday to the Republican chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, accusing him of trying to undermine the law and feeding "the misinformation campaign to harm our client, Hunter Biden,... |
| 29.06.2023 | Top House Republicans ramp up Hunter Biden probe | Republican-led House committees on Thursday requested more than a dozen transcribed interviews with government personnel involved in the high-profile federal investigation of Hunter Biden.
Why it matters: It's a significant expansion of Hou... |
| 15.06.2023 | BJC Healthcare Eyes $10 Billion Union With Saint Luke’s Health System: Is Consolidation Healthy Or A Case Of ‘Too Big To Fail,’ Too Big To Care? | ST. LOUIS, MO: Barnes-Jewish Hospital on May 8, 2020 (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. |
| 12.06.2023 | House Ways And Means Committee Introduces Potential Tax Extender Bill | On Friday, the House of Representatives introduced three bills that the House Ways and Means Committee plans to mark up this week. The Build It In America Act (HR 3938) addresses business taxpayer concerns regarding rising interest expense ... |
| 08.06.2023 | Expanding Child Tax Credits Provides More Effective Inflation Relief Than A Higher Standard Deduction | NORTH MIAMI - FEBRUARY 20: Elinor Mantin shops for groceries at Lorenzo's Supermarket as a new ... [+] government report showed that consumer prices rose last month February 20, 2008 in North Miami, Florida. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.... |
| 18.05.2023 | News
News | New Alzheimer’s drugs raise hopes and a big question: Who’ll pay for them? | The Alzheimer’s Association is stepping up public pressure on the Biden administration, hoping to convince the government to pay for a new class of promising but expensive Alzheimer’s drugs.
To date, the advocacy group’s campaign has been i... |
| 11.05.2023 | George Santos co-sponsored a bill against unemployment fraud. Now, he's accused of it. | Two months ago, Republican Rep. George Santos of New York co-sponsored a bill that seeks to clamp down on a pandemic swindle: People falsely claiming generous unemployment aid enacted to help struggling workers in the pandemic. Now, he's be... |
| 02.05.2023 | The real monster behind soaring prices | Redeem now
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| 02.05.2023 | Early X Date Leaves Policymakers With Just One Plausible Way To Lift Debt Ceiling | A screen shows the national debt clock after the US hit its debt limit and the Treasury started ... [+] using extraordinary measures to avoid default (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Anadolu Agency via Getty Images |
| 02.05.2023 | Why does everything cost so much? Because businesses are 'hiding behind inflation to jack up prices.' | It's becoming clear that corporate greed is screwing over the US economy
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| 10.03.2023 | The president’s budget and the battle ahead | For several decades the president’s budget has been described as “dead on arrival” in Congress, with both budget watchers and members of Congress alike describing it as such since at least the mid-1980s. This week, President Biden released ... |
| 08.03.2023 | House Republicans are reportedly getting ready for the US to default as the debt ceiling draws closer | Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California wades through reporters on the way to the House floor. Kent Nishimura /Los Angeles Times via Getty Image
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| 06.01.2023 | Mayor Wu and House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz Announce $25 Million in State Funding for a New North End Community Center | City of Boston also launching facilities assessment to ensure every neighborhood has a state-of-the-art community center
Today, Mayor Michelle Wu and House Ways and Means Chair Representative Aaron Michlewitz together announced state fundin... |
| 03.01.2023 | The Secure Act 2.0, The RMD Age Change, And The Risk Of A Reverse Nudge | Are Required minimum distributions becoming a reverse nudge?getty |
| 31.12.2022 | Newly released tax returns reveal Trump paid more in foreign taxes than US income tax for years | Former President Donald Trump talks to supporters at Mar-a-lago on November 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. Andrew Harnik/AP
Trump's tax returns were released by the House Ways and Means Committee after years of legal battles.
Among the do... |
| 31.12.2022 | It's pretty rare for Americans to claim negative income on their taxes like the Trumps did for 4 years between 2015 and 2020 | Former president Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump. ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images
Former president Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump reported negative adjusted gross income for four out of the six years fro... |
| 30.12.2022 | Here's what tax pros are looking for in Donald Trump's returns | Donald Trump's tax returns, long the subject of speculation as well as a three-year legal fight, are now in the public eye for anyone to review. After last week releasing a summary of the IRS' efforts to audit the former president, along wi... |
| 30.12.2022 | Trump tax returns released ending long effort to keep them private | Former US president Donald Trump’s tax returns have today been published by a Democrat controlled House Committee after he long tried to keep them out of public sight. |
| 29.12.2022 | Donald Trump Paid $0 in Taxes in 2020. He’s Not Alone: 60% of Households Paid No Federal Income Tax That Year, but for Very Different Reasons. | It’s not that unusual.
Former President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, paid $0 in income taxes for 2020, according to a report released late Tuesday by the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. |
| 23.12.2022 | IRS conducted audits on Bidens, House passes requirement for mandatory IRS audit of president | The IRS has conducted audits on the federal income taxes of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for the last two years, one of which required the first couple to pay slightly more than originally owed.
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| 22.12.2022 | The IRS Was Slow To Audit Trump’s Tax Returns. We Need To Know Why | VANDALIA, OHIO - NOVEMBER 07: Former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigning for Republican ... [+] candidates. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| 21.12.2022 | $0: How Much Trump Paid in Income Taxes for 2020 | $0.
That’s how much former President Donald Trump and his wife Melania paid in income taxes for 2020, according to a report released late Tuesday by the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. |
| 12.12.2022 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements
Monday, December 12, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ET: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will host a discussion about the United States’s strategic interests in global climate action and the priorities of African natio... |
| 02.12.2022 | House Democrats Can Release Trump’s Tax Returns. But Should They? | Now that a House committee has obtained access to six years of former President Trump’s tax returns, congressional Democrats face an easy question and a harder one.
The easy question is whether, as a matter of law, the House Ways and Means ... |
| 22.11.2022 | Supreme Court declines to block release of Trump tax returns to Congress | Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block the Treasury Department from turning over several years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, clearing the way for Democrats to obta... |
| 30.09.2022 | How the Inflation Reduction Act can help decarbonize the health care industry | The climate crisis — the greatest threat to human health in history — is often framed “in ways that pay little attention to its health dimensions,” as the authors of The Lancet’s annual “Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Ch... |
| 12.09.2022 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements
Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET: The Brookings Institution hosted an event to discuss and examine the one year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from and Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The event featured rema... |
| 21.08.2022 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Simon F. Haeder: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won’t be the game-changer Democrats hope it will be | By Simon F. Haeder
Democrats hope their new health care, tax and climate law begins to rein in soaring prescription drug prices.
One of its most touted provisions allows Medicare, America’s health insurance program for seniors, to negotiate... |
| 23.06.2022 | Tax and Retirement Consequences of Biden’s 2023 Budget Proposal | As part of the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2023 budget proposal, aka the Green Book, for the Treasury Department, Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee in early June 2022.
H... |
| 31.03.2022 | Secure 2.0 Retirement Bill Mandates Roths And More | Secure 2.0 is trying to get more Americans saving for retirement. getty |
| 21.12.2021 | What’s Needed To Create A Wider Safety Net? More Trust | A helping hand . . . getty |
| 27.10.2021 | Ways and Means GILTI Reform Proposal Closely Tracks OECD/G-20 Pillar 2 | Recent proposals to reform the tax treatment of US multinationals would increase US revenues substantially, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center. The global intangible low-tax income (GILTI) reform proposed by the House Ways an... |
| 20.10.2021 | Robo-advisors find new calling in SMB retirement sector | The saga of robo-advising dates back just a decade ago, but its implementation has become a staple in wealth management’s passive and active supervision. While many have entered the investment market through the likes of Robinhood and Publi... |
| 18.10.2021 | Taking Stock of the New U.S. Trade Policy on China | The Biden administration has unveiled its long-awaited strategy for U.S.-China trade policy in a major speech delivered on Oct. 4 by U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai. Though short on details, Tai’s remarks provided the outline... |
| 08.10.2021 | How Budget Reconciliation’s IRA Regs Undermine Bipartisan JOBS Act | In 2012, President Barack Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, a bipartisan bill that reduced regulatory barriers preventing ordinary Americans from investing in the ventures of small entrepreneurs. In remar... |
| 06.10.2021 | IRAs and Wealth Creation | A couple of years ago, I wrote about buying crypto in an IRA. I went and did that with an old unused IRA that was sitting in cash and I have 8x’d the value of that IRA in the last 18 months. While my family is fortunate that we don’t have t... |
| 30.09.2021 | Funding paid leave and child care narrows gender wage gap, says new report | Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning.
The COVID-19 pandemic made it very clear that women still bear more of the responsibility for caring for their children and families, while al... |
| 20.09.2021 | The Station: Gogoro scoots into a SPAC, a Rivian milestone and Tesla prepares to unleash FSD beta software | The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox.
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| 15.09.2021 | Here’s who would be affected by House Democrats’ potential tax changes | House Democrats outlined the tax hikes on corporations and wealthy individuals they are considering to finance their desired investments in the social safety net and climate policy in draft legislation released Monday.
The biggest changes i... |
| 15.09.2021 | House Democrats propose new tax hikes to pay for their $3.5 trillion bill: Here are the details | House Democrats outlined tax increases they aim to use to offset up to $3.5 trillion in spending on the social safety net and climate policy.
The proposal includes top corporate and individual tax rates of 26.5% and 39.6%, respectively.
The... |
| 15.09.2021 | House Democrats propose raising capital gains tax to 28.8% | House Democrats proposed a top federal rate of 25% on long-term capital gains, according to legislation issued Monday by the House Ways and Means Committee. The top rate would be 28.8% when combined with a 3.8% surtax on net investment inco... |
| 15.09.2021 | House Democrats propose new retirement plan rules for the rich, including contribution limits and a repeal of Roth conversions | House Democrats proposed several changes to retirement accounts as part of a push to make the tax code more equitable and raise money for their $3.5 trillion budget plan.
Among them, the reforms would end “backdoor” and “mega-backdoor” Roth... |
| 15.09.2021 | House Democrats’ plan drops repeal of a tax provision for inheritances | House Democrats revealed a package of tax hikes on corporations and the rich without President Joseph Biden’s proposed levy on inherited property at death.
The House Ways and Means Committee may have dropped the measure due to concerns abou... |
| 15.09.2021 | House Democrats push for permanent earned income tax credit expansion | The earned income tax credit provides a write-off for low- to moderate-income families.
The American Rescue Plan signed by President Joseph Biden in March temporarily expanded the credit by widening eligibility and increasing the tax break.... |
| 15.09.2021 | House Democrats’ plan would close tax loophole used by crypto investors | House Democrats proposed a bill Monday that would impose “wash sale” rules on commodities, currencies and digital assets.
Bitcoin, ethereum, dogecoin and other crypto would be subject to the anti-abuse rules, just like stocks, bonds and oth... |
| 15.09.2021 | Explainer-Main battles ahead for U.S. Democrats' $3.5 trillion social spending bill | The bill's authors must balance the Biden White House's campaign pledges and the party's progressives and moderates, all while catering to lawmakers empowered by Democrats' razor-thin majorities in Congress to demand pet concessions.
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| 15.09.2021 | Explainer: Main battles ahead for U.S. Democrats' $3.5 trillion social spending bill | September 15, 20216:50 PM UTCLast Updated ago
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| 14.09.2021 | Lawmakers move to close $16.8 billion crypto tax loophole | Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories delivered straight to your inbox each morning.
Cryptocurrency investors could lose a valuable loophole that dramatically reduced their tax bill if House Democrats get their way.
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| 14.09.2021 | Tax Wars – The House Ways And Means Committee Strikes Back | The House Ways and Means Committee just released their proposal for tax law changes....and it ... [+] contains a few surprises.getty |
| 13.09.2021 | House panel offers details on solar benefits in $3.5t budget bill | The House Ways and Means Committee released details of a proposed $3.5 trillion federal budget package that includes extending the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for 10 years at 30%.
A domestic content clause could boost tax credits for ... |