Wind and Solar Builders Descend on Texas as Tax Incentives Fade
Seen from above, the sprawling landscape of West Texas can look something like a checkerboard.
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Czech Court Nixes Controversial Church Compensation Tax
The Czech Republic’s constitutional court on Tuesday canceled a law slapping income tax on the billions the state will pay churches for assets seized by the Communists during their Cold War rule.
Read moreColorado Media Outlets Eye Taxpayer Money to Fund Reporting
More than 30 Colorado newspapers have folded in the last two decades and about 44% of local reporters lost their jobs. It might seem easy and obvious to say newspapers are dying, but others see new opportunities on the horizon.
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Sanders Vows to ‘End Corporate Greed’ With Tax Plan
Outlining his “plan to end corporate greed and corruption,” Senator Bernie Sanders promised Monday that as president he would increase corporate tax rates, ban large-scale stock buybacks and give workers a stronger say in how their company operates.
Read moreTrump Tax Returns Are Off-Limits, Feds Tell Second Circuit
Taking President Donald Trump’s side, the Justice Department on Friday asked the Second Circuit to block the release of Trump’s tax returns to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
Read moreCircuit Backs House Power to Subpoena Trump Taxes
Linking the congressional investigations gripping Washington today to the Watergate scandal, the D.C. Circuit affirmed Friday that House lawmakers can subpoena eight years of President Donald Trump’s personal financial records.
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Court Keeps Shroud on Tax Returns Tied to Trump
Without disturbing Deutsche Bank’s redactions of tax returns tied to President Donald Trump, the Second Circuit on Thursday struck one prominent name from the list of candidates.
Read moreSwitzerland, UAE Removed From European Tax Haven Lists
The European Union’s policy-making body said Thursday that it has removed the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, among others, from its watch lists of countries seen as tax havens.
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Uranium Industry Asks Trump for Bailout
A plea from uranium mining companies and nuclear power plant operators for tax breaks and other federal financial boosts is going to President Donald Trump as his administration studies reviving the uranium industry in the name of national security.
Read moreRhode Island Grilled at Hearing on Truck-Focused Tolls
A lawyer for Rhode Island faced stern questions Tuesday from the First Circuit while defending the state’s system of making only large trucks pay bridge and highway tolls.
Read moreRepublicans Skip Vote to Block Tax Hike in Houston
Two Texas Republicans prevented their Democratic colleagues from voting to raise property taxes in the Houston area on Tuesday by not showing up for a meeting of the county’s executive board.
Read moreJudge Denies ‘Virtually Limitless’ Shield to Trump in Tax Fight
Donald Trump is a president and not a king, a federal judge wrote in a scathing ruling on Monday morning, throwing out a lawsuit that would shield him, his businesses and his associates from New York state subpoenas.
Read moreTrump Tax Probe Pits State Against US Prosecutors
In the annals of federal and state court prosecutors, turf battles have cropped up occasionally over criminal investigations. What has broken out in a fight over President Donald Trump’s tax returns threatens to be a turf war.
Read more‘Accidental Americans’ Sue France Over US Taxes
A group representing French-American taxpayers on Thursday said it has filed a lawsuit against France with the European Commission, hoping to avoid strict U.S. compliance rules that could see them blacklisted by French banks starting in January.
Read moreFuel Storage Tax
An appeals court in California overturned a voter-approved initiative authorizing the City of Rialto to tax fuel wholesalers, finding that it is an impermissible property tax as it is based on a facility’s fuel storage capacity regardless of whether fuel is actually being stored there.
Read moreFight for Trump Tax Returns Belongs in Federal Court, Says DOJ
The Justice Department argued Wednesday that a judge should put a hold on the legal fight over whether the Manhattan district attorney can obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns, and said the matter belongs in federal court.
Read moreHouse Tax Fight With Trump Has Its Own Whistleblower
A whistleblower in the Trump administration stepped forward over two months ago to warn House Democrats that the Treasury Department is mishandling the president’s long-shrouded tax returns.
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California Vows Appeal of Trump Tax-Return Ruling
With a court ruling in tow that helps keep his finances secret, President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday against California Democrats for attempting to give voters access to his tax returns before the March primary.
Read moreMillions on Lobbying Will Cost Policy Influencers Under Warren
Announcing her plan to put a tax on excessive lobbying, Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that the Washington influence machine has better funding than Congress.
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Federal Tax Overhaul Survives Challenge From Left
Blue states like New York were some of the first to feel the bite of a cap on tax deductions passed by Republican lawmakers in 2017. On Monday a federal judge killed their lawsuit that contested the move as unconstitutionally coercive.
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