After pressure from business groups, downsized Santa Rosa business tax proposal heads to council

After pressure from business groups, downsized Santa Rosa business tax proposal heads to council

About 20 of the highest grossing businesses — including large medical care providers, big box retailers and some contractors — would’ve seen their taxes increase to $100,000 or more. For example, a medical office whose gross receipts total $167.6 million annually would have paid $586,500, under the proposal, a more than 19,000% jump, according to … Read more

Bipartisan Tax Bill with Child Tax Credit and Business Provisions Fails in Senate

Bipartisan Tax Bill with Child Tax Credit and Business Provisions Fails in Senate

Caitlin ReillyCQ-Roll Call(TNS) WASHINGTON — The Senate fell short as expected Thursday of the 60 votes needed to start debate on a $79 billion tax bill that would deliver financial relief to businesses and low-income families, amid opposition from most Republicans and some on the majority side of the aisle as well. Though the procedural … Read more

Kamala Harris Favored Taxes To Raise Revenue and Change Policy

Kamala Harris Favored Taxes To Raise Revenue and Change Policy

This blog post was updated on August 2, 2024, to clarify that the Inflation Reduction Act was adopted in 2022. It is too soon to know the details of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s 2024 tax agenda. But her record as a US senator and her short-lived 2020 presidential candidacy shows that she has … Read more

Luxembourg introduces tax relief package for corporates and individuals | JD Supra

Luxembourg introduces tax relief package for corporates and individuals | JD Supra

ON THIS PAGE 1. Corporate Income Tax (CIT) reduction 2. ETF UCITS 3. Complete overhaul of the tax regime for highly skilled and qualified impatriate workers 4. Profit-participating bonus (prime participative) 5. A new Young Employee Bonus 6. Personal income tax reductions 7. Family wealth management company (SPF or Société de gestion de Patrimoine Familial)Contact … Read more

Measure to extend child tax credit meets GOP opposition; falls short in Senate | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Measure to extend child tax credit meets GOP opposition; falls short in Senate | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year.Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., dared Republicans to vote against the tax … Read more

State of Tax: Multistate Group Meets, Oregon Tax Hike on Ballot

State of Tax: Multistate Group Meets, Oregon Tax Hike on Ballot

The week in state tax: The Multistate Tax Commission reviewed bundled digital products taxes, new audit processes, and more at its annual meeting in Denver. Meanwhile, Oregonians will vote on raising corporate taxes to fund a rebate program, and another state offers business deductions to cannabis businesses. Tax Group Weighs Digital Products, Punts on Trucking … Read more

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., dared Republicans to vote against … Read more

Trump’s idea to lower corporate tax rate draws more Republican skepticism | Semafor

Trump’s idea to lower corporate tax rate draws more Republican skepticism | Semafor

Tillis’ comments are the latest sign that, if elected, Trump could face obstacles in pushing through another corporate rate cut, one of the signature economic achievements of his first term.Most of the Republican senators approached by Semafor didn’t want to endorse lowering that rate to 15%, given the scale of the task before them next … Read more

Shapiro’s Call for Corporate Tax Cuts Contrasts With Democratic Goals

Shapiro’s Call for Corporate Tax Cuts Contrasts With Democratic Goals

The presidential race is unpredictable, but the legislative conversation in 2025 for the eventual winner is actually already determined. Nearly all of the Trump tax cuts affecting individual filers expire at the end of that year, as well as enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act exchanges. As I was told back in April, the near-term … Read more

Senate Republicans are set to block a child tax credit expansion

Senate Republicans are set to block a child tax credit expansion

Senate Republicans are expected to block legislation Thursday to cut taxes for working families and extend some corporate tax breaks, likely dooming a bipartisan compromise that the House had overwhelmingly approved and raising the stakes on taxes for this fall’s elections.The $79 billion legislation would expand eligibility for the child tax credit, or CTC, among … Read more