Presidential Election 2024: What Trump vs. Harris Could Mean for Federal Business Taxes

Presidential Election 2024: What Trump vs. Harris Could Mean for Federal Business Taxes

The outcome of the upcoming presidential election may significantly affect the changes in federal income taxes on businesses that will be made during the next presidential term of office. The next president’s success in passing specific legislation will depend enormously on the makeup of the next Congress. On November 5, 2024, in addition to the … 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

Shapiro backs ‘aggressive’ corporate tax cuts in Pennsylvania as Harris campaign vets him for VP

Shapiro backs 'aggressive' corporate tax cuts in Pennsylvania as Harris campaign vets him for VP

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Ambler, Pennsylvania, on July 29, 2024.Hannah Beier | Getty ImagesPennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro defended his support for “aggressive” corporate tax cuts, a position that could rankle some of his fellow Democrats but which has won him support from the state’s … Read more

Josh Shapiro, a V.P. Contender, Criticized U.S. Steel Takeover and Defended His Tax Cuts

Josh Shapiro, a V.P. Contender, Criticized U.S. Steel Takeover and Defended His Tax Cuts

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who is one of several Democrats in consideration to become Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, expressed on Tuesday his opposition to the proposed takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, citing his reservations about its potential impact on workers in his state.Mr. Shapiro’s comments came during an event … Read more

Can you pay your taxes with a credit card?

Can you pay your taxes with a credit card?

Personal Finance Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Credit Cards Can you pay your taxes with a credit card? Written by Katherine Fan 2024-07-18T17:56:54Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An envelope. It indicates the … Read more

Parkersburg man receives prison sentence for tax evasion

Parkersburg man receives prison sentence for tax evasion

( Court Reports – Photo Illustration/MetroCreative) <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,036,141.59 in restitution for tax evasion. A release from the Justice Department said Brian E. Drake, 56, of Parkersburg, … Read more

Business leaders are scenario planning for a Trump win

Business leaders are scenario planning for a Trump win

With Donald Trump’s political stock suddenly reaching new highs—after he survived an assassination attempt and starred in a slickly produced convention, while President Biden stays at home with Covid, all in one week—business leaders must revisit their scenarios for a Trump presidency. They should keep three factors front and center: Trump’s stance on taxes and … Read more

Tax Breaks: Sales Taxes Take A Holiday In Some States

Tax Breaks: Sales Taxes Take A Holiday In Some States

here. Despite the fact that the thermometer still reads summer, fall is creeping closer. According to the National Retail Federation, one in five (22%) back-to-school shoppers have already started gearing up for the 2024-25 school year (you can count me as one of them). However, with above-average prices in stores and online, those shoppers are … Read more

Why Small Businesses Need This 2017 Tax Cut to Continue

Why Small Businesses Need This 2017 Tax Cut to Continue

By Nathan Garden, The Charlotte Observer (TNS) It says a lot about our politics that very few of our leaders are talking about one of the most important issues. The small businesses that anchor our economy are about to face a devastating tax hike that will hurt workers and weaken communities. As the owner of … Read more

Tennessee’s largest companies secure sales tax exemptions for everything from jet fuel to water • Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee's largest companies secure sales tax exemptions for everything from jet fuel to water • Tennessee Lookout

Tyson chicken barns in West Tennessee on April 21, 2021. (Photo: John Partipilo) They’re scattered across the rural Tennessee landscape: blue-sided barns stretching the length of five U.S. football fields, clustered together in groups numbering as few as three to as many as 20. Each of Tennessee’s nearly 2,200 industrial chicken barns produce about 200,000 … Read more