Facing a deadline just days away, New Jersey lawmakers Wednesday night introduced and quickly began approving a record new $56.6 billion state budget that’s backed by a new tax hike on large companies, adds some funding for property-tax relief, and includes big spending on public schools and pensions.But Democratic leaders once again faced objections from … Read more
What to Know New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a $56.6 billion budget that hikes taxes on high-earning corporations. Lawmakers on Friday sent the measure to Murphy, who signed it shortly before midnight. They were two days ahead of their constitutionally set deadline to enact a balanced budget, avoiding a government shutdown. For taxpayers, … Read more
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders have once again hashed out a budget behind closed doors just in time to avert a government shutdown — leaving little time for lawmakers to review more than $56 billion in spending.Among the key provisions: The state will be investing more than expected in a program slated … Read more
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s Democrat-led Legislature passed a $56.6 billion budget on Friday that hikes taxes on high-earning corporations, sending the measure to Gov. Phil Murphy, who’s expected to sign it. Lawmakers were two days ahead of their constitutionally set deadline to enact a balanced budget, avoiding a government shutdown. For taxpayers, the spending … Read more
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
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
Politics / June 25, 2024 Yes, they disagree on Gaza. But the Democratic primary rivals are also far apart when it comes to taxing billionaires and multinational corporations. Ad Policy Jamaal Bowman and George Latimer during a debate on May 13, 2024.(News12) Media coverage of Tuesday’s Democratic primary battle between US Rep. Jamaal Bowman—the progressive … Read more
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
(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
Democrats are forging plans to raise tax rates on companies and wealthy individuals next year if they hold the White House and win control of both houses of Congress, as the party’s leaders increasingly see tax policy as a winning issue on the campaign trail.Senate Finance Committee Democrats met Thursday to discuss President Donald Trump’s … Read more