Finance, investment and tax-related legislation

Presidents have always needed to play a major role in this kind of change, the former congressman points out.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has used a soft touch to win over rebellious conservatives. But, with his Obamacare replacement bill at stake, he’s delivering a tougher message: It’s time to fall in line.

Republicans’ Obamacare replacement will make it easier to sport that beachy, potentially precancerous glow: Their American Health Care Act would do away with a 10 percent excise tax on tanning services.

The proposal includes a new premium tax credit, the repeal of a number of pay-for taxes, and more -- and it may divide Republicans.

An analysis written for an influential bloc of U.S. House conservatives derides a key component of a new Republican plan to replace Obamacare, faulting a provision offering tax credits to individuals who wouldn’t otherwise have access to health insurance.

Will reform include a border adjustment?

While death and taxes may be a certainty, how quickly Americans are getting their refunds remains up in the air—and that’s taking a toll on eateries’ revenue.

Not long after the Speaker of the House offered a full-throated affirmation of his tax overhaul, an influential conservative group announced a grassroots campaign against it.

Republicans are looking at limiting a tax exclusion used by employers that’s worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year, as a way to pay for changes to the health care system.

Tax reform may encourage the use of digital currency.

Taxpayers are excited, expectant and confused about the Trump administration’s plans – all at once.

A group of prominent GOP and business leaders backing a tax on carbon dioxide were taking their case Wednesday to top White House aides, including chief economic adviser Gary Cohn.

Legislation aimed at preventing fraud could cost the economy as much as $21 billion this month.

Joanne Barry of the New York State Society of CPAs shares a handful of ways accountants can help their country.

Wind-power skeptic Donald Trump’s proposed tax reform may have an unintended consequence: threatening wind farms’ balance sheets.

Donald Trump to the rescue? The $8.55 trillion bond market has bucked concerns over mounting company indebtedness and so far resisted fears about the knock-on effects of the potential unraveling of the 35-year-old bull-run in government debt.

A number of code changes go into effect for the first time this year or apply for the first time for tax returns filed this year.

Even if there are no new laws from President-elect Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress, practitioners still will have to cope with a number of changes that go into effect for the first time this year or apply for the first time for tax returns filed this year.

Nina Olson wants the Internal Revenue Service to take more of a “taxpayer-centric” approach and for Congress to focus on tax simplification in its tax reform efforts.

A group of Democrats in Congress introduced a bill Tuesday to stop unlimited tax write-offs for performance-based executive pay.