Debate moves needle for markets in Trump, ’s favour

Debate moves needle for markets in Trump, ’s favour

​Markets assess Donald Trump was the victor in the first US presidential debate against Joe Biden on Thursday and investors are “already busy” re-evaluating their portfolios to align with the anticipated economic policies that a Trump administration might pursue. Following the head-to-head TV debate, online prediction market PredictIt showed Biden’s odds down to 39% from … Read more

A Debate Cheat Sheet for Business

A Debate Cheat Sheet for Business

Tax policy, inflation, the economy and markets will be some key issues for corporate America and Wall Street in tonight’s showdown between President Biden and Donald Trump. Economy, inflation and the fitness of both President Biden and Donald Trump will be in focus during tonight’s presidential debate.Jim Wilson/The New York Times Talking points All eyes … Read more

C.E.O.s Are Frustrated. That Doesn’t Mean They Embrace Trump.

C.E.O.s Are Frustrated. That Doesn’t Mean They Embrace Trump.

Corporate executives complain about some of President Biden’s policies, along with his rhetoric. But so far they have not abandoned him en masse. When the White House chief of staff, Jeffrey Zients, met with dozens of top executives in Washington this month, he encountered a familiar list of corporate complaints about President Biden.The executives at … Read more

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

Jim de Bree | An Interesting Tax Decision from SCOTUS

Jim de Bree | An Interesting Tax Decision from SCOTUS

Last summer, I wrote two columns about a peculiar tax case that the Supreme Court decided to hear. Although the amount of tax involved in the case was less than $15,000, ruling in the taxpayer’s favor could have fundamentally gutted the Internal Revenue Code.  A major part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act … Read more

What will the presidential election mean for corporate taxes?

What will the presidential election mean for corporate taxes?

The outcome of the 2024 presidential election will trigger a “colossal multi-trillion-dollar fight over taxes,” said Semafor. Big chunks of Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cut law will expire in 2025, giving whoever wins the election — both the White House and Congress — “the opportunity to rewrite much of the IRS code.” Trump hasn’t officially … Read more

Lawmakers propose windfall profits tax on companies inflating prices

Lawmakers propose windfall profits tax on companies inflating prices

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, are introducing legislation in the Senate to impose a 95% windfall tax on the excess profits of large corporations that are overcharging for the products they sell.The Ending Corporate Greed Act would have raised an estimated $300 billion in 2023 from 10 of the largest corporations alone. … Read more

Bowman, Sanders Propose 95% Tax on Corporations Exploiting Inflation to Jack Up Prices | Common Dreams

Bowman, Sanders Propose 95% Tax on Corporations Exploiting Inflation to Jack Up Prices | Common Dreams

Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday led a group of progressive lawmakers in announcing legislation that would penalize large corporations with a 95% windfall profits tax for using elevated inflation as a pretext to hike prices and pad their bottom lines. The Ending Corporate Greed Act would “establish a 95% windfall profits … Read more

Daines: “Stroke of Genius” by Trump to Eliminate Taxes on Tips – Senator Steve Daines

Daines: “Stroke of Genius” by Trump to Eliminate Taxes on Tips - Senator Steve Daines

Joins Fox Business to Announce Introduction of Bill to Stop Taxing Tips, Slam Biden’s Border Crisis U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria to discuss his bill to eliminate taxes on tips and President Biden’s border crisis. Watch the interview HERE. Daines on His Bill to Stop Taxing Tips: It’s a stroke of genius … Read more

Supreme Court upholds US tax on foreign business income

Supreme Court upholds US tax on foreign business income

(June 21): The US Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollars.Voting 7-2, the justices said Congress has the constitutional power to tax people and companies on their share of undistributed corporate income, at least when it comes to … Read more