Trump’s 2017 Tax Cut Created a Huge Stock-Buyback Spree

Trump’s 2017 Tax Cut Created a Huge Stock-Buyback Spree

For years we’ve been hearing that when President Donald Trump cut corporate taxes in 2017, corporations pissed away their tax savings on stock buybacks. Trump himself, in one of his rare episodes of truthfulness, admitted it. But that turns out not to be quite right. According to a new report by the public interest nonprofit … Read more

​Analysis Shows How Surging Stock Buybacks Bolster Case for Corporate Tax Hike​ | Common Dreams

​Analysis Shows How Surging Stock Buybacks Bolster Case for Corporate Tax Hike​ | Common Dreams

With a battle over congressional Republicans and former U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law brewing, a progressive think tank on Monday published an analysis that points to the surge in stock buybacks as proof that federal policymakers should raise the corporate tax rate. When Trump—the presumptive GOP nominee to challenge President Joe Biden in … Read more

Biden’s plan to make corporations and billionaires pay more in taxes

Biden’s plan to make corporations and billionaires pay more in taxes

The president plans to raise taxes on billionaires and giant corporations to help fund more affordable housing and childcare, while keeping taxes the same for those earning under $400,000 per year. With the 2024 presidential election less than five months away, President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump have been busy highlighting their tax … Read more

DC dispatch: senators and witnesses quarrel over tax reform in Budget Committee hearing – does Wall Street pay its fair share?

DC dispatch: senators and witnesses quarrel over tax reform in Budget Committee hearing – does Wall Street pay its fair share?

Sharon Basch is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a JURIST staff correspondent in Washington DC this summer. Wednesday morning I attended a US Senate Budget Committee hearing entitled “Making Wall Street Pay its Fair Share: Raising Revenue, Strengthening Our Economy.” The hearing was called to discuss tax policy and … Read more

Trump’s $48 Billion Tax Cut for Big Corporations Would Exceed Size of K-12 Budget | Common Dreams

Trump's $48 Billion Tax Cut for Big Corporations Would Exceed Size of K-12 Budget | Common Dreams

As former President Donald Trump prepared to meet with top corporate CEOs on Thursday, an analysis estimates that the GOP frontrunner’s proposed giveaway to the nation’s most profitable corporations would exceed the size of the federal K-12 budget for the current fiscal year. Conducted by Brendan Duke and Will Ragland of the Center for American … Read more

Whitehouse: Our Tax Code Is Corrupted and Rotten | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

Whitehouse: Our Tax Code Is Corrupted and Rotten | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

“It’s not enough just to undo the damage of the Trump tax law—our tax code wasn’t fair before that,” said the Chairman of the Budget Committee Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing, titled “Making Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share: … Read more

Pressing Political Hot Spots for Boards

Pressing Political Hot Spots for Boards

Tax Policy The differences in proposed tax policy between the presumptive presidential candidates, at this point, in the two main parties — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — are vast, according to Garrett Watson, senior policy analyst with Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy think tank. “The differences between what (the candidates) … Read more

Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts Paved the Way for Inflation

Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts Paved the Way for Inflation

Key provisions of President Trump’s 2017 tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations are set to expire next year, providing an opportunity to recoup money lost to corporate price gouging.

Inflation eating up your paycheck? Blame Trump’s corporate tax cuts

Inflation eating up your paycheck? Blame Trump’s corporate tax cuts

Key provisions of President Trump’s 2017 tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations are set to expire next year, providing an opportunity to recoup money lost to corporate price gouging.

How Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts Paved the Way for Inflation

How Trump's Corporate Tax Cuts Paved the Way for Inflation

Key provisions of President Trump’s 2017 tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations are set to expire next year, providing an opportunity to recoup money lost to corporate price gouging.