Politics & Presidents

Trumps taxes expose criminal truth. A series of recent reports on President Donald Trump's finances raises reasonable questions about whether Trump may have committed criminal conduct in the course of tax evasion. It may be why he wanted to keep i... Read More

Trump label's Biden's tax plan radical. President Donald Trump describes Democratic challenger Joe Biden as a tool of "radical socialists" who are bent on taxing every American business and household into bankruptcy. Some progressives say Biden is... Read More

Tax changes if Biden wins. Joe Biden has called for rolling back a lot of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which trimmed tax rates. He has proposed raising income taxes and Social Security Taxes on wages over $400,000. Long term capital gains and qualif... Read More

Trump social security and the election. Social Security has long been called the "third rail" in American policitcs--touch it at your own peril. With the news cycle dominated by COVID-19 since March, it hasn't been a hot button issue. But that is ... Read More

What republicans and democrats want. Democrats and Republicans both want more $1200 stimulus checks, but huge differences remain in the latest negotiations over coronavirus relief. Congress has approved roughly $2.5 trillion since March to rescue ... Read More

Trump and the payroll tax cut, President Donald Trump's blitz of executive orders includes a promise of tax relief for workers, but policy experts say the White House has left several critical questions unanswered, including who will be responsibl... Read More

Joe Biden versus Bernie Sanders on taxes. While the Democratic candidates seem to be pared down really to two viable candidates, the tax stances on these two are widely different, based upon the vision of each for the country and economy. While bo... Read More

Impact of trump taxes remains hidden. Armed with legions of lobbyists, companies have been pushing hard--and successfully--to weaken new federal taxes that take aim at overseas tax havens. Many of them have managed to avoid publicly disclosing how... Read More

Democrats to tax professionals. Much of the Democratic race has focused on taxes aimed to reduce inequality and fund progressive goals on health care and other goals of the Democrats, including increasing taxes on the ultra wealthy, but also milli... Read More

Trumps tax return court battle. The effort to obtain President Donald Trump's IRS tax returns is heating up as the president and his administration battle coast to coast to prevent them from falling into hostile hands and potentially being made pu... Read More