Democrats and GOP square off over Trump’s tax returns
With Democrats now controlling the House and holding the legal key to seeking President Donald Trump's tax returns, Republican lawmakers are invoking privacy in defending Trump's flank.
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The IRS is recalling 46,000 workers to handle tax returns
The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown 鈥� nearly 60 percent of its workforce 鈥� to handle tax returns and pay...
Trump signs bill easing post-2008 crisis restraints on banks
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a measure that loosens key restraints for banks imposed after the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession. Savoring the legislative triumph, he...
Senate inches closer to passing bill to ease bank safeguards
The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday to roll back some of the safeguards Congress put in place to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis. Enough Democrats supported a procedural vote...
How much tax to withhold? New calculator to help figure it
Millions of Americans are now getting bigger paychecks as a result of the new tax law. So the government is issuing an online calculator for figuring whether enough money is...
U.S. appeals court gives victory to consumer finance agency
A federal appeals court has handed a victory to the government's beleaguered consumer finance watchdog agency, ruling that its director's power isn't excessive and the president shouldn't have freer rein...
Charity donations likely to drop next year due to tax law
In this season of giving, charity seems to be getting an extra jolt because next year the popular tax deduction for donations will lose a lot of its punch.
Triumphant Trump celebrates tax win — but some fear backlash
A triumphant President Donald Trump and jubilant fellow Republicans celebrated the passage of their $1.5 trillion tax overhaul Wednesday as a "historic victory for the American people." The American people,...
It’s a done deal: Congress wraps up massive tax package
Congressional Republicans delivered an epic overhaul of U.S. tax laws to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, bringing generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans while providing smaller cuts...
Senate moves tax cut legislation to brink of final passage
Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply unpopular bill they insist...