Trump tax plan

A new 50-state analysis of the tax reform bill passed last week by the Senate Finance Committee finds the plan would increase taxes on at least 29 percent of taxpayers by 2027 and cause the populations of 19 states to pay more in federal taxes than they do today.

The White House wouldn’t oppose removing from the Senate tax plan a controversial provision to repeal the individual health-care mandate of the Affordable Care Act, budget director Mick Mulvaney said, a move that could help secure the vote of key Republicans.

As the Republican-controlled Congress tries to push through tax reform this year, one group of Americans may question why it’s coming up a scoop short.

The Republican tax-overhaul effort is in for a marathon debate on the Senate floor at the end of this month, with dozens of doomed Democratic amendments. But the real action will be elsewhere, behind closed doors.

Senator Susan Collins said the Republican tax plan passed by the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday “needs work.”

Senate Republicans say their tax bill will bring big tax cuts for middle-class families and businesses. If you own a private jet, you’ll also get a break.

For more than 30 years, colleges and universities have leaned on an obscure tax rule that allows sports boosters to make tax-deductible contributions to their teams. Athletic fundraisers around the country say that’s an advantage that generates millions in annual revenue—and one that’s threatened by Republican tax legislation.

Vice President Mike Pence said Republicans would repeal the estate tax—a step that the Senate GOP tax plan doesn’t currently plan to take.

The Republican tax plan isn’t designed to help rich New Yorkers, but Wall Street can certainly look forward to some advantages, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Hours after House Republicans jubilantly passed their tax bill, their colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee approved a far different version—one that postpones difficult questions as lawmakers rush to refashion much of the U.S. economy on a tight timeline.

Experts from PwC parse the differences between the tax reform bills on the treatment of pass-through businesses.

Differences with the as-yet-unpassed Senate bill need to be reconciled.

The House passed tax reform legislation Thursday by a vote of 227-205, with 13 Republicans voting against the bill, as the Senate Finance Committee continued debating and marking up a significantly different version of the bill.

House Republicans passed their version of legislation to overhaul the U.S. tax code by slashing the corporate tax rate, lowering tax burdens for most individuals and adding an estimated $1.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade.

Senate Republicans may face a political problem in the final push for their tax-cut plan, and they might need Democrats to help fix it.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is mounting a cross-country roadshow to persuade businesses and the Republican faithful to put their weight behind a proposed tax overhaul from the Trump administration that so far lacks broad public support.

President Donald Trump is confident that House Republican leaders have the votes to pass their version of a tax overhaul, and he’ll thank members of the GOP conference and field their questions on a visit to the Capitol this morning, a senior administration official said.

House Republicans passed their tax-overhaul bill on Thursday as Senate tax writers sent their proposal to make individual breaks temporary and repeal a key part of the Obamacare law to the Senate floor. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day:

Key stumbling blocks remain for tax reform, including a ticking clock, differences in key provisions, and the cost.

The differing House and Senate plans leave the fate of the effort uncertain – and provide no clarity for practitioners.