Politics & Presidents

Tax law changes benefit Trump. Big real estate developers like Donald Trump have long benefited from a myriad of legal loopholes and breaks that can shrink their tax bills. Their advantages expanded further with the federal tax overhaul that took ... Read More

Trump's tax cuts not paying for themselves. At least not yet. Since the economy has been kick started by the tax cut, it looks like the economic expansion may grow the economy, and only time will tell if that will be enough to offset the increase ... Read More

IRS customer service priority for congress. That was the message from Nina Olson, the IRS Taxpayer Advocate. As the IRS has endured cutbacks in recent years and customer service has suffered, multiple calls have arisen to set priorities to give pr... Read More

New tax cuts in Congress. They were on the agenda of the House today. House Republicans unveiled the broad outlines of a new tax cuts package that would make individual new tax cuts permanent under the nation's revised tax code, instead of allowin... Read More

New York examining Trump's taxes. That was the headline in the New York Times. It seems that the story that was carried by the Times, which cited thousands of pages of documents used to support the assertions, was enough to pique the interest of t... Read More

GOP tax reform. The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are working toward unifying around a single GOP tax reform bill, aiming to pass the legislation this year. But there are still some key differences between the priorities of th... Read More

   Trumpcare tax cuts. The American Health Care Act, AKA, Trumpcare, affects much more than just health insurance. Trumpcare would repeal many provisions of Obamacare that relate to insurance coverage, but it would also substantially change the am... Read More

GOP MAY KEEP TAXGOP may keep tax. The break from dogma by a party that has long reviled health tax boosts--and most things achieved by Obama--underscores Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's feverish effort to yank one of his and President Don... Read More

GOP CUTTING TAXESGOP cutting taxes ? The GOP is supposed to be really good at cutting taxes. President George W. Bush cut taxes. So did President Ronald Reagan, though he also raised them. So why are Republicans now struggling mightily to reach a ... Read More