Finance, investment and tax-related legislation

The far-reaching bipartisan legislation would overhaul key facets of the way the Internal Revenue Service operates, including the appeals process.

A pair of congressional representatives has introduced bipartisan legislation to discourage abuses of the conservation easement tax break.

House and Senate Republicans and Democrats teamed up to reintroduce bipartisan legislation to overhaul key aspects of the way the Internal Revenue Service operates.

Bipartisan legislation would make a technical correction in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that has kept many stores and restaurants from renovating their facilities.

A pair of Republican and Democratic senators introduced bipartisan legislation to fix one of the technical problems in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island introduced a pair of bills aimed at stopping corporations from using offshore tax havens and outsourcing jobs to other countries.

Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Tom Reed, R-N.Y., and Senators Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., have introduced bipartisan legislation to make the New Markets Tax Credit permanent, in an effort to encourage private investment in low-income rural communities and urban neighborhoods.

A pair of House Democrats has introduced a bill to extend the tax-filing deadline until May 20 to give taxpayers more time to file their taxes.

Watch out, Wall Street. Democrats, who have so far focused on plans to tax the super-rich, are turning their sights to capital markets.

A senator and a representative from Oregon aim to bring state and national cannabis laws into greater alignment.

Tax pros have some requests -- and some strong words -- for legislators.

A trio of Republican senators has reintroduced legislation to get rid of estate taxes completely.

More than 200 members of the Maryland Association of CPAs met with state legislators in Annapolis to discuss ongoing issues effecting clients and the profession.

The legislation aims to help entrepreneurs with filing deadlines, electronic signatures and the sharing economy.

Marginal rates had been that high as recently as 1981.

Progressive House Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for a sharp tax hike on the highest incomes in order to fund a massive “Green New Deal.”

The measure is seen as doomed in the Senate, however.

The lame-duck package has been scaled back as the congressional term nears an end.

The Tax Foundation sees the proposal as having 'very small economic impact.'

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House has introduced legislation to clarify interstate sales tax collection requirements in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision this year in South Dakota v. Wayfair.