Special Report Senate Republicans released a tax reform plan on November 9, 2017. Like the House GOP bill – the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (HR 1) – the Senate GOP plan would impact virtually every individual and business on a level not seen in over 30
Read more →The House Ways and Means Committee advanced to the full House the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR 1) on November 9, 2017. The committee approved, along party lines, a number of amendments to the original bill. The House is expecting to hold a vote on
Read more →President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress unveiled a framework for tax reform on September 27. The nine-page framework broadly describes tax proposals ranging from lower rates for individuals and businesses to repeal of certain tax preferences, but it leaves actual legislative language to congressional taxwriting committees.
Read more →Administration officials and senior GOP leaders in Congress have predicted that tax reform legislation will be drafted this Fall and come to the floors of both the House and Senate for a vote before year-end. The officials and lawmakers outlined broad principles for individual and business tax
Read more →Taxwriters on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced a bipartisan bill that would increase the maximum amount of pre-tax dollars employees can set aside for dependent care. The Working Families Relief Bill (HR 2618) was introduced by Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and House Democratic Caucus
Read more →Congressional taxwriting committees’ senior staff and the Joint Committee on Taxation’s (JCT) chief of staff provided a legislative update at the Federal Bar Association’s (FBA) 41st annual tax conference in Washington, D.C. on March 3. The congressional staff previewed their inside perspectives on tax reform and Patient
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